392 Master's in Creative Writing in North America

The Spanish Creative Writing at The University of Iowa offers undergraduate majors and minors, graduate degree programs, and coursework for students in other disciplines.

If you have dreams of writing a book, Fairfield University's low-residency MFA in Creative Writing can help you make those dreams into reality. In the past three years, our alumni and students have published over 80 books, in addition to hundreds of articles, essays, stories, and poems.

The Creative Writing and Media Arts programme at the University of Missouri - Kansas City is a comprehensive Master of Fine Arts. This advanced degree focuses on screenwriting through a rigorous curriculum. Students engage in full-time study to master artistic structure and style within a professional academic environment.

Make your literary mark with Portland State University’s master’s in Creative Writing. Our two-year, flexible program offers both full-time and part-time options for earning your MFA. You will graduate with a manuscript, your thesis, in your genre (fiction, poetry, or nonfiction).

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Old Dominion University is widely regarded as a terminal degree. It is designed to prepare students for careers as published writers in fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction. 

The Creative Writing MFA program at the University of Utah in creative writing is small and selective. It gives students the opportunity to study literature, participate in intensive writing workshops, and work in a close community of writers.

Butler University’s 36-hour MFA in Creative Writing program is supported by a lively Indianapolis literary community. 

The Writing program offered by University of San Francisco aims to cultivate tomorrow’s writers in the literary epicenter of the west coast.

The Creative Writing programme at The City University of New York is a distinguished MFA offered in West Harlem. Available in full-time and part-time modes, this degree focuses on diversity and excellence. Students develop their unique voices in a supportive environment at The City University of New York over a flexible duration.

The Master of Arts in Rhetoric and Composition program at the University of Houston Downtown offers intensive study in composition theory and training in the teaching of writing and English studies at the college level.

The English - Writing Studies program from Kean University is tailored toward students who want to improve their writing skills to further their careers and those who want a greater understanding of the art and theory behind good writing to follow their own passions

On the Writing programme at California College of the Arts define your voice and explore your creative practice—fiction, nonfiction, and poetry—alongside writers, designers, and visual artists.

The low-residency MFA in Creative Writing at the Dominican University of California welcomes you to a vibrant community of writers and dedicated faculty, in an unsurpassed San Francisco Bay Area location.

The Creative Writing program at Saint Leo University is an advanced program that offers genre specializations in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction.

Creative Writing (Low-Residency) offered by Naropa University, the award-winning Jack Kerouac School faculty will support you in discovering both your best creative work and your best self.

Creative Writing from Mississippi University for Women is a 48-hour program that can be completed in two to three years (or longer if students choose to attend part time). Students take online classes, combined with two types of brief residency classes.  

Antioch University’s low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program is devoted not only to the education of literary and dramatic artists but to community engagement and the pursuit of social justice. 

Chatham University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFACW) program grows from the legacy of Rachel Carson '29, a creative writer known for her social conscience.

If you have a passion for writing and seek to publish your work, Tiffin University’s Master of Humanities in Creative Writing can help you improve your writing skills and reach your goals.

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Concordia University, St. Paul is designed to develop the students’ skills in writing and reading fiction. By the end of the program, students will have completed a book-length manuscript of their own creative work.