Manuscript Consultation
Sackett Street instructors are available to meet in personalized one-on-one sessions to give you the concrete advice you need to polish your writing, whether you have one story you would like feedback on, or if you have a finished draft of a novel and are looking for advice before sending it to an agent or editor.
Individual consultants will read your manuscript, analyze it thoroughly and meet with you to discuss their suggestions and to answer any questions you may have.
Please fill out the form below (Schedule a consult) to make an appointment with a consultant and to receive a quote for services.
Schedule a consult
MFA Application Consultation
Sackett Street instructors have attended some of the top MFA Programs in the country, which makes Sackett Street a great place to find concrete advice on how to get accepted into not only the best MFA programs, but the programs that are best for you.
Meet one-on-one with a Sackett Street instructor to discuss all aspects of the MFA application process.
Instructors can help you decide which of your stories or novel excerpts will make the most impressive sample for your application, and they will assist you in polishing that sample.
We also offer MFA Application Prep Workshops which include in-class discussion, handouts, instructor advice and a thorough critique of students’ application manuscripts.
The course features advice on the personal essay, recommendation letters, choosing work for manuscripts, and discussion of the pros and cons of various programs. The stories/excerpts students intend on including in their applications will be workshopped, and every student will receive feedback from the instructor and the class participants. This course is open to story-writers, novelists and nonfiction writers.
Sackett Street alumni have been accepted at and attended more than 100 acclaimed MFA in Creative Writing graduate programs, including:
Adelphi University, American University, Antioch University Los Angeles, Arizona State University, Ashland University, Bath Spa University, Bennington College, Bowling Green University, Boston University, Bowling Green State University, Brooklyn College, Brown University, CalArts, Chatham University, Colorado State University, Columbia University School of the Arts, Converse College, Cornell University, Creighton University, CUNY City College, Emerson College, Florida State University, George Mason University, Goddard College, Goucher College, Hollins University, Hofstra University, Hunter College CUNY, Indiana University at Bloomington, Iowa Writer’s Workshop at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, Johns Hopkins University, Lesley University, Long Island University-Brooklyn, Louisiana State, Manhattanville College, Miami University (Ohio), Mills College, The New School, New York University, New York University Low-Residency MFA in Paris, Notre Dame, Ohio State University, Oklahoma State University, Oregon State University, Pacific University, Pratt Institute, Purdue, Queens College CUNY, Queens University of Charlotte, Rutgers University in Camden, Rutgers University in Newark, Saint Mary’s, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, Sarah Lawrence College, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sewanee School of Letters, Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Southern New Hampshire University, Sierra Nevada College, Stanford University Stegner Post-MFA Fellowship, Stony Brook Southampton, Syracuse University, Temple University, Texas State University, University of Alabama, University of Arizona, University of British Columbia-Vancouver, University of Guelp in Toronto, University of California at Davis, University of California at Irvine, University of California at Riverside, University of California at Riverside (Palm Desert Center), University of Florida at Gainesville, University of Florida at Miami, University of Glasgow’s MLitt program in Creative Writing, University of Houston, University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, University of Maryland at College Park, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of Massachusetts at Boston, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Montana, University of Nevada in Las Vegas, University of New Hampshire, University of New Mexico, University of New Orleans, University of North Carolina: Greensboro, University of North Carolina: Wilmington, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, University of Notre Dame, University of Oregon, University of Pittsburgh, University of San Francisco, University of Southern California, University of Southern Maine, University of Texas at Austin: Michener Center for Writers, University of Utah, University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin at Madison, University of Wyoming, Vanderbilt University, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Virginia Tech, Warren Wilson College, and Washington University in St. Louis.