Creative Writing Fiction Graduate School Admission Results

Rejected from waitlist, womp womp.

Hadn’t heard back so I emailed— here’s the response— The offers of admission have been sent out and so have the rejections. You should check your application portal to confirm whether you have received either of these notifications. If you did not receive either notification, then you were on our waitlist, and we were hoping to be able to admit you. However, at this point, we have made all the offers we expect to make for the Fall 2025 semester. Due to the statewide hiring freeze by the governor of Louisiana, we will not be making any offers after April 12. The earliest we may resume the process is in July, barring any extensions of the hiring freeze. I’ve accepted an offer at another school anyways but just wanted my answer. Best of luck to anyone else who is on the waitlist (?? at least I think I’m on the waitlist) 2a/9r/2w/0p

Rejected with an email. Good luck to everyone else.

No idea about funding yet, but this is my first acceptance after 8 straight rejections so I'm at least happy about that!

3a/2w/6r/3p

I got an email about logging into the portal. I had to click on the submitted form to see that my application was updated.

This letter is in regard to your application to the Master of Fine Arts in Writing program at Washington University in St. Louis for Fall 2025. After careful review of your application, we regret to inform you that we cannot offer you admission to the program. We make our admission decisions only after reviewing each application very carefully. We received a large number of applications from extremely well qualified candidates and are able to accept only a few. We appreciate the effort you put into your application to WashU and wish you the very best in your future academic pursuits.

We regret to inform you that your application for admission into the Creative Writing Program at the University of Oregon has not been accepted. Out of the hundreds of applications received, we can only extend 10 offers of admission (five in fiction; five in poetry). While we are not able to comment on individual applications, we appreciate your interest in our graduate program and wish you the best in your writing career.

Brief email. Bummer.

0a/0w/1p/5r We regret to inform you that your application for admission into the Creative Writing Program at the University of Oregon has not been accepted. Out of the hundreds of applications received, we can only extend 10 offers of admission (five in fiction; five in poetry). While we are not able to comment on individual applications, we appreciate your interest in our graduate program and wish you the best in your writing career.

Emailed to check portal

Email to check portal

Brief email

kind email but stated they would not offer insight into the ranked waitlist---if you are settled on declining your acceptance, please do so soon! 1a/2w/5r/3p