3feetofsnow

Maybe what they meant is that people aren’t going to look at your bio and use your alma mater as a reason for publishing you? Like “oh they went to x program, they must be good!” Publishing isn’t like hiring; it’s pretty much always about how well your specific piece fits with what the publisher is seeking. And an mfa program will ideally help you to improve in your writing, which should help you meet these expectations for publication more consistently.

For poetry, yes I believe so, but I’m not sure if they’ve sent anything out for fiction yet

I just found the draft group on Facebook after seeing references in this thread and having no idea what it was haha, so I requested to join earlier. It will be nice to have a better estimate of the possible size of waitlists etc, and know when things might be coming down the pike. I’m interested to see if today is as busy as yesterday was.

0a/2w/2r/8p I’ve been lurking here for a few days after getting rejections from two schools and looking for other people in the same boat. May I ask which school you were accepted to? If it’s one of the schools I’m waiting on it’d be nice to know to expect something. I applied to Michigan for fiction but haven’t heard anything.