chruchchirp Posted February 14 Posted February 14 5 hours ago, Hjanep said: Anyone else over here going “maybe Iowa has started calling people but they just aren’t the people on draft/gradcafe”? I need a vacation from myself Has anyone reached out to the department to ask about their status? I know there are some Iowa vets/attendees on Draft, have they said anything about decisions going out?
jadedoptimist Posted February 14 Posted February 14 (edited) 1 minute ago, chruchchirp said: Has anyone reached out to the department to ask about their status? I know there are some Iowa vets/attendees on Draft, have they said anything about decisions going out? Nope, nothing and I'm itchy... Edited February 14 by jadedoptimist also welcome to the convo chirp:)
Hjanep Posted February 14 Posted February 14 (edited) 12 minutes ago, chruchchirp said: Has anyone reached out to the department to ask about their status? I know there are some Iowa vets/attendees on Draft, have they said anything about decisions going out? I’m afraid of pestering them but one of them did help me with my application. I just… am trying to just hold out hope and not make it weird? Update: no insight but should be soon, first readers are mostly done and it’s in faculty hands now Edited February 14 by Hjanep BarryDairy, jadedoptimist and ajcam 3
jadedoptimist Posted February 14 Posted February 14 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Hjanep said: I’m afraid of pestering them but one of them did help me with my application. I just… am trying to just hold out hope and not make it weird? okay. I asked. Stay tuned. Godspeed edit: omg thank you for doing this is this a fiction prof you were corresponding with? Or someone who could potentially be speaking to both genres... 👀 Edited February 14 by jadedoptimist Update
mangojalapeno Posted February 14 Posted February 14 I am staring at the rejection email and talking to myself "The number of people who suffer from inhibition and aphasia because of creative writing MFA is countless I don't need this it's bad for me"
BarryDairy Posted February 14 Posted February 14 24 minutes ago, Hjanep said: I’m afraid of pestering them but one of them did help me with my application. I just… am trying to just hold out hope and not make it weird? Update: no insight but should be soon, first readers are mostly done and it’s in faculty hands now Thank you for asking! Anyone else get followed by Iowa faculty on their socials?? It's an adjunct professor so I'm guessing a first reader. I want to read into it soooooo bad. I had a couple people from Iowa checking out my LinkedIn page a few weeks back and it also got me excited.
goldentulip Posted February 14 Posted February 14 1 hour ago, Chex said: Here goes: 1. Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (M/M, this is THE hockey romance, book 2 of mostly standalone series called the Game Changers series. You can read this one first or go in order, if you prefer). 2. His Quiet Agent by Ada Maria Soto (Really wonderful asexual romance) 3. Glitterland by Alexis Hall (one MC has bouts of mental illness) 4. Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall (romcom) 5. Jericho by Ann McMan (slow burn F/F romance) 6. The Drake Chronicles series by Lauren Gilley (book series, romantasy set in ancient times, magic, dragons, intrigue and action, multiple couples; first book is called Heart of Winter) 7. Muscling Through by J.L. Merrow (opposites attract, a university professor and someone considered 'slow') 8. Special Forces - Soldiers by Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate, Vashtan (Military M/M set in the 80s. Content warning: this is dark romance. Like, fucked up shit. Terrible things happen. Don't read this if it might be too much for you. But also, good stuff happens. It is an intense and amazing story) 9. The Last Kiss by Sally Malcolm (Beautiful historical romance set around/after WW1) 10. Thrown Off the Ice by Taylor Fitzpatrick (hockey romance. Content warning: it starts innocuously enough but this is not exactly textbook romance) 11. Wingmen by Ensan Case (early gay romance published in the 70s? Set during WW2. Great story. Packs a big emotional punch) 12. Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian (Historical romance set in the 1960s) 12. We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian (same as above) 13. The Sleeping Soldier by Aster Glenn Gray (someone supposedly dies in the 1860s but only fell asleep à la Sleeping Beauty. He wakes in the 1960s and must deal with living in the modern world) 14. Red Dirt Heart series by N.R. Walker (Australia, large farm) 15. Galaxies and Oceans by N.R. Walker Let's stop here for now, LOL. There's a lot more where that came from. oh this is beautiful!!! thank you!!!!
jadedoptimist Posted February 14 Posted February 14 Meme that I have just dreamed up: You guys are checking your email every 5 minutes. I'm tightly folding up a slip of paper with "Iowa Writer's Workshop" written on it 100 times in red ink, dropping it in a vial of my tears, lighting 13 candles around it, then using the wax to seal the vial and burying it while chanting lines from Mary Oliver poems. We are not the same. knotinsomnia, goldentulip, triciadawn and 4 others 7
triciadawn Posted February 14 Posted February 14 40 minutes ago, ajcam said: Aghhhhh BU said FU to my inbox 😕 Still waiting for mine!!
