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Our MFA database includes essential information about low- and full-residency graduate creative writing programs in the United States and other English-speaking countries to help you decide where to apply.

  • Philadelphia, PA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jena Osman, Pattie McCarthy
    Fiction: Cara Blue Adams, Don Lee, Liz Moore

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 2/15/24
  • San Marcos, TX
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Cyrus Cassells, Roger Jones, Naomi Shihab Nye, Cecily Parks, Kathleen Peirce, Steve Wilson
    Fiction: Doug Dorst, Jennifer duBois, Tom Grimes, James Han Mattson, Kali Fajardjo-Anstine, Debra Monroe, and Tim O’Brien

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 21
    Deadline: 1/31/24
  • New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: J. Mae Barizo, Mark Bibbins, Elaine Equi, Robert Polito, Laurie Sheck

    Fiction: Marie Helene Bertino, Ann Hood, Sidik Fofana, Shelley Jackson, Mira Jacob, Luis Jaramillo, Alexandra Kleeman, James Lasdun, Dale Peck, John Reed, Helen Schulman, Darcey Steinke

    Nonfiction: Susan Cheever, Zia Jaffrey, Suzannah Lessard, Honor Moore, Brenda Wineapple

    Writing for Children and Young Adults: Coe Booth, Caron Levis, Emily X.R. Pan, Andrea Pinkney

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 80
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Brooklyn, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Alicia Mountain, Christina Olivares, Megan Fernandes

    Fiction: Maria Alejandra Barrios, David Gates, Lee Clay Johnson, Erinrose Mager, Andrew Martin, Cleyvis Natera

    Past master lecturers have included Kali Fajardo Anstine, Amy Hempel, Major Jackson, Mitchell S. Jackson, Mary Gaitskill, Carmen Maria Machado, Nathan McClain, Francine Prose, Jim Shepard, Ocean Vuong, and many more.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 3/1/24
  • Albany, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Aashish Kaul, Edward Schwarzschild, Lynne Tillman

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Albany, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Aashish Kaul, Edward Schwarzschild, Lynne Tillman

    Genre: Fiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: John Estes, Kwoya Fagin Maples, Joel Brouwer
    Fiction: Nana Nkweti, Wendy Rawlings, Kellie Wells
    Nonfiction: Taylor Brorby, Brooke Champagne, Wendy Rawlings

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12-16
    Deadline: 12/1/23
  • Fairbanks, AK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sara Eliza Johnson
    Fiction: Gerri Brightwell, Joseph Holt
    Nonfiction: Daryl Farmer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-8
    Deadline: 1/15/24
  • Tucson, AZ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Kate Bernheimer, Susan Briante, Bojan Louis, Manuel Muñoz, Farid Matuk, Ander Monson, Sara Sams, Aurelie Sheehan, Johanna Skibsrud

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 12/15/23
  • Fayetteville, AR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Geoffrey Brock, Geffrey Davis, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Davis McCombs
    Fiction: Bryan Hurt, Toni Jensen, Padma Viswanathan
    Translation: Geoffrey Brock, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Padma Viswanathan

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Translation
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 12/31/23
  • Monticello, AR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Mary Meriam, Steve Heller, Mark Spencer, Sheyene Heller, Craig Olsen, Gregory Borse, Kate Stewart, Terry Nugent

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 8-10
    Deadline: 8/1/23
  • Baltimore, MD
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Steven Leyva
    Fiction: Betsy Boyd, Jane Delury
    Nonfiction: Marion Winik, D. Watkins

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 25
    Deadline: 2/15/24
  • Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Keith Maillard, Cecily Nicholson, Bronwen Tate, Sheryda Warrener
    Fiction: Anosh Irani, Nancy Lee, Annabel Lyon, Keith Maillard, Maureen Medved, Alix Ohlin, A.E. Osworth, Emily Pohl-Weary, Linda Svendsen, Timothy Taylor, John Vigna
    Nonfiction: Mandy Catron, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Timothy Taylor
    Writing for Children/YA: Emily Pohl-Weary, Jordan Scott, Tanya Kyi
    Writing for Television: Linda Svendsen
    Screenwriting: Sharon McGowan
    Playwriting: Sara Graefe, Frances Koncan
    Indigenous Writing: Billy-Ray Belcourt
    Graphic Novel: Sarah Leavitt
    Lyric & Libretto: Tariq Hussain
    Speculative Fiction: Nalo Hopkinson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 18
    Deadline: 1/5/24
  • Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Susan Musgrave, Cecily Nicholson, Bronwen Tate
    Fiction: Anosh Irani, Nancy Lee, Annabel Lyon, Maureen Medved, Alix Ohlin, A. E. Osworth, Linda Svendsen, Timothy Taylor, John Vigna
    Children/YA: Emily Pohl-Weary, Jordan Scott, Tanya Kyi
    Nonfiction: Mandy Catron, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
    Graphic Novel: Sarah Leavitt
    Screenwriting: Sara Graefe
    Playwriting: Frances Koncan
    Writing for Television: Zac Hug
    Speculative Fiction: Nalo Hopkinson
    Indigenous Writing: Billy-Ray Belcourt

