Iowa Young Writers' Studio 2019

@antaerctic Pretty sure they’re talking about the Kelly Workshop, so there’s no need to get worried about Iowa yet. For the record, I didn’t get a delay email either if they are talking about Kelly. Best of luck on your decision though!

@wontonandrice @antaerctic my friend is a sophomore at penn involved in the writers house and she says they don’t do anything shady like that - regardless of how/why it was selectively sent out, it most likely means nothing with regsard to admission

i wish id applied to kelly - i really only have adroit to bank on. i hope i get in ugh

Does anyone know when Iowa comes out?

april 5th i think? idk what time

@mrcolumbiahopeful04 @wontonandrice heyyy, you guys, so i’m confused. i wasn’t talking about kelly at all (don’t even know where that is)-- the email about decisions being pushed back by week was for kelly and not iowa? iowa didn’t send anything out to anyone, right?

@antaerctic Pretty sure Iowa is 4/5.

@mrcolumbiahopeful04 Judging by your user you’re still a freshman. You’ll be fine :P.

Kelly Writers House at Penn was pushed back to April 12. According to the Iowa website as of today, “Decisions will be e-mailed to all applicants on April 5, 2019.”

For those that are applying to Adroit, it is my sense that this is the most competitive summer creative writing program of all. Also, it appears that they have a lot more poetry mentors versus fiction or creative non-fiction.I presume the chances of being selected are little better for poetry, based on my wholly unfounded belief that there are actually less students interested in poetry and more poetry mentors available from Adroit. Good luck to all!

Does anyone have advice on whether to select Kenyon young writers or Iowa writer’s studio, if accepted to both? Is Iowa considered more prestigious if applying to Ivy League colleges? Are the camps quite different in terms of instruction and social life? Thanks!

From what I know of, in terms of prestige iowa seems to be first, and kenyon second for summer writing workshops

Also does anyone know what time results come out for iowa? good luck to all!

guys just dropping in now but I’m so nervous/excited for results to come out. ah. way too hopeful.

@notactual ah i feel youuuu but i fully hope you do get in!! i’m trying not to get too excited because i don’t want the disappointment to crush me if i get rejected LOL so i’m just not gonna think about it until we find out :3

it seems like the letters tomorrow will be sent out at 9:30 Central time-ish. I want to tell you guys, as someone who attended a lesser (subjectively) writing camp last summer that the rejection or acceptance is so subjective and it doesn’t reflect on you as a writer in general.

@wistfulwords you are a very kind person

also out of curiosity did anyone also apply to Iowa through scholastic? I did both said method and submittable because I was able to submit more work and had slightly better chances through submittable but if you get accepted through scholastic you get scholarship $$$

Welp, only a couple hours left. It’s either this or a job at Jamba Juice. I don’t like Jamba Juice.

HOW MANY HOURS?? I’m so nervous and I don’t know what time it is aaaaaaaaaaaah constant shrieking in background

good luck fam <333 we’ve got this!!