Any applicants to C-SD here?

I know there must be! If you applied to C-SD, let me know of any breaks in "radio silence" will ya? I applied to both, like so many of us, but the Forums here really kick butt!
‹ CW Responses going out now... Hello fellow applicants! ›

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http://clarionfoundation.word

Submitted by PussInBoots on March 23, 2012 - 1:28pm.

http://clarionfoundation.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/welcome-the-clarion-class-of-2012

Add me to the crit list.

Submitted by lizziela on March 23, 2012 - 12:06am.

Add me to the crit list. Didn't het in either. But happy to meet fellow writers without having to spend 5k. Andrews.Lizzie@gmail.com

Hey everyone, TL;DR:

Submitted by candy_luminous on March 22, 2012 - 6:48pm.

Hey everyone, TL;DR: Critique partners? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? I was just thinking and looking on the bright side (because I have glass-half-full brain) about this process - it's been great to chat to all of you through the awful wait, and have other people in the same situation. Just thought I would put it out there that I am open to (and looking for) critique partners and am keen to read and comment on other people's work, as well as get feedback on my own. (Which is pretty much why we all wanted to do the workshop...right?) I know we're all still waiting on CW, but I'm not holding out heaps of hope for that right now... In lieu of CW, at least right now, if anyone wants to buddy up and talk writing online, via email and stuff, I'm keen! You can find me on twitter @candy_luminous or hit me back here with contact details, I'll keep checking the thread :)

Lurker here! I've thought it

Submitted by jsmthng on March 22, 2012 - 10:00pm.

Lurker here! I've thought it could be useful to critique-exchange those stories we're supposed to have been writing while waiting for our Clarion and/or CW responses. :) We could be as low-tech as email or as fancy as Skype.

Shall we start a new forum thread for interested parties?

-Jennifer

Do it! I'm so busy lately I

Submitted by PussInBoots on March 22, 2012 - 10:22pm.

Do it! I'm so busy lately I can't promise I can critique, but if anyone found it valuable, I can read stories that are about to go out in kind of a fake-slush thing. :)

I'm open, the main reason I

Submitted by crysaleflar on March 22, 2012 - 7:26pm.

I'm open, the main reason I wanted to go to Clarion was for the networking opportunities. I'm not very good at just throwing myself out there and I'm kind of isolated here in Indianapolis. I don't have a twitter account, but my email address is domesticatedmuse@gmail.com. I'm open to talking to anyone. :)

Gah, forgot to hit proper

Submitted by candy_luminous on March 22, 2012 - 6:49pm.

Gah, forgot to hit proper formatting button! Sorry!

Man, that's almost everyone.

Submitted by JCKey618 on March 22, 2012 - 5:46pm.

Man, that's almost everyone. I expected a higher percentage amongst us net-dwellers.

Yep. Officially rejected.

Submitted by Mary Garber on March 22, 2012 - 5:39pm.

Yep. Officially rejected. Yoona got the time right -- mine was datestamped 7:56 pm! Still hoping on CW

Condolences to those who

Submitted by JCKey618 on March 22, 2012 - 5:35pm.

Condolences to those who didn't get in. Fingers crossed for West! And submit those stories to publications!

Me too, official rejection

Submitted by candy_luminous on March 22, 2012 - 5:00pm.

Me too, official rejection just received. Oh well.

Ah, well. Here we go. I just

Submitted by crysaleflar on March 22, 2012 - 4:59pm.

Ah, well. Here we go. I just got a rejection email. I'm bummed, but I still have Clarion West to hope for.

I pity anyone who gets into

Submitted by PussInBoots on March 22, 2012 - 9:56am.

I pity anyone who gets into both. ;) HOW WOULD YOU CHOOSE?!

(I didn't apply to both because I couldn't stand to be away from my boyfriend and dogs for that long, and we live close to West. But it was tempting!)

Still waiting. I think it

Submitted by lizziela on March 22, 2012 - 9:47am.

Still waiting. I think it said "late PM" for being notified today. Yikes. Good luck you guys!

Almost noon on the east coast

Submitted by yoona on March 22, 2012 - 8:56am.

Almost noon on the east coast and no word. The C-SD facebook page said everyone (besides people who already know, I suppose) will find out by this afternoon, but presumably they are operating on PST. waiting is hard.

My (un)educated guess is that

Submitted by JCKey618 on March 22, 2012 - 9:04am.

