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Cornell MFA
mfa programSmall, fully funded two-year MFA in fiction or poetry at Cornell, taught by a faculty that includes Ishion Hutchinson, Valzhyna Mort, NoViolet Bulawayo, and J. Robert Lennon, with close ties to the department's literary magazine EPOCH.
Hedgebrook
residencyA women-focused literary nonprofit on Whidbey Island, Washington, offering fully funded writing residencies (including the Mother Tree Residency), paid retreat stays, and public programs supporting women writers across genres.
Helen Zell Writers' Program (Michigan)
mfa programA fully funded two-year MFA in fiction or poetry at the University of Michigan's English Department, offering a funded post-graduate fellowship year and named for donor Helen Zell.
Iowa Writers' Workshop
mfa programThe oldest and most famous MFA program in the country; two-year funded residency in Iowa City.
MacDowell
residencyThe storied artist residency in Peterborough, NH. No residency fee; travel grants and stipends available.
Millay Arts
residencyA multidisciplinary artist residency at Edna St. Vincent Millay's former estate, Steepletop, in Austerlitz, New York, offering fully subsidized Core Residencies (juried) and partially subsidized Steepletop Residencies (rolling) for poets and other writers and artists.
NYU Creative Writing Program
mfa programNYU's MFA program in Greenwich Village, built around a public reading series, the journal Washington Square Review, and a faculty and alumni list dense with major prizewinners.
Storyknife
residencyFully funded residencies for women writers in individual cabins on a retreat property overlooking Cook Inlet in Homer, Alaska.
Syracuse MFA
mfa programFully funded three-year MFA in fiction and poetry, known for a small, highly selective cohort and a faculty list that has included Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, Mary Karr, and George Saunders.
Ucross
residencyFully funded residencies for writers, visual artists, composers, and choreographers on a 20,000-acre working cattle ranch in northern Wyoming, with private studios, chef-prepared meals, and a modest stipend.
UMass Amherst MFA
mfa programOne of the oldest MFA programs in the country: a three-year, funded MFA for poets and fiction writers in the Pioneer Valley, built around workshops and completion of a book-length manuscript.
University of Arkansas MFA
mfa programFour-year MFA in Fayetteville with deep poetry and translation tracks — one of the longest apprenticeships available.
University of Houston CWP
mfa programHouston's dual MFA/PhD Creative Writing Program, founded in 1979 by Donald Barthelme and Cynthia Macdonald, known for pairing rigorous literary study with a strong poetry workshop tradition.
Vanderbilt MFA
mfa programFully funded three-year MFA in Nashville admitting six poets and six fiction writers per year, for a total cohort of eighteen students.
Vermont Studio Center
residencyNonprofit artist and writer residency in Johnson, Vermont, founded in 1984, offering month-long (and shorter) studio residencies with visiting-writer programming and merit- and need-based fellowships.
Washington University in St. Louis MFA
mfa programFully funded two-year MFA program in creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis, housed in the English department; program page currently returns a 404, so verify current details via the university site.
Yaddo
residencyHistoric artists' community in Saratoga Springs offering funded residencies to writers and artists.