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Eastern Washington University

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Emerson College

MFA in Creative Writing
MFA in Popular Fiction Writing and Publishing (online)
MA in Writing and Publishing
fiction, popular fiction, nonfiction, poetry, publishing

Emporia State University

MA in English
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, playwriting, screenwriting

Before you write your story, you have to find your voice. As a student in Fairfield University’s MFA in Creative Writing, you can pursue fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and scriptwriting/playwriting. Within these genres you can pursue concentrations in publishing/editing, spiritual writing, or literary health and healing.

Fairleigh Dickinson University

MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
The MFA program at Fairleigh Dickinson University provides students the opportunity to work closely with award-winning, acclaimed faculty writers in small classes (usually 4-6 students) that provide rigorous and individualized attention. At residencies, faculty and students dine together, attend readings and lectures, and socialize. Our curriculum supports every writer’s unique creative exploration, with a highly customized reading list and a guided study of craft.

Florida Atlantic University

The MFA at FAU is a three-year, fully-funded program in the heart of sunny South Florida. Students in the programs are encouraged to experiment, take risks, and explore the boundaries between genres. In addition to classes in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, students take courses in translation, book arts, creative writing pedagogy, and more from our award-winning faculty. Other opportunities include: teaching creative writing in the community, for-credit internships, summer travel and research money, working on our two literary journals, mentoring undergraduate creative writing students, and working with a wide variety of visiting writers. GTA positions are available.

Florida International University

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screenwriting

Florida State University

Creative Writing Program :: MFA, PhD
fiction, poetry, nonfiction

George Mason University

MFA in Creative Writing
poetry, fiction, nonfiction

Georgia College and State University

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program is a fully-funded program that offers workshops with award-winning faculty in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry; students may write their thesis in fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction. We encourage students to work in other genres and require our students to take at least one workshop in a genre other than their thesis genre. In addition to workshops, students take creative writing seminars in Poetry & Poetics or Prose Forms, pedagogy classes on the teaching of writing, journal design, and courses on literature and special topics.

Goucher College

MFA in Creative Nonfiction (low-res)
creative nonfiction

Hamline University

MFA in Writing (res); MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults (low-res)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, writing for young adults

Hollins University

Jackson Center for Creative Writing
MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Hunter College – CUNY

MFA Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Illinois State University

MA in English, PhD in English Studies
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Indiana State University

MA in English
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction

Indiana University South Bend

MA in English with Creative Writing Concentration
fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting

Institute of American Indian Arts

MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting

Iowa State University

MFA in Creative Writing and Environment
poetry, fiction, nonfiction, playwriting

John Carroll University

MA in English
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Johns Hopkins University

The Writing Seminars MFA in Fiction and Poetry
MA in Writing (low-res or online)
fiction, poetry

Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Programs

MA in Writing (low-res or online)
fiction, nonfiction

Kansas State University

MA in Creative Writing and Literature
poetry, fiction, nonfiction

Kean University

MA in English Writing Studies
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Kennesaw State University

MA in Professional Writing
fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, applied writing, composition & rhetoric

Lasell University

Solstice MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)

fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics & graphic narratives, writing for young people

Lesley University

MFA Program in Creative Writing (low-res)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for stage & screen, writing for young people, graphic novels & comics

Lindenwood University

MFA in Writing Program (online or in-class)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting

Long Island University – Brooklyn

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, graphic literature/comics, cross-genre, translation, dual genre

Louisiana State University

MFA Program in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting

Loyola Marymount University

MA in English
fiction, poetry, nonfiction, playwriting

Manchester Metropolitan University

MA/MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children & young adults, scriptwriting

Manhattanville College

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, cross-genre, graphic literature and comics

Miami University

MFA in Creative Writing (res)
creative nonfiction, poetry, fiction, screenwriting, multimedia & performance writing

Minnesota State University Mankato

MFA Writing
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction

Mississippi University for Women

MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, translation, writing for new media

Missouri State University

MA in English
fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, poetry

Monmouth University

MA/MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, genre writing

Morgan State University

English Program :: MA, PhD
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting

Mount Saint Mary’s University Los Angeles

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting

Murray State University

MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

National University of Ireland, Galway

MA in Writing

fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, journalism

New England College

MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
poetry, fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, screenwriting, dual genre

New Mexico Highlands University

MA in English
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

New York University

Creative Writing Program
Low-Residency MFA Writers Workshop in Paris
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction

Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA)

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting

Northern Arizona University

MFA in Creative Writing
poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction

Northern Kentucky University

MA in English
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Northern Michigan University

MFA in Creative Writing
NMU, located on the Lake Superior shore of Michigan’s beautiful Upper Peninsula, offers a three-year MFA degree in fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction, as well as a two-year MA in writing, literature, pedagogy, or theater. Teaching assistantships are available, as well as travel opportunities, field writing residencies in the beautiful Upper Peninsula wilderness, grants, and internships with Passages North.

Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

MW or MFA in Creative Writing (part-time)

fiction, nonfiction, poetry, publishing and professional development, dual genre, popular fiction