My (un)educated guess is that the people who were accepted were asked not to say anything publicly until (insert random time here) today, when everyone is notified already. Or even tomorrow. For a random bet (why not?) I predict that time is 5pm PST. Let's see if posts pop up around that time.

I suspect similarly, but the

Submitted by yoona on March 22, 2012 - 9:19am.

I suspect similarly, but the fact that it has taken them this long to notify everyone gives me hope that there is still some chance for people who haven't heard yet. I'm going to throw my guess around 8, just for kicks.

It looks like C-SD sent out

Submitted by naicirk on March 22, 2012 - 5:36am.

It looks like C-SD sent out their rejection emails yesterday. I received one of them. Ho-hum. I hope someone on this forum got accepted. Don't be shy to say so. After going through the ringer of waiting and agonizing, anyone who gets in deserves a congratulations.

Bummer. I'm still waiting for

Submitted by Mary Garber on March 22, 2012 - 2:20pm.

Bummer. I'm still waiting for my C-SD rejection (by this point it seems silly yo expect anything else). And I'd like to hear,too, from those here who got accepted-- when you're allowed to say it, post it here!

I feel the same way as Mary.

Submitted by lizziela on March 22, 2012 - 2:53pm.

I feel the same way as Mary. And I'd also love to hear the Clarion peeps who made it in!

I'd sort of like to think the

Submitted by candy_luminous on March 22, 2012 - 3:18pm.

I'd sort of like to think the opposite - if people have already received rejections, and we haven't received them yet, surely that means that they're still sorting through who is getting an offer from the group of people they haven't rejected? Or that they've only decided who is getting an offer in the last 24 hours or so? Then again, I do have a tendency for extreme optimism :)

I agree! I'm trying to stay

Submitted by crysaleflar on March 22, 2012 - 3:28pm.

I agree! I'm trying to stay positive. My guess is that they've sent out most, if not all, of the rejections and now they are deciding on who gets in and who is wait listed.

I read on a blog that at

Submitted by lizziela on March 22, 2012 - 4:39pm.

I read on a blog that at least three people have already been notified of SD waitlist. Hopefully the waitlists is longer than three.

Bummer. I'm still waiting for

Submitted by Mary Garber on March 22, 2012 - 2:19pm.

Bummer. I'm still waiting for my C-SD rejection (by this point it seems silly yo expect anything else). And I'd like to hear,too, from those here who got accepted-- when you're allowed to say it, post it here!

That's a bummer, Naicirk! But

Submitted by lizziela on March 22, 2012 - 12:28pm.

That's a bummer, Naicirk! But fingers crossed for CW for you!

Thanks, Lizziela. Fingers

Submitted by naicirk on March 22, 2012 - 12:41pm.

Thanks, Lizziela. Fingers crossed for you, too!

I heard from someone today

Submitted by teemtwo on March 22, 2012 - 12:16am.

I heard from someone today who was not accepted into CSD actually, he found out today but he is waiting on CW as he applied to both.

Wow. I just got back from

Submitted by naicirk on March 20, 2012 - 5:02pm.

Wow. I just got back from work and read the whole thread. I didn't expect this to happen. I was also hoping that the UCSD part would be done with today, but here comes another two days of hoping for the best. My stomach's in a bit of a knot just thinking about it. I think I'll go have dinner...

I mean *expectations*.

Submitted by lizziela on March 20, 2012 - 4:18pm.

I mean *expectations*.

Yes, you are right, mary and

Submitted by lizziela on March 20, 2012 - 4:17pm.

Yes, you are right, mary and candy! I'm trying to reduce my own exceptations. It's been a long three weeks of guessing what will or won't happen. Either way my boyfriend and I are going to costa rica in late April, which has nothing to do with writing and everything to do with fun. Again, I wish you and others good luck!

You are so smart. I should

Submitted by lizziela on March 20, 2012 - 4:00pm.

You are so smart. I should have done that. Don't they figure out the wait list after they call the accepted?

You'd think they would, yes,

Submitted by candy_luminous on March 20, 2012 - 4:05pm.

You'd think they would, yes, which is not a comforting thought. But then, if they've let the waitlist know and they're still saying it'll take them until Thursday to let people know... I don't understand. Surely the rejections go out en masse by email, and it's therefore a quick thing? The whole process is so confusing. The one thing that occurs to me is that maybe they've divided the phone calls between the readers, and some people are simply not able to make the calls until later in the week. But then, probably I am being overly optimistic, there...

Optimism is a great thing.

Submitted by Mary Garber on March 20, 2012 - 4:10pm.

