Creative Nonfiction Programs: Creative Writing Degrees

Creative writing degrees whose official pages name creative nonfiction as a genre or track. Memoir, the personal essay, literary journalism and other factual narrative. We never assign a genre a program does not name.

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Virginia Commonwealth University

MFA in Creative Writing

MFAMaster of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Richmond, VA

Campus-based · Full-time, Part-time

Fiction · Poetry · Creative Nonfiction

Three years

Competitive full funding$19,000 stipend (a year (9-12 month annual stipend))

Tuition not published

No upcoming verified deadline

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Warren Wilson College

Creative Writing

BABachelor of Arts in Creative Writing

Swannanoa, NC

Campus-based

Fiction · Creative Nonfiction · Poetry

Duration not verified

Funding not verified

$26,270 per academic year · All students — Undergraduate · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

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Warren Wilson College

MFA Program for Writers

MFAMaster of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Swannanoa, NC

Low-residency

Poetry · Fiction · Creative Nonfiction

Four semesters and five residencies

Partial funding

$10,324 per semester · All students

No upcoming verified deadline

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Washington University in St Louis

MFA Program in Creative Writing (The Writing Program)

MFAMaster of Fine Arts in Writing

St. Louis, MO

Campus-based

Fiction · Poetry · Creative Nonfiction

Two years

Fully funded (all admitted)$34,510 stipend (12 months)

$66,850 per academic year · All students — Value of full tuition remission (covered by the A&S Fellowship) · 2025-2026

December 1, 2026 · Fall 2027

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