Guide to Writing Programs

AWP's Guide to Writing Programs is a free, searchable database of graduate and undergraduate writing programs in the US and abroad. Each member program listing contains information about faculty, admissions, requirements of study, and tuition and financial aid.

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Writing Program Name	Location	Genres	Degrees
Aberystwyth University Faculty: Matthew Francis, Tiffany Atkinson, Katherine Stansfield, Rosie Dub, Jacqueline Yallop, David Towsey, Richard Marggraf Turley	United Kingdom	Fiction, Criticism & Theory, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Popular/Genre Fiction	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

Bath Spa University Faculty: Lucy English, Richard Kerridge, Colin Edwards, Tessa Hadley, Tracy Brain, Jonathan Neale, Mimi Thebo, Steve Voake, Gerard Woodward, Tim Liardet, Julia Green, Steve May, Paul Evans, Gavin Cologne-Brookes, Carrie Etter, Andrew Miller, Celia Brayfield, Paul Meyer, Ursula Sarma	ZZUnited Kingdom	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Writing for Children, Literary Translation, Professional Writing (technical writing, PR, etc.), Criticism & Theory, Popular/Genre Fiction	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR, BS

Binghamton University Faculty: Thomas Glave, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Jaimee Wriston Colbert, Lisa Li Shen Yun, Leslie Heywood, Liz Rosenberg , Alexi Zentner, Joe E. Weil, Tina Chang	NY, US	Fiction, Criticism & Theory, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Writing for Children	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

Cardiff Metropolitan University Faculty: Kate North, Carmen Casaliggi, Elizabeth English, Dan Anthony, Lucy Windridge, Christina Thatcher	ZZUnited Kingdom	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Criticism & Theory, Professional Writing (technical writing, PR, etc.), Popular/Genre Fiction, Writing for Children, Screenwriting, Playwriting	PHD, MA, BA

Cardiff University Faculty: Neil Badmington, Claire Connolly, Martin Coyle, Paul Crosthwaite, Rob Gossedge, Katie Gramich, Martin Kayman, Tim Killick, Stephen Knight, Anthony Mandall, Laurent Milesi, Radhika Mohanram, Irene Morrra, Jane Moore, Becky Munford, Carl Phelpstead, Helen Phillips, Carl Plasa, Vike Plock, Heather Worthington	United Kingdom	Fiction, Poetry, Playwriting, Creative Nonfiction	MA, PHD

Claremont Graduate University Faculty: Lori Anne Ferrell, Wendy Martin, David Luis-Brown, Eric Bulson, Amy Shimshon-Santo	CA, US	Criticism & Theory	MA, PHD

Duquesne University	PA, US		MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

Florida State University Faculty: Skip Horack, Robert Olen Butler, Barbara Hamby, James Kimbrell, David Kirby, Diane Roberts, Bob Shacochis, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Virgil Suarez, Mark Winegardner, Ravi Howard, L. Lamar Wilson, Joann Gardner, Russ Franklin	FL, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction	MFA, PHD, BA

Georgia State University Faculty: David Bottoms, Beth Gylys, Sheri Joseph, John Holman, Josh Russell, Leon Stokesbury	GA, US	Fiction, Poetry	MFA, PHD, BA

Harvard University Faculty: Kyoko Mori, Lan Samantha Chang, Katherine Vaz, Jamaica Kincaid, Peter Richards, Jorie Graham, Peter Sacks, Brighde Mullins	MA, US		BA, MINOR, PHD

Illinois State University Faculty: Ricardo Cruz, Gabriel Gudding, Kass Fleisher, Duriel Harris	IL, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Professional Writing (technical writing, PR, etc.)	MA, PHD

Lancaster University Faculty: Diran Adebayo, Jo Baker, Sarah Corbett, Jane Draycott, Helen Farish, George Green, Sara Maitland, Brian McCabe, Graham Mort, Conor O'Callaghan, Tom Pow, Michelene Wandor	United Kingdom		MA, PHD, BA

