Upcoming Practical Seminar with Justine Payton

How to Get Accepted into Your Dream M.F.A. Program(s)

Everything you've always wanted to know about successfully applying → October 10 @ 12 pm Eastern Time

FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS ONLY (Because we're crazy like that sometimes): Use the code MFAYAY44 at checkout for 44% off.

The runtime is approximately 2 hours. Everyone who enrolls will be sent a recording + all workshop materials afterwards.

what you can expect

MFA in creative writing programs are some of the most competitive graduate programs to get into - but it’s not impossible. In this workshop, we’ll go over all things MFA - from how to choose which programs to apply to, to how to develop your strongest application package. We’ll also take a specific look at writing your personal statement, your writing sample, and how to craft a writer’s resume. The workshop will end with a Q & A.

Justine will provide a statement of purpose for participants to reference as well as slides If you have programs in mind that you’d like to apply to/get into, then this can help you ask more targeted questions.

​Justine Payton is the University Partnerships Director at Chill Subs, working closely with several MFA programs. She holds an MFA from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, where she received the Philip Gerard Graduate Fellowship, the Bernice Kert Fellowship in Creative Writing, and the Robert H. Byington Award. Her writing can be found in Bellevue Literary Review, Isele Magazine, The Masters Review, Terrain, and others. She is also a guest editor for The Masters Review, CRAFT, and Uncharted. She is co-editor of the anthology Between Our Legs, forthcoming from University of Iowa Press in 2026.

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