OK, I'm beginning to get neurotic. I totally checked the mail as soon as I got home while the kids were still in the car. Nothing. I was disappointed, but not surprised. Mail from Southeastern Kentucky takes an unbelievable amount of time to get to Roanoke, Virginia. I was fine with it. OK, not really, but I was telling myself I was fine with it. Just another day, maybe two, then I'll get my letter. I was imagining the little orange, Hindman letterhead in my mind.
Then I see on Facebook that a friend got her acceptance today. Before you start harassing me about the speed variance of the United States Postal Service, let me tell you that she got her acceptance via email. Yes, I have checked my email (including SPAM folder) twice since I saw this. So, here is a little of how my thinking is going (think stream of consciousness here)...
Did I write my email incorrectly? They can send an acceptance email en-masse. Did I write my email on the application incorrectly? Did I remember to put the application in with the manuscript or did I just mail a stupid manuscript like an idiot? They mailed acceptances today, then will see if anyone can't come, and mail YOU-SUCK notifications on Friday. Did I even mail my application and manuscript? Was that a dream? Have I been to Hindman before? Have I been dreaming since.....oh hell....am I alive or am I simply existing in someone else's dream?
I have a full and complete existential crisis on my hands here.
again, don't know if it helps, but i got no email, only the letter. perhaps they are only emailing some people. hang in there!
ReplyDeleteHi! I found your blog yesterday when I was obsessing over whether, when, and what I'd hear from Hindman. Your post made me feel better, so I thought I'd offer this: for what it's worth, I did get a letter today, but no email. So hopefully it's just the speed of snail mail, after all!
ReplyDeleteAlso, they did say the novel, poetry, and memoir sessions had gone to an outside reader for ranking, since they had so many submissions. I submitted a short story, so I don't know if that affected the speed of notification somehow.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!