Well, I was trying to log in to my application status, and my account was deleted... I guess that is one way to be rejected. I later checked my mailbox and got a nice rejection letter.

got the letter with no funding

Masters degree, research experience (no publications), and teaching experience.

anyone hear anything from the program?

Update to my last admissions result: received a following email from the English Department for an interview for a GAship!

Japanese linguistics. MA earned in Japan. I had an informal Zoom meeting with POI in June and met in person at a conference later. I also had a formal interview with the committee on 2/7 and received a congratulatory email from POI today, 2/19. An official letter will be sent in a few weeks, and I was told that I was awarded a four-year package of GA! My GPA is quite low compared to others, but I have a few years of college teaching experience as a faculty member (not TA), two conference presentations, etc.

creative writing fiction. no funding as expected, so not going. 2a/1w/4r/8p.

Received an email from DGS with an acceptance letter attached. No explicit mention of funding.

Email to download file. 0a/0w/2r/22p

Had an interview on January 13 and haven't heard anything back.