Optimism is a great thing. Let's go with it!

Darn, was hoping to get this

Submitted by lizziela on March 20, 2012 - 3:48pm.

Darn, was hoping to get this whole waiting thing over today, but thanks for filling us in on the update. Candy, how did you hear from SD?

A world of ME TOO. I don't

Submitted by candy_luminous on March 20, 2012 - 3:52pm.

A world of ME TOO. I don't know how I am going to deal with the tenterhooks for another two days! Lizzie, after I heard the waitlist grapevine thing, I emailed and asked the co-ordinator whether we would hear by the end of today. She emailed straight back and confirmed the delay, and simply said we'd hear by the end of Thursday.

No apologies, this IS the

Submitted by JCKey618 on March 20, 2012 - 3:39pm.

No apologies, this IS the UCSD thread. Just needed to make sure before I let me mind roam in all types of speculation.

Sorry, UCSD. But I also heard

Submitted by candy_luminous on March 20, 2012 - 3:37pm.

Sorry, UCSD. But I also heard from UCSD that they're delayed and will now be letting everyone know by Thursday this week. The agonising wait continues!

More update: they've now

Submitted by candy_luminous on March 21, 2012 - 3:50am.

More update: they've now officially changed the time we'll hear by on the website, here:

http://literature.ucsd.edu/affiliated-programs/clarion/workshop.html

Late afternoon on Thursday... Hang in there, everyone! 

OK, I've already crawled the

Submitted by Mary Garber on March 20, 2012 - 4:08pm.

OK, I've already crawled the walls and gnawed my fingernails down...and now I have to wait 2 more days?!? Oh, the inhumanity of it! (wringing my hands) I think I'll go arrange my socks by color and tone, anything to make time pass. Thanks for the update, Candy.

UCSD or CWest?

Submitted by JCKey618 on March 20, 2012 - 3:26pm.

UCSD or CWest?

I heard on the grapevine that

Submitted by candy_luminous on March 20, 2012 - 3:23pm.

I heard on the grapevine that someone received a waitlist email today! I still haven't heard anything though...

Hi Candy, Maybe there needs

Submitted by lizziela on March 20, 2012 - 10:16am.

Hi Candy, Maybe there needs to be a forum for other halves so they can discuss how crazy we are during all this waiting! Good luck to you too!

Yeah, my husband needs to

Submitted by Mary Garber on March 20, 2012 - 1:28pm.

Yeah, my husband needs to join that forum. I keep reading him posts (from previous years, even) and saying, "See! See! It's not just me. We're ALL like this now...." You gotta admit, from the outside, we must look pretty nuts.

I guess all writers must seem

Submitted by crysaleflar on March 20, 2012 - 1:42pm.

I guess all writers must seem crazy to anyone who doesn't write.:) The wait is driving me more nuts than usual. I've been cleaning to keep myself distracted but obviously it isn't working very well.

Chiming in here to say, me

Submitted by candy_luminous on March 20, 2012 - 10:04am.

Chiming in here to say, me too. Still waiting to hear. (@lizziela, I think your boyfriend and my husband are in the same boat!) I've been assuming email, but maybe phone today? Maybe? Eeep. Good luck everyone!

So far, I've been keeping the

Submitted by naicirk on March 20, 2012 - 10:43am.

So far, I've been keeping the jitters to myself. I was thinking it's going to be by email, but apparently CW notifies you by phone if you get in, so now I'm not so sure if C-SD does the same thing. If anything, I've wavering between half-dread and half-excitement when the time comes (?) to check my email and my phone. This has the same suspense of buying a chocolate bar to see if you got that golden ticket.

I never found one of those

Submitted by Mary Garber on March 20, 2012 - 1:32pm.

I never found one of those golden tickets, either. Think it's a bad sign? Or a good one, since I havn't used up all my luck yet?

I applied to SD too. Still

Submitted by lizziela on March 20, 2012 - 9:57am.

I applied to SD too. Still waiting. I'd like to think that the accepted people haven't been contacted yet, but there's no reason to think the application procress is any different. Is there?I've gone through various stages of grief in the past week and annoyed my boyfriend with constant clarion updates. I wish you forum regulars luck!!

Hi there! I applied to C-SD

Submitted by naicirk on March 20, 2012 - 8:31am.

Hi there! I applied to C-SD as well this year, but haven't heard anything or received any emails. No breaks in the radio silence so far, but maybe today? I'm trying to keep myself occupied with current writing projects.