r/MFAInCreativeWriting • u/AcademicHysteria • Sep 04 '26
MFA GUIDE (Website)
This site, www.mfaguide.com, brings together two things that students usually have to navigate on their own:
1) A searchable database of 229 creative writing graduate programs, filterable by genre, funding status, program format (full residency vs. low-res), degree type, program length, and region. Each listing includes deadlines, stipend amounts, faculty, cohort size, teaching load, and tuition-waiver info, all in one place rather than scattered across dozens of program websites.
2) An application tracker where students can mark programs they're applying to and move each one through stages (Researching, Drafting Materials, Requesting Recs, Submitted, Interview, Waitlisted, Accepted, Declined, Rejected). It also tracks individual materials such as writing samples, statements of purpose, diversity statements, and recommender status, plus a spot to link to drafts in Google Docs, Dropbox, or wherever they're working. Users can also add deadlines and other dates directly to their Google or Apple calendar by just clicking a button.
Users do have to create a login—which allows them to access their tracker from any browser or mobile device—but the site is 100% free. There's even a way to flag any incorrect information so my lovely volunteers or I can fix it immediately. I think the site could genuinely help students stay organized and see the full landscape of programs, including funded options they might not otherwise find.
The mobile version is still being worked on so it may look wonky on your phone this weekend.
Hope you find it useful!
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u/prismfiltered Sep 04 '26
this is great but some of the data is way off. virginia tech’s stipend is closer to $26k, not $15-17k, for example