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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.

  • Minnesota State University, Mankato

    MFA Program
    Mankato, MN
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Michael Torres, Gwen Westerman
    Fiction: Robin Becker, Geoff Herbach, Chris McCormick
    Nonfiction: Rachael Hanel, Michael Torres

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 14
    Deadline: 2/1/25

  • Mississippi University for Women

    MFA Program
    Columbus, MS
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kendall Dunkelberg, T. K. Lee, L. Lamar Wilson
    Fiction: Suzanne Jamir, Mary Miller, Brandy T. Wilson
    Nonfiction: Ellen Ann Fentress, Suzanne Jamir, Mary Miller, Brandy T. Wilson
    Translation: Kendall Dunkelberg
    Playwriting: T. K. Lee

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-15 per year
    Deadline: 3/1/25

  • Monmouth University

    MFA Program, MA Program
    West Long Branch, NJ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mihaela Moscaliuc
    Fiction: Alex Gilvarry, Alena Graedon, Kenneth Womack

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Mount St. Mary’s University

    MFA Program
    Los Angeles, CA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry:  JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
    Fiction: Juana Moriel-Payne, JoAnna Novak, Johnny Payne
    Nonfiction: Juana Moriel-Payne
    Screenwriting: Jo Carlisle

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low, Online
    Incoming Class Size: 20
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Mountainview Low-Residency MFA at Southern New Hampshire University

    MFA Program
    Manchester, NH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Fiction: Benjamin Nugent, Marcus Burke, Halle Butler, Rachel B. Glaser, Johanna Knowles, Andrew Martin, Tracy O’Neill, Nadia Owusu, Rebecca Schiff, Justin Taylor
    Nonfiction: Nadia Owusu, Adrienne Raphel, Gemma Sieff

    Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15 per cohort
    Deadline: 10/30/24

  • Naropa University, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

    MFA Program
    Boulder, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Amy Bobeda, Steven Dunn, Valerie Hsiung, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Andrew Schelling, Julia Seko, Anne Waldman

    Genre: Not Genre-Specific
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-16
    Deadline: 2/2/25

  • Naropa University, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

    MFA Program
    Boulder, CO
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Amy Bobeda, Mairead Case, Steven Dunn, Valerie Hsiung, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Michelle Naka Pierce, Sarah Shantz, Andrew Schelling, Anne Waldman

    Guest Faculty Includes: Petra Kuppers, CAConrad, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Cedar Sigo, Julie Carr, Dawn Lundy Martin, Eleni Sikelianos, and others

    Genre: Not Genre-Specific
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 5-15 each year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University

    MFA Program
    Louisville, KY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Debra Kang Dean, Kathleen Driskell, Lynnell Edwards, Erin Keane, Douglas Manuel, Greg Pape, Maggie Smith, Jeanie Thompson, Keith S. Wilson

    Fiction: Wiley Cash, K. L. Cook, Kirby Gann, Rachel M. Harper, Roy Hoffman, Silas House, Angela Jackson-Brown, Robin Lippincott, Lee Martin, Nancy McCabe, Elaine Neil Orr, John Pipkin, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Neela Vaswani

    Nonfiction: Dianne Aprile, Roy Hoffman, Jason Kyle Howard, Robin Lippincott, Lee Martin, Nancy McCabe, Elaine Neil Orr, Felicia Rose Chavez, Karen Salyer McElmurray, Neela Vaswani, Rebecca Walker

    Writing for Children & Young Adults: Beth Bauman, Lamar Giles, Ellen Hagan, Leah Henderson, Lesléa Newman

    Writing for TV, Screen, and Stage: Larry Brenner, Gabriel Jason Dean, Helena Kriel, Kira Obolensky, Bruce Marshall Romans, Charlie Schulman, Sam Zalutsky

    Translation: Jeremy Paden

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20 per residency
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • New England College