jadedoptimist Posted February 14 Posted February 14 (edited) Alert. This is not a drill. there was a Vanderbilt poetry acceptance in draft. From yesterday 2/13 Edited February 14 by jadedoptimist goldentulip 1
Scribe Posted February 14 Posted February 14 Dear applican't, Thank you for interest. Sad no room program. Maybe sometime other. Sincerely, Johns Slopkins
knotinsomnia Posted February 14 Posted February 14 Hi all! Longtime lurker, but I couldn't resist the conversation about queer romance haha. My favorite queer romance author (maybe one of my favorite authors?) is K.J. Charles. She writes mostly regency romance, but does have a series set in the Jazz Age, I believe. Her book Think of England also has one of the most incredible descriptions of poetry that I've ever read! It's crickets in my inbox from BU. I'm assuming I didn't get in or waitlisted because I haven't heard from them on that....but I also haven't gotten a rejection yet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ writernity, goldentulip, Chex and 1 other 4
ajcam Posted February 15 Posted February 15 1 hour ago, triciadawn said: Still waiting for mine!! I hope that means good news for u! triciadawn 1
_redrabbit7 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 2 hours ago, ajcam said: Aghhhhh BU said FU to my inbox 😕 is that Brown University? what did they say?
triciadawn Posted February 15 Posted February 15 3 minutes ago, _redrabbit7 said: is that Brown University? what did they say? Boston! I don’t think Brown has started notifying yet.
pananoprodigy Posted February 15 Posted February 15 (edited) Ugh today feels like it's been another slow day. I don't know why but I really had it in my head that there was going to be a big wave of news all week. edit: i do know why, it's because I'm delulu ❤️ Edited February 15 by pananoprodigy lemmmein, BarryDairy, Hjanep and 1 other 4
prufrock_ Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Just now, pananoprodigy said: Ugh today feels like it's been another slow day. I don't know why but I really had it in my head that there was going to be a big wave of news all week. I agree, 2/15 mixed with 'post awp week' felt like we would see tons of movement. We'll just have to be a bit more patient, but it's tough! pananoprodigy and triciadawn 1 1
_redrabbit7 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 1 minute ago, triciadawn said: Boston! I don’t think Brown has started notifying yet. oh, OK. thanks.
Scribe Posted February 15 Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, pananoprodigy said: Ugh today feels like it's been another slow day. I don't know why but I really had it in my head that there was going to be a big wave of news all week. edit: i do know why, it's because I'm delulu ❤️ no, it's because it feels this way... I think for most of us. there's a deadline for them too and the closer it gets without responses, the more imminent a wave seems. Soon it will be so. jadedoptimist 1
prufrock_ Posted February 15 Posted February 15 I just realized the 2023 draft notification spreadsheet has no data submitted before 2/24! Hard to get a great sense of what movement was last year due to this.
ajcam Posted February 15 Posted February 15 20 minutes ago, _redrabbit7 said: is that Brown University? what did they say? Ops sorry! University of Boston. Emailed a complete form letter addressed “Dear Writer.” Promising a more formal rejection was on its way, lest I need to be clubbed over the head with this information. Lol
_redrabbit7 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, ajcam said: Ops sorry! University of Boston. Emailed a complete form letter addressed “Dear Writer.” Promising a more formal rejection was on its way, lest I need to be clubbed over the head with this information. Lol sorry to hear that. i hope you get accepted somewhere else, if there are any. ajcam 1
nothingnothing Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Hey all. Just wondering if anyone had information about brooklyn or rutgers-camden?
jadedoptimist Posted February 15 Posted February 15 10 hours ago, pananoprodigy said: Ugh today feels like it's been another slow day. I don't know why but I really had it in my head that there was going to be a big wave of news all week. edit: i do know why, it's because I'm delulu ❤️ 10 hours ago, prufrock_ said: I agree, 2/15 mixed with 'post awp week' felt like we would see tons of movement. We'll just have to be a bit more patient, but it's tough! 10 hours ago, Scribe said: no, it's because it feels this way... I think for most of us. there's a deadline for them too and the closer it gets without responses, the more imminent a wave seems. Soon it will be so. Good morning folks !! I agree re: we had reason to expect a wave, wave has been mostly rejections but the week's not over yet 🫶 Hjanep and knotinsomnia 2
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