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Amorak Huey @amorak.bsky.social

Shoutout to #AWP26 for, in lieu of sending straightforward decline emails, allowing me to recreate the formative 10th-grade experience of standing outside the coach’s office scanning a sheet of paper for my name to see whether I’d made the varsity baseball team. (I hadn’t.)

aug 21, 2025, 3:53 pm • 22 2

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Suzi F. Garcia @suzig.bsky.social

Right?? Like it’s a form email…

aug 21, 2025, 4:22 pm • 1 0 • view
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Erin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social

That's so bizarre.

aug 21, 2025, 3:53 pm • 3 0 • view
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Hannah Cohen @hcohen.bsky.social

yeah like we didn’t even get acceptance emails and our panel got in 😅

aug 21, 2025, 4:05 pm • 2 0 • view
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Jennifer Saunders @magpiedays.bsky.social

A new low

aug 22, 2025, 9:30 am • 0 0 • view
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Kelcey Ervick @kelceyervick.bsky.social

Your analogy is perfect! It was so weird!

aug 22, 2025, 3:02 am • 1 0 • view