    MFA Program
    Henniker, NH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Paige Ackerson-Kiely, Chen Chen, Anaïs Duplan, Jennifer Militello, Andrew Morgan, Allison Titus
    Fiction: Tara Ison, Leah Johnson, Anna Qu, David Ryan, Allison Titus, Chika Unigwe
    Nonfiction: Anaïs Duplan, Tara Ison, Jennifer Militello, Anna Qu, David Ryan, Chika Unigwe
    Writing for Stage and Screen: Tara Ison, David Ryan

    Recent visiting writers include Alysia Abbott, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Jericho Brown, Andre Dubus III, Vievee Francis, Linda Gregerson, Carmen Maria Machado, Vijay Seshadri, and Ocean Vuong.

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-20 each year
    Deadline: 12/1/24

  • New Mexico State University

    MFA Program
    Las Cruces, NM
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Richard Greenfield, Connie Voisine
    Fiction: Brandon Hobson, Phillip Hurst (Visiting)
    Screenwriting: Amy Lanasa, Ilana Lapid

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 6-8
    Deadline: 2/1/25

  • New York University

    MFA Program
    New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Alex Dimitrov, Terrance Hayes, Deborah Landau, Sharon Olds, Claudia Rankine, Matthew Rohrer, Ocean Vuong
    Fiction: Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Safran Foer, Garth Greenwell, Tess Gunty, Uzodinma Iweala, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Katie Kitamura, Hari Kunzru, Raven Leilani, Joyce Carol Oates, Darin Strauss, Brandon Taylor
    Creative Nonfiction: Uzodinma Iweala, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Hari Kunzru, Valeria Luiselli, Parul Sehgal, Jonathan Safran Foer, Darin Strauss

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 50-60
    Deadline: 12/18/24

  • New York University in Paris

    MFA Program
    New York, NY
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Catherine Barnett, Alex Dimitrov, Matthew Rohrer, Nicole Sealey
    Fiction: Nathan Englander, Jonathan Safran Foer, Tess Gunty, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Katie Kitamura, Hari Kunzru, Uzodinma Iweala, Leigh Newman, Darin Strauss, Brandon Taylor
    Creative Nonfiction: Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Hari Kunzru, Leigh Newman, Parul Sehgal, Darin Strauss
    Director: Deborah Landau

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 10-20
    Deadline: 9/1/24

  • Newport MFA at Salve Regina University

    MFA Program
    Newport, RI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Charles Coe, Edgar Kunz
    Fiction: Allen Kurzweil, Bill Roorbach, Tim Weed
    Nonfiction: Alden Jones, Kate Moulton, Bernadette Murphy
    Guest writers include: R. Tripp Evans, Andre Dubus III, Elizabeth Strout

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15 each year
    Deadline: Rolling Admissions

  • North Carolina State University

    MFA Program
    Raleigh, NC
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Meg Day
    Fiction: Belle Boggs, Carter Sickels, LaTanya McQueen

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 13
    Deadline: 2/1/25

  • Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA)

    MFA Program
    Akron, Cleveland, and Kent, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Mary Biddinger, Caryl Pagel, Catherine Wing
    Fiction: Hilary Plum, Imad Rahman, Anthony Tognazzini
    Creative Nonfiction: David Giffels, Caryl Pagel, Hilary Plum
    Playwriting: Mike Geither

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 1/15/25

  • Northern Arizona University

    MFA Program
    Flagstaff, AZ
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Sherwin Bitsui, Nicole Walker
    Fiction: Geetha Iyer, Chelsey Johnson, Oscar Mancinas
    Nonfiction: Lawrence Lenhart, KT Thompson, Nicole Walker

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10
    Deadline: 2/1/25

  • Northern Michigan University

    MFA Program
    Marquette, MI
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Austin Hummell, Patricia Killelea
    Fiction: Jon Billman, Jennifer A. Howard, Monica McFawn
    Nonfiction/Hybrid: Matthew Gavin Frank, Rachel May

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12
    Deadline: 2/1/25

  • Ohio State University

    MFA Program
    Columbus, OH
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kathy Fagan, Marcus Jackson
    Fiction: Lee Martin, Nick White
    Nonfiction: Lee Martin, Elissa Washuta

