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Northwestern University Litowitz MFA+MA Program
Northwestern University
Northwestern University's Litowitz MFA+MA Program offers a two-year MFA in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. All admitted students are fully funded: tuition plus a stipend for two academic years and two summers.
Website: https://english.northwestern.edu/graduate/mfa-ma-program/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Illinois
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: 5-7 students per year
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of North Carolina, Greensboro Creative Writing MFA
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
University of North Carolina, Greensboro offers a two-year MFA in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. All students are fully funded: tuition waiver plus teaching and editing assistantships. Funding requires assistantship duties.
Website: https://english.uncg.edu/mfa/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in North Carolina
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: 10-12
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of South Carolina, Columbia Creative Writing MFA
University of South Carolina, Columbia
University of South Carolina offers a three-year MFA in poetry and fiction. All students are fully funded through a teaching assistantship with a tuition waiver and stipend. Funding requires teaching.
Website: https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/eng...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in South Carolina
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: Small cohorts
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
University of South Florida Creative Writing MFA
University of South Florida
University of South Florida offers a three-year MFA in comics, creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, children's literature, and YA. All students are fully funded with a tuition waiver and stipend.
Website: https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/english/gra...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Florida
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: 9 students
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
North Carolina State University Creative Writing MFA
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University offers a two-year MFA in fiction and poetry. All eligible admitted students are fully funded through a graduate teaching assistantship with a tuition waiver and stipend.
Website: https://english.chass.ncsu.edu/graduate/mfa/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in North Carolina
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: 12 students per year
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Minnesota State University, Mankato Creative Writing MFA
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Minnesota State University, Mankato offers a three-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Students are funded through graduate or teaching assistantships with full tuition remission and a stipend. Funding requires assistantship duties.
Website: https://hss.mnsu.edu/academic-programs/creative-writing/m...
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Minnesota
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree from an accredited university with recommended 18 semester credits in literature, writing, and/or linguistics
Writing Seminars MFA at Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins offers a two-year residential MFA in fiction and poetry. All students receive a full tuition waiver, health insurance, and a teaching fellowship stipend.
Website: https://writingseminars.jhu.edu/graduate
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Maryland
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required
Georgia College & State University Creative Writing MFA
Georgia College & State University
Georgia College & State University offers a three-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. All admitted students are funded through a graduate assistantship with a tuition waiver and stipend. Funding requires assistantship duties.
Website: https://www.gcsu.edu/artsandsciences/english/mfa
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Georgia
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: 25
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Florida State University
Florida State University
Florida State University offers a three-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. All admitted students receive a three-year assistantship with a stipend, tuition waiver, and health-insurance subsidy. Funding requires teaching.
Website: https://english.fsu.edu/programs/creativewriting
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Florida
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: Limited
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Cornell University Creative Writing MFA
Cornell University
Cornell University offers a two-year MFA in poetry and fiction. All students are fully funded for two years: a guaranteed stipend, full tuition fellowship, and health insurance, for both domestic and international students.
Website: https://english.cornell.edu/mfa-program-creative-writing
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in New York
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: 3 per concentration: poetry or fiction
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Colorado State University Creative Writing MFA
Colorado State University
Colorado State University offers a three-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Six to nine students a year are fully funded through a teaching assistantship with a tuition waiver and monthly stipend. Fall entry only.
Website: https://english.colostate.edu/mfa-in-creative-writing/
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Colorado
Level: Advanced
Length:
3 years
Class size: 6-9 funded slots/year
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
Brown University MFA
Brown University
Brown University offers a two-year MFA in fiction, poetry, and digital/cross-disciplinary. Fully funded, with a fellowship and stipend.
Website: https://literaryarts.brown.edu/courses/graduate-courses
Categories: MFA
Start date:
Open all year round
Based in Rhode Island
Level: Advanced
Length:
2 years
Class size: Small cohorts
Prerequisites: Bachelor's degree required (typical for MFA admission)
