precociousreader Posted February 26 Posted February 26 11 minutes ago, oomphies said: as we near 6pm est i must force myself to retire for the night this whole process is cruel and unusual punishment literally. all the schools im waiting on minus one are all EST and i live in Central...</3 i'll try again tomorrow lol
nonsense Posted February 26 Posted February 26 1 hour ago, hermione granger said: can the applicants at the top of the alphabet start checking their portals for decisions in michener style please Last name J. Nothing so far! hermione granger 1
cocoice98 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 4 hours ago, womanonline said: You should sign up for Informed Delivery if in the US! It’s free with USPS on the website. It’ll send pictures of what you’re getting in the mail to your email every morning so you only have to check your mailbox if you need to! Still a form of torture, but may make the mailbox less scary and focus everything to the email LOL And I’ve been wondering about this! Now I’m wishing whoever was wondering if miffy was lying was right 😭 but I don’t really think that. It is weird there was only one acceptance and one waitlist, though, and then crickets. Those also came out so early compared to previous years and then possible rejections so late. So maybe they’re doing it differently. I don’t know, but I hope we find out soon I am definitely very bummed on the Iowa front-- not to be the crusher of dreams, but I do think that CNF is drastically underrepresented on the spreadsheet. For instance, at U of Arizona miffy had mentioned in notes that they interviewed 11 for CNF, but only 3 reported interviews on the sheet. In previous years on the sheet there have been at most 1-2 acceptances for Iowa NWP despite them taking 10+, and only a few dozen rejections despite presumably 300-400 being rejected. I'd also be really surprised if a waitlist had gone out prior to all acceptances going out. My delulu thought was "maybe JD clicked the wrong button on the google form and meant to put accepted". But probably, painfully, it's rejections otherwise. I would very much love to be proved wrong! womanonline 1
LouPatt Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Found out tonight that I'm on the Oregon State waitlist for poetry! After so many rejections, this makes me feel like there is a chance! marsmentality, meanwhile, girlwiththegreenribbon and 5 others 8
lisichka Posted February 27 Posted February 27 mr. president, a second UT Austin NWP acceptance has hit the spreadsheet Sumire11, BowelMovement, junebugboy and 1 other 4
SocialKonstruct Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Another masterwork about the state of the publishing industry (and its collapse during the past few decades): https://cup.columbia.edu/book/big-fiction/9780231192941/
A E Posted February 27 Posted February 27 42 minutes ago, cocoice98 said: I am definitely very bummed on the Iowa front-- not to be the crusher of dreams, but I do think that CNF is drastically underrepresented on the spreadsheet. For instance, at U of Arizona miffy had mentioned in notes that they interviewed 11 for CNF, but only 3 reported interviews on the sheet. In previous years on the sheet there have been at most 1-2 acceptances for Iowa NWP despite them taking 10+, and only a few dozen rejections despite presumably 300-400 being rejected. I'd also be really surprised if a waitlist had gone out prior to all acceptances going out. My delulu thought was "maybe JD clicked the wrong button on the google form and meant to put accepted". But probably, painfully, it's rejections otherwise. I would very much love to be proved wrong! I have never wished so dearly for someone to be proven wrong.