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 12–16
    Deadline: 12/2/24

  • Oklahoma State University

    MFA Program
    Stillwater, OK
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Stephanie Choi, Lisa Lewis
    Fiction: Dinah Cox, Gene Kwak, Aimee Parkison
    Nonfiction: Sarah Beth Childers

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 15
    Deadline: 1/5/25

  • Old Dominion University

    MFA Program
    Norfolk, VA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Marianne Chan, Luisa A. Igloria

    Fiction: Jane Alberdeston, John McManus, Kent Wascom

    Nonfiction: Luisa A. Igloria, Marianne Chan

    Hybrid: Luisa A. Igloria

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 4/1/25

  • Oregon State University

    MFA Program
    Corvallis, OR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: David Biespiel, Karen Holmberg, Jennifer Richter
    Fiction: Sindya Bhanoo, Nick Dybek, Susan Jackson Rodgers, Keith Scribner
    Nonfiction: George Estreich, Elena Passarello, Justin St. Germain

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Full
    Incoming Class Size: 10-14
    Deadline: 12/15/24

  • Oregon State University–Cascades

    MFA Program
    Bend, OR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Director: Jenna Goldsmith
    Poetry: Irene Cooper, Joy Manesiotis
    Fiction: Beth Alvarado, Christopher Boucher, Irene Cooper, T. Geronimo Johnson, Joshua Mohr; Kim Johnson
    Nonfiction: Beth Alvarado, Christopher Boucher, Joshua Mohr, Ellen Waterston

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: Varies - Maximum program enrollment: 27 students
    Deadline: 3/1/25

  • Pacific Lutheran University, Rainier Writing Workshop

    MFA Program
    Tacoma, WA
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Kelli Russell Agodon, Rick Barot, Geffrey Davis, Oliver de la Paz, Jennifer Foerster, torrin a. greathouse, Jenny Johnson, Brian Teare

    Fiction: April Ayers Lawson, Scott Nadelson, Sequoia Nagamatsu, Marjorie Sandor, Renee Simms

    Nonfiction: Barrie Jean Borich, Wendy Call, Brenda Miller, Aram Mrjoian, Justin St. Germain

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-20
    Deadline: 11/30/24

  • Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University

    MFA Program
    Portland, OR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Core Faculty: Alejandro de Acosta, Jess Arndt, Jennifer S. Cheng, Matt Hart, Sara Jaffe, LaTanya McQueen, Megan Milks, Poupeh Missaghi, Lara Mimosa Montes, Vi Khi Nao, Emilly Prado, Alison C. Rollins, Brandon Shimoda, Dao Strom, Asiya Wadud
    Past guest artists: Venita Blackburn, Jenny Boully, K-Ming Chang, Renee Gladman, Cedar Sigo, Gabrielle Civil, Diana Khoi Nguyen

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation, Cross-Genre
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 7
    Deadline: 10/15/24

  • Pacific University

    MFA Program
    Forest Grove, OR
    Core Faculty Includes:

    Poetry: Ellen Bass, Leila Chatti, Adrienne Christian, Eduardo C. Corral, Kwame Dawes, Tyree Daye, Frank X. Gaspar, Danusha Laméris, Dorianne Laux, Shara McCallum, Joseph Millar, Mahtem Shiferraw
    Fiction: Claire Davis, Siddhartha Deb, Jack Driscoll, Pete Fromm, Molly Gloss, Cate Kennedy, Valerie Laken, Mary Helen Stefaniak, Willy Vlautin, Laura Warrell, Kellie Wells, Cecily Wong
    Nonfiction: Chris Abani (multi-genre), Sanjiv Bhattacharya, Omar El Akkad, W. Ralph Eubanks, Mike Magnuson, Kao Kalia Yang

    Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
    Residency: Low
    Incoming Class Size: 15-20
    Deadline: 12/1/24

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