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Online
    Incoming Class Size: 18
    Deadline: 1/5/24
  • Davis, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Katie Peterson, Margaret Ronda, Joe Wenderoth
    Fiction: Zinzi Clemmons, Lucy Corin, Pam Houston
    Nonfiction: Zinzi Clemmons, Pam Houston
    Hybrid: Lucy Corin, Katie Peterson

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 9-10
    Deadline: 1/5/24
  • Irvine, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Amy Gerstler, Natalie Shapero, Monica Youn
    Fiction: Michelle Latiolais, Claire Vaye Watkins

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6 (for Poetry course), 6 (for Fiction course)
    Deadline: 12/8/23
  • Riverside, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Allison Hedge Coke, Katie Ford, Allison Benis White, Juan Felipe Herrera

    Fiction: Charmaine Craig, Josh Emmons, Steve Erickson, Alex Espinoza, Michael Jayme, John Jennings, Laila Lalami, Goldberry Long, Susan Straight, Andrew Winer

    Nonfiction: Reza Aslan, Emily Rapp Black, Tom Lutz

    Playwriting/Screenwriting: Charles Evered, Kimberly Guerrero, Rickerby Hinds, Erith Jaffe-Berg, Stu Krieger, Robin Russin, Annika Speer

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 17
    Deadline: 1/2/24
  • Palm Desert, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Jill Alexander Essbaum

    Fiction: Elizabeth Crane, Alex Espinoza, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Tod Goldberg, Rob Roberge, Mark Haskell Smith, Ivy Pochoda

    Nonfiction: Emily Rapp Black, David L. Ulin

    Screenwriting: William Rabkin, Joshua Malkin, John Schimmel

    Playwriting: Mickey Birnbaum

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-20 per application period
    Deadline: 8/1/23
  • La Jolla, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Kazim Ali , Amy Sara Carroll, Ben Doller, Camille F. Forbes, Lily Hoàng, Jac Jemc, Casandra López, Brandon Som, Anna Joy Springer, Marco Wilkinson

    Genre: Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5
    Deadline: 1/5/24
  • Conway, AR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sandy Longhorn

    Fiction: M. Shelly Conner, John Vanderslice, Stephanie Vanderslice

    Nonfiction: Jennie Case, M. Shelly Conner, Stephanie Vanderslice

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-8
    Deadline: 2/1/24
  • Orlando, FL
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rochelle Hurt, Terry Ann Thaxton
    Fiction: Blake Sanz, Peter Kispert, Chrissy Kolaya, David James Poissant
    Nonfiction: Jocelyn Bartkevicius, Laurie Rachkus Uttich

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12-14
    Deadline: 1/1/24
  • Edmond, OK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Constance Squires
    Poetry: Toby Wray
    Screenwriting: Milos Ajdinovic

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 5-10
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions
  • Cincinnati, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Rebecca Lindenberg, Aditi Machado, Felicia Zamora
    Fiction: Chris Bachelder, Michael Griffith, Leah Stewart
    Nonfiction: Kristen Iversen

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7-9
    Deadline: 1/1/24
  • Boulder, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Julie Carr, Ruth Ellen Kocher
    Fiction: Jeffrey DeShell, Marcia Douglas, Stephen Graham Jones, Elisabeth Sheffield

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-10
    Deadline: 12/15/23
  • Denver, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Graham Foust, Bin Ramke, Jennifer Soong
    Prose: Patrick Cottrell, Poupeh Missaghi, Selah Saterstrom, Joanna Howard (Director)

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 12/17/23

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