Michigan State University Faculty: Divya Victor, Gordon Henry, William Penn, Robin Silbergleid, William Vincent, Jeff Wray, Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai, Juliet Guzzetta, Tamar Boyadjian	MI, US	Fiction, Screenwriting, Playwriting, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry	BA, MINOR, PHD

Morgan State University	MD, US		PHD, MA, BA

Northeastern University	MA, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Playwriting	MA, BA, MINOR, PHD

Nottingham Trent University Faculty: Sarah Jackson, David Belbin, Graham Joyce, Georgina Lock, Mahendra Solanki, Gregory Woods	ZZUnited Kingdom	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Screenwriting, Writing for Children, Criticism & Theory, Popular/Genre Fiction	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

Ohio University, Main Campus Faculty: Mark Halliday, Bianca Lynne Spriggs, J. Allyn Rosser, Eric Lemay, Patrick O'Keeffe	OH, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction	MA, PHD, BA

Oklahoma State University Faculty: Lisa Lewis, Aimee Parkison, Sarah Beth Childers, Janine Joseph, Dinah Cox, Matthew Salesses	OK, US	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry	MFA, PHD, BA

Rice University	TX, US		PHD, BA, MINOR

SUNY, Albany Faculty: Bret Benjamin, Jeffrey Berman, Thomas Cohen, Mike Hill, Edward Schwarzschild, Lynne Tillman, William Kennedy	NY, US	Fiction, Playwriting, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

Texas Tech University Faculty: Jacqueline Kolosov, Leslie Jill Patterson, John Poch, William Wenthe, Curtis Bauer, Katie Cortese, Marcus Burke, Noam Dorr	TX, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction	MA, PHD, BA

The University of Manchester Faculty: Ian McGuire, John McAuliffe, Kaye Mitchell, Martin Amis, M. J. Highland, Vona Groarke, Geoff Ryman	United Kingdom	Fiction, Poetry, Criticism & Theory	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

University of Calgary Faculty: Christian Bok, Aritha van Herk , Suzette Mayr, Clem Martini	AB, Canada	Fiction, Poetry, Playwriting	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

University of Cincinnati Faculty: Chris Bachelder, John Drury, Michael Griffith, Kristen Iversen, Rebecca Lindenberg, Aditi Machado, James Schiff, Leah Stewart, Felicia Zamora	OH, US	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Professional Writing (technical writing, PR, etc.)	MA, PHD, BA

University of Denver Faculty: Bin Ramke, Selah Saterstrom, Lindsey Turner, Joanna Howard, Graham Foust, Patrick Cottrell	CO, US	Fiction, Poetry	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

University of East Anglia Faculty: Tiffany Atkinson, Trezza Azzopardi, Amit Chaudhuri, Andrew Cowan , Giles Foden , Andrea Holland, Rachel Hore, Kathryn Hughes, Jacob Huntley, Philip Langeskov, Michael Lengsfield, Jean McNeil, Kate Moorhead-Kuhn, Antoinette Moses, Denise Riley, Sophie Robinson, Helen Smith, Rebecca Stott, Henry Sutton, Ian Thomson, Steve Waters, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Naomi Wood, Raffaella Barker, Sian Evans, Tessa McWatt, Tom Benn, Molly Naylor, Ben Musgrave	ZZUnited Kingdom	Fiction, Poetry, Screenwriting, Playwriting, Creative Nonfiction, Popular/Genre Fiction, Literary Translation, Criticism & Theory	MFA, MA, PHD, BA

University of Georgia Faculty: Reginald McKnight, Ed Pavlic, Andrew Zawacki, LeAnne Howe, Magdalena Zurawski, Aruni Kashyap	GA, US	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry	PHD

University of Hawaii, Manoa Faculty: Frank Stewart, Susan Shultz, Steven Goldsberry , Rodney Morales , Gary Pak, Caroline Sinavaiana, S. Shankar, Shawna Yang Ryan, Kate Buetner, Craig Santos Perez	HI, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Criticism & Theory	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

University of Houston Faculty: Robert Boswell, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Nick Flynn, Antonya Nelson, Alexander Parsons, Martha Serpas, Kevin Prufer, Pete Turchi, Roberto Tejada, francine harris, Erin Belieu	TX, US	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry	MFA, PHD

