litty

Super Congrats! Iowa and Michigan!!! You're our board MVP

Woot Woot!!! Congrats!!!

I'm sure for international students they prefer to arrange convenient times prior to calling. Although it's good news, might be inconsiderate to wake someone up at 3am, lol

This is MAJOR! Count that as a win, super congrats!! Where are you based??

breathe deeply. it's just starting. folks are here with you!

Happy Birthday!!!

co-sign. from what i've gathered, most places are ok with a novel excerpt, but prefer the opening chapter and they expect that it not require set-up/context, should be able to speak for itself. you should definitely/must include a short story or two (depending on where you apply), and that's what will give them a sense of your ability to tell a story. I would refrain from mentioning anything related to a publisher or publishing, let your work speak for itself. you could inadvertently shoot yourself in the foot by making it seem you have things all figured out. in all the work they review they're looking for potential, to help you grow and get to the place of publication. to say you feel you're at a place where you're ready for publication would lead some to question, then what can we do for you? caveat, my comments are geared towards novels, most places love to see published short stories! shows commitment and hopefully talent!

If this is an email acceptance, and they haven't yet provided the breakdown of actual offer, you should thank them and state in your weords how you're excited for the opportunity, and look forward to learning more via conversations or a campus visit. keep it short and sweet, they'll follow up with more substantive stuff later. hope that helps.

Hi there, wanted to let you know you're in the section of Grad Cafe primarily for Creative Writing. You might want to hunt around and see if there are threads for your specific program or area of study. There's definitely a lot of overlap and folks talk about the process and anxiety a lot here, but you might also see advice that may not be suited for your program or process. Hope this is helpful!

Looks like there was another fiction announcement today, but haven't seen anything for poetry.

Late to party, but this is so dope. Congrats!!!!

OMG, CONGRATS!!! very amazing

Iowa has started notifying fiction.

Awesome sauce, CONGRATS!!!

Congrats! Keep the good news coming!