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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

Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences

Litowitz Creative Writing Graduate Program, MFA+MA
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Ohio University

Creative Writing Program :: MA, PhD
poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction

Oklahoma City University

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

Our graduate program holds the distinction of being the oldest PhD in creative writing in the nation as well as one of the few that supports study in creative nonfiction beside poetry and fiction. Our aesthetic interests are eclectic too, and we emphasize working closely with students on theses and dissertations. Class sizes are small, and students are encouraged to study outside their genre as well as in other departmental programs, including literature, screen studies, TESOL, and composition/rhetoric. Affordable housing, friendly community, a uniquely supportive artistic experience!

Old Dominion University

Creative Writing MFA
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Oregon State University

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction

Oregon State University – Cascades

Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction

Our Lady of the Lake University

MA-MFA in Literature, Creative Writing, and Social Justice
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting

Pacific Lutheran University

Rainier Writing Workshop :: MFA (low-res)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Pacific Northwest College of Art

Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing
prose, poetry, cross-genre, literary translation

Pacific University

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

Portland State University

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Pratt Institute

MFA in Writing
fiction, poetry, journalism, translation, image/text

Queens College – CUNY

MFA Creative Writing and Literary Translation
poetry, fiction, nonfiction, literary translation

Queens University of Charlotte

MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, writing for stage & screen

Randolph College

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

Regis University

Mile High MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, writing for young adults

Reinhardt University

Etowah Valley MFA
poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, scriptwriting

Rhode Island College

MA in English
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Roosevelt University College of Arts and Sciences

Prepare for your life as a writer in Chicago’s thriving literary community through Roosevelt University’s close-knit community of writers. Our Master’s in Creative Writing (MFA) program allows students the time and attention to develop their craft and challenge their artistic boundaries. Our graduates have gone on to become authors, and worked in the education, publishing, journalism, marketing, advertising, and arts administration fields.

Rosemont College

MFA in Creative Writing

fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, writing for young adults

Rowan University

MA in Writing
creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, journalism

Rutgers University – Newark

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Saint Joseph’s University

Writing Studies MA
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, playwriting

Saint Leo University

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

Saint Mary’s College of California

MFA in Creative Writing
creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry

Salve Regina University

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

Sam Houston State University

MFA in Creative Writing, Editing, and Publishing
fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry

San Francisco State University

MA in English, MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, translation

San Jose State University

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

Sarah Lawrence College

MFA in Writing
fiction, speculative fiction, poetry, nonfiction

Savannah College of Art and Design

MFA in Writing (res/online)
creative nonfiction

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

MFA in Creative Writing

fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting

Seattle Pacific University

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

Sewanee School of Letters

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

Sonoma State University

MA in English
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Southeast Missouri State University

MA in Professional Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Southern New Hampshire University

Mountainview Low-Residency MFA
fiction, nonfiction
MFA in Creative Writing (online)
genre fiction
MA in English & Creative Writing (online)
fiction, nonfiction

Spalding University

Spalding’s affordable, nationally distinguished low-residency MFA in Writing and MA in Writing are committed to excellence in a noncompetitive, supportive atmosphere. Students thrive as they explore across genres, examine the interrelatedness of the arts, engage with the downtown arts scene, stay in a four-star hotel, and study with prize-winning faculty while gaining editorial experience and developing a close-knit literary community and lifelong writing habits. Students choose their own independent-study pace and may opt to travel abroad. All students write prolifically and receive extensive faculty feedback. Option to matriculate from MAW to MFA, earning two master’s degrees for about the cost of one. Apply by Feb. 1 for May or July entry, Aug. 1 for November entry. Financial aid available.