University of Illinois, Chicago Faculty: Cris Mazza, Christopher Grimes, Christina Pugh, Luis Urrea, Daniel Borzutzky	IL, US	Fiction, Criticism & Theory, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

University of Kansas Faculty: Ken Irby, Darren Canady, Tom Lorenz, Laura Moriarty, Joseph Harrington, Megan Kaminski, Kij Johnson	KS, US	Fiction, Playwriting, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry	MFA, PHD, BA, MINOR

University of Leeds Faculty: Simon Armitage, Kimberly Campanello, John Whale, Jay Prosser, Ian Fairley, Zaffar Kunial, Karina Lickorish Quinn, Jason Allen-Paisant	ZZUnited Kingdom	Fiction, Literary Translation, Criticism & Theory, Writing for Children, Screenwriting, Playwriting, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Popular/Genre Fiction	PHD, BA, MA

University of Louisiana, Lafayette Faculty: Henk Rossouw, John McNally, Dayana Stetco, Sadie Hoagland, Charles Richard, Jessica Alexander	LA, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Literary Translation, Professional Writing (technical writing, PR, etc.)	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

University of Missouri, Columbia Faculty: Scott Cairns, Aliki Barnstone, Speer Morgan, Trudy Lewis, Marly Swick, Cornelius Eady, Richard B Schwartz, Anand Prahlad	MO, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

University of Nebraska at Lincoln Faculty: Kwame Dawes, Joy Castro, Grace Bauer, Ted Kooser, Gerald Shapiro, Judith Slater, Jonis Agee, Timothy Schaffert	NE, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction	MA, PHD

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Faculty: Maile Chapman, Claudia Keelan, Donald Revell, Douglas Unger, David Morris , José Orduña	NV, US	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry	MFA, PHD, MINOR

University of North Dakota	ND, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Popular/Genre Fiction	MA, PHD, BA

University of North Texas Faculty: Corey Marks, John Tait, Miroslav Penkov, Jehanne Dubrow, Jill Talbot, Bonnie Friedman	TX, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

University of Oklahoma Faculty: Agymah Kamau, Honoree Jeffers	OK, US		MA, PHD, BA

University of South Dakota Faculty: Lee Ann Roripaugh	SD, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction	PHD, MA

University of Southern Mississippi Faculty: Angela Ball, J.A. Bernstein, Olivia Clare, Adam Clay, Monika Gehlawat	MS, US	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR

University of Stirling, Scotland Faculty: Kathleen Jamie, Paula Morris	United Kingdom	Fiction, Poetry, Writing for Children	MA, PHD

University of Tennessee, Knoxville Faculty: Marilyn Kallet, Arthur Smith, Allen Wier, Michael Knight, Margaret Lazarus Dean	TN, US	Fiction, Poetry	PHD, BA, MINOR, MFA

University of Utah Faculty: Katharine Coles, Lindsey Drager, Michael Mejia, Lance Olsen, Jacqueline Osherow, Paisley Rekdal	UT, US	Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction	MFA, PHD, BA, MINOR

University of Victoria Faculty: Joan MacLeod, Maureen Bradley, Lorna Crozier, Bill Gaston, Lorna Jackson, David Leach, Tim Lilburn, Lynne Van Luven	BC, Canada	Fiction, Screenwriting, Playwriting, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry	MA, MINOR, PHD, BA

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Faculty: Kimberly Blaeser, Liam Callanan, Brenda Cardenas, Rebecca Dunham, Maurice Kilwein Guevara, Valerie Laken	WI, US	Fiction, Professional Writing (technical writing, PR, etc.), Criticism & Theory, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry	MA, PHD, BA

Western Michigan University Faculty: Nancy Eimers, Steve Feffer, Richard Katrovas, William Olsen, Thisbe Nissen	MI, US	Fiction, Playwriting, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction	MFA, PHD, BA, MINOR

Yale University Faculty: Paula Vogel, Ken Prestininzi, Lynn Nottage, John Guare	CT, US	Playwriting	MA, PHD, BA, MINOR