DJ Lambchop

Yeah, I considered this, but based on the draft (if any of the names are real!) it looks random.

To anyone who has already received a Johns Hopkins fiction rejection, can I ask what your rejection said? I am still waiting on a response from this school and I’m wondering what the hold up is. Perhaps tiered rejections?

Seeing some JH fiction rejections on draft. Radio silence from this school for me

Yesssssss bagel!!!!!! Yes!!

Yeah, like when shrek walks into Duloc. “It’s quiet… too quiet.” And then he finds Lord Farquaad in an arena sending a bunch of men out for his quest, saying, “some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I am willing to make.” (the admissions committee is farquaad)

In that case, I’m praying for some good news for you 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Are you fiction or poetry? It seems like most of the fiction rejections have gone out unless they are doing them in waves. but I don’t think ive seen any waitlists or acceptances yet for fiction so maybe they’re doing those second.

Not just rude, it's borderline illegal.

The Syracuse rejection hurt. I grew up in a Tibetan Buddhist community and George Saunders is a rare combination of Tibetan Buddhist, stellar writer, and kind and sane human. He was my top faculty member I wanted to work under.

Quick anecdote about this whole process and finding the right school: I work at an indie bookstore. My coworkers found a book that's coming out later this year and decided to read it together as a gag because they saw that the writing was instantly horrible and the subject matter slightly concerning. This book has been hot gossip around my workplace, with everyone ragging on it and calling it "more piss than plot." I recently was rejected by a highly competitive program. I then came to learn that the author of the aforementioned book is a faculty member at this school! I suddenly felt relieved I didn't make it into this program... This is not to say that this author can't teach well, but I just wanted to illustrate that even faculty members of these esteemed programs can be considered shit writers (by an entire group of hardcore readers)!

Do you think schools coordinate about when they’re sending out decisions? It feels like things are pretty evenly parsed.

I’m curious— what’s everybody reading lately? Today I am reading Pan by Michael Clune. It comes out in July. I’m only 30 pages in and I absolutely love it. It’s the kind of prose that makes you laugh out loud whether it’s funny or not.

Yes. I had one hard reject and four other soft rejects. No acceptances or waitlists. I feel 100% hopeless and even find myself picturing the same outcome if I applied to all these schools again next year.

Reading a Karen Russell ARC next to my German shepherd.

I tend to feel better when I read my favorite writers. Kind of reminds me why I’m here. Bonus if your favorite writers did not get an MFA!