Hey! Decisions just came out yesterday. Anyone else accepted?
I was accepted for session II 
I don’t know if I’m going yet because I also applied to Iowa, and Iowa’s my first choice. Crossing my fingers!
AHH congrats! I was accepted into session II as well. I applied to Iowa for session I, so I hope I can go to both. What do you think helped you get in? Especially since we only had 300 words!
I’m so jealous that you can go to both if you’re accepted! My school gets out really late so session I starts while I’m still taking finals 
But I’m honestly not sure what stood out in my 300 words! I tried to show how passionate I am about writing and how much it’s influenced my life, but I’m sure a lot of people did that. What about you?
I feel really lucky too, especially since both programs have such generous financial aid. I think what really helped me stand out is talking about my journey as a writer and about feelings on uncertainty because I had only started writing recently. I made sure to emphasize what I loved about Kenyon and why I specifically wanted to attend their program.
I didn’t write that much about specifically Kenyon, which I was definitely worried about before, but I guess the rest made up for it. That’s so impressive that you only started writing recently and have thrown yourself into it!
I really enjoy it a lot and I really want to improve haha. Did you enter the scholastic art and writing awards this year?
I did! It was my first time this year, and I got two silver keys which is nice. I was hoping for better but all the competitions are so subjective so I’m not bothered. I also entered the Bennington College young writers awards thing, if you’ve heard of it. Did you enter anything (besides scholastic, I’m assuming lol)?
Congrats!!! I did enter Bennington as well with a piece that got a silver key, so I’m really not expecting anything from them. I eventually got a gold medal in scholastic, so I am beyond thrilled with what I’ve done so far haha and I’m really looking forward to going to Kenyon.
Congrats on that gold medal!! And it’s cool that you entered Bennington too! What type of writing do you do?
Thank you :))) Poetry! What about you?
I’m a short story person mostly, but sometimes I write poetry too In my spare time I actually focus most on novel writing, but I’m not really interested in submitting work like that to contests just in case of plagiarism and stuff like that.
WOW, I would love to explore short story and flash fiction more. I’m so bad at prose lol
My daughter was accepted and is going to Kenyon session 2!
Congratulations, @jazhope321 and @dria20!
i got in to session 1! i’m surprised i got in though, because i applied on a whim and i haven’t done much creative writing
I was accepted to Session 1! I’m surprised as well. This is my first year seriously doing creative writing past years, I’ve just written fan fiction and stuff :P.
Yay congratulations to everyone! I was also accepted to Session 1. We should make a facebook group or something
CONGRATS EVERYONE!!!
Hi, since there is a lot of action on this thread I though I would post as well…my daughter applied to several programs, got into them and is still awaiting the Iowa decision. She is quite concerned over Kenyon’s no computer policy in the workshop. She doesn’t have an identified disability, but her hand writing is atrocious and her mind works far faster than her long hand, so she relies heavily on her typing ability. Does anyone have experience with Kenyon and can you let us know what the situation is like in the workshop itself. She has a lot of anxiety over this and some been there done that info would help…all the programs have a large price tag for us, so we are hoping to find the best fit. TIA
I was also accepted to Session I! Super stoked to meet you all!