Low-residency Mfa Creative Writing 2020

low residency programs

2018 MFA Index: A Guide to More Than 200 Programs

A look at 153 full-residency programs and 59 low-residency programs, sorted alphabetically by region.

2012 MFA Rankings: The Low-Residency Top Ten

The top ten low-residency MFA programs in the United States, from Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina, to Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont.

A Lifetime to Write: Warren Wilson and the Origins of the Low-Residency MFA

This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the country's oldest low-residency MFA program in creative writing, established by poet Ellen Bryant Voigt in 1976at Goddard College before relocating to Warren Wilson College in 1981. Contributing editor Jeremiah Chamberlin explores the program's history and legendary faculty, and how it has served as a model for other low-residency programs across the country.

MFA Nation 2016: A Compendium of Graduate Programs in Creative Writing

Start your MFA research with this comprehensive guide to more than 170 full- and low-residency programs in creative writing, expanded and updated for 2016. Each listing includes detailed information such as core faculty, special features, funding, tuition, application fees, and deadlines. The free PDF also includes a regional index, a cost-of-living comparision, and a handy Application Tracker to keep track of your applications.

The Aha! Moment: Rene Steinke of Fairleigh Dickinson University

Rene Steinke, the director of the low-residency MFA program at Fairleigh Dickinson University, discusses the potential she saw in fiction applicant Jessie Vail Aufiery's writing sample, including a short story called "The Pleasure of Giving."

MFA Programs

Detailed information on 135 full- and low-residency graduate programs in creative writing.

2014 MFA Index: Further Reading

A comprehensive article about how we compiled the 2014 MFA Index of full- and low-residency programs, featured in the September/October 2013 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

2012 MFA Rankings: The Methodology

Attorney, poet, editor, and freelance journalist Seth Abramson explains the methodology used to compile the Poets & Writers Magazine 2012 rankings of postgraduate creative writing programs.

2011 MFA Rankings: The Top Ten Low-Residency Programs

The top ten low-residency MFA programs in the United States, plus a ranking of the additional thirty-six low residencies in the United States and beyond.

MFA Nation

We've compiled this annual guide to graduate creative writing programs—which includes our rankings of the top full- and low-residency MFA programs (with honorable mentions) and, new to this year, doctoral programs—to provide a spark for the deep thinking and serious consideration that the process of choosing a program requires.