Ogwick Posted February 27 Posted February 27 13 minutes ago, jka0124 said: My multiquote does not want to play nice. So. 1) Some schools tell people not to say anything until rejections come out. I think we all know that, but still. If things seem odd or there's only one acceptance, that could be the reason why. (Since the spreadsheet is anonymous, some people just post anyway lol). But UCI is one of those schools, as is Colorado, Hunter, UVA, and uhhh...okay, my mind is blank. But still. 2) NYU does call its big fellowships first, then contacts everyone else. 3) Unless something has changed, Iowa waitlists and rejections are sent via snail mail. They're deliciously (read: irritatingly) old school. But sometimes the rejections have notes from Sam on them, so that's nice. 4) If you're doing interviews, I put together a list of questions you might want to ask + questions you might be asked. If you're on Draft, you saw this. If you're not, https://bit(dot)ly/4aFwmLc (just change the (dot) to a .) Thank you for answering the question about Iowa waitlists (snail mail) - I knew the rejections were hard copies
Busybeez Posted February 27 Posted February 27 29 minutes ago, jka0124 said: My multiquote does not want to play nice. So. 1) Some schools tell people not to say anything until rejections come out. I think we all know that, but still. If things seem odd or there's only one acceptance, that could be the reason why. (Since the spreadsheet is anonymous, some people just post anyway lol). But UCI is one of those schools, as is Colorado, Hunter, UVA, and uhhh...okay, my mind is blank. But still. 2) NYU does call its big fellowships first, then contacts everyone else. 3) Unless something has changed, Iowa waitlists and rejections are sent via snail mail. They're deliciously (read: irritatingly) old school. But sometimes the rejections have notes from Sam on them, so that's nice. 4) If you're doing interviews, I put together a list of questions you might want to ask + questions you might be asked. If you're on Draft, you saw this. If you're not, https://bit(dot)ly/4aFwmLc (just change the (dot) to a .) So just a lurker jumping in… the earlier discussion about iowa was focused on results posted by miffy and JD for CNF. Cnf is totally different program at Iowa and in 2025 both rejections and acceptances were by email not snail mail. i do agree with prior post that CNF is under represented on the board. There are fewer cnf progrsms and fewer spots, with acceptance rates also extremely low. For example the u of Arizona CNF waitlist email said accepted rate was between 1 and 2 percent and waitlist 2 percent. But im holding out hope for iowa not being done yet. There are a few glaring irregularities on the board with at least 2 oddball acceptances in CNF weeks before others have posted acceptances for same school (Montana and Oregon State). There seems to be either inaccuarate data sharing or schools are doing some type of batching possibly related to funding. And since its very early still for iowa cnf im just going to hope. and about $&!@ miffy. You know they can only take 1 seat
pengiunsfriend Posted February 27 Posted February 27 did anyone else get the ominous 2am Idaho email saying they are “reviewing?”…📞
impatientjoy Posted February 27 Posted February 27 5 hours ago, pengiunsfriend said: did anyone else get the ominous 2am Idaho email saying they are “reviewing?”…📞 No…. What did it say gafoo and meanwhile 2
hermione granger Posted February 27 Posted February 27 happy syracuse day to those who celebrate Ogwick, meanwhile, Strawberry14 and 2 others 5
meanwhile Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Did anyone else apply to and/or get an email from Michael Robins at McNeese State? Gave me a much-needed dopamine boost during this slump, but trying to remain realistic.
Sumire11 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Come on Arizona don't leave us fiction applicants hanging
Theodosia Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Does anyone know anything about Iowa Fiction waitlists this year?
Sumire11 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 29 minutes ago, Theodosia said: Does anyone know anything about Iowa Fiction waitlists this year? According to @jka0124, they will be sent through snail mail. Ogwick and Theodosia 2
opus52 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 50 minutes ago, Theodosia said: Does anyone know anything about Iowa Fiction waitlists this year? 20 minutes ago, Sumire11 said: According to @jka0124, they will be sent through snail mail. Just FWIW, per the spreadsheet, last year they were sent via email. Theodosia 1
Sumire11 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 4 minutes ago, opus52 said: Just FWIW, per the spreadsheet, last year they were sent via email. Oh wow, okay. Didn’t know that.
gafoo Posted February 27 Posted February 27 9 hours ago, pengiunsfriend said: did anyone else get the ominous 2am Idaho email saying they are “reviewing?”…📞 Was it the one that said "Your Fall 2026 Graduate Application Was Sent to the Academic Department for Evaluation"? If so I got that one on Feb 2... Either way, I'm placing my bet that U Idaho decisions drop today. Or at least a first batch of some sort!
bioluminescent sloth Posted February 27 Posted February 27 BU notifications have started rolling in. I was unfortunately rejected, but I hope some of you have better news! XXY and quetza1e5 2
lizard in a blizzard Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Did we just kind of decide that Syracuse fiction is coming out today or does someone know something?
strawberrymatcha Posted February 27 Posted February 27 idk if it’s just me but it feels like this week has also been so quiet? XXY, Ogwick, impatientjoy and 4 others 2 5
XXY Posted February 27 Posted February 27 15 minutes ago, lizard in a blizzard said: Did we just kind of decide that Syracuse fiction is coming out today or does someone know something? I think we just decided. Haha ocurlyfries 1
thrifty3 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 does anyone have any insights on waitlists? is it okay to email back and ask our position on one? bucket 1
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