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The University of Tennessee – Knoxville

MFA in Creative Writing, PhD in English
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

Towson University

MS in Professional Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, technical writing, journalism, scientific writing

University at Albany – SUNY

Writing Practices: Poetics, Rhetorics, Technologies :: PhD
poetry, fiction, nonfiction

The Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing at the University of Alabama is a 48-hour studio/academic course of study designed to advance and develop students’ intellectual and artistic abilities. Our program has long been considered among the best creative writing programs in the nation, renowned for its robust visiting writers series, for its spirit of experimentation and flexibility, and for housing the award-winning Black Warrior Review, which is edited and run entirely by graduate students. Students work closely with resident faculty and also take workshops and have manuscript consultations with visiting writers.

University of Alabama at Birmingham

MA in English
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

University of Alaska Fairbanks

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, dramatic writing

University of Alberta

Studies in English Language and Literature
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

University of Arizona

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry

University of Arkansas at Monticello

MFA in Creative Writing (online)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

University of Baltimore

MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

University of British Columbia – Okanagan

MFA Visual Arts & Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, visual arts, media arts, performance arts

University of British Columbia – Vancouver

MFA in Creative Writing, Optional-Residency MFA Program
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

University of California Davis

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre

University of California Riverside

MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting

University of California Riverside – Palm Desert Center

MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts (low-res)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting

University of Central Arkansas

Arkansas Writer’s Workshop MFA
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting

University of Central Florida

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction

University of Central Oklahoma

MA in Creative Writing
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction

University of Chicago

MA Program in the Humanities
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction

University of Cincinnati

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

University of Georgia

Low-Residency MFA in Narrative Media Writing; PhD in English
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting

University of Guelph

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, hybrid forms, writing the decolonial

University of Hawaii at Manoa

MA or PhD in English
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

University of Houston

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

University of Houston – Victoria

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

University of Idaho

MFA in Creative Writing

fiction, nonfiction, poetry

University of Illinois at Chicago

MA in English, PhD in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

University of Kentucky

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

University of King’s College

MFA in Creative Nonfiction (low-res)
creative nonfiction

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Creative Writing Program :: MA
fiction, poetry, nonfiction, playwriting

University of Louisville

MA in Creative Writing
poetry, fiction, playwriting, creative nonfiction

University of Minnesota

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

University of Mississippi

MFA in Creative Writing
fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, eco-writing

University of Missouri

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

University of Missouri – Kansas City

MFA in Creative Writing and Media Arts
fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, poetry, screenwriting

University of Montana

MFA Program in Creative Writing
fiction, nonfiction, poetry

University of Nebraska, Kearney

MA in English
Fiction and poetry primarily. Courses also offered in nonfiction and drama writing.

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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

University of Nebraska, Omaha

MFA in Writing (low-res)
fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, writing for young adults

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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

University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe

MFA in Creative Writing (low-res)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children and young adults

University of New Brunswick

MA or PhD in Creative Writing (English)
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting

University of New Hampshire

The MFA Program at the University of New Hampshire has a clear goal: to help you mold your gifts and passion for the art and to prepare you for the opportunities and demands that all writers will experience in a long career. What happens to you after you leave this program—how you will sustain yourself and your work—is one of our strongest concerns. This supportive community of students and faculty shares a belief that writing matters and that the best books of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction are made out of both the creative imagination and rigorous work.