February 14th, 2011 / 1:40 am
 Contests

MFA Applicant Waiting To Hear Back (c. 1615; Oil on canvas)

BEST CAPTION GETS INTO NYU NO QUESTIONS ASKED (WE GOT THE HOOK UP…)

just kidding

Best caption gets a free copy of the new SUPERMACHINE (many thanks to Ben Fama for donating).

Contest judged by Andrew Gorin, whose idea this was and who’s waiting to hear back himself — wish him luck.

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67 Comments

  1. February 14th, 2011 / 5:47 am cm—

      i’m stuck in seth abramson’s mfa circle of life.

  2. February 14th, 2011 / 5:56 am SP—

      “Was it wrong of me to send all 70 pages of my novel-in-progress when the school only asked for 20?”

      “I knew I should’ve emailed Zadie Smith to put in a good word for me with the admissions people.”

      “Surely they’ll appreciate that my personal statement mentioned my ‘love of language’ over and over, won’t they?”

  3. February 14th, 2011 / 5:56 am phmadore—

      Ashton Kutcher killed my cat!

  4. February 14th, 2011 / 6:00 am Anonymous—

      “MFA in caption writing?”

  5. February 14th, 2011 / 6:21 am Sara—

      “Talking about my suburban childhood adversity was a good move… right?”

      This is awfully timely—I just received a rejection from UT a few hours ago.

  6. February 14th, 2011 / 6:29 am Frank Tas—

      I hope I get into the NYU Creative Writing program so I can quit my job checking IDs at a gay bar for lions.

  7. February 14th, 2011 / 6:44 am phmadore—

      There’s like three ladies there.

  8. February 14th, 2011 / 7:28 am Frank Tas—

      The ones way in the back? They look like dudes to me, if not toss-ups.

      All I see, definitively, is one, and her presence does not appear to be welcome.

  9. February 14th, 2011 / 7:56 am zusya—

      NYU? don’t they give, like, zero funding?

      anyway, my caption: “Who farted?”

  10. February 14th, 2011 / 7:58 am Jhon Baker—

      I’m here, like you said. Are you sure this will get me into the program?

  11. February 14th, 2011 / 8:33 am nliu—

      “TOTALLY CONSUMED BY POETRY AND LITERATURE”

  12. February 14th, 2011 / 8:37 am phmadore—

      You could be right. They could just be naughty bottoms, cutting off their manes and going rogue and so forth.

  13. February 14th, 2011 / 11:17 am shaun gannon—

      jesus this job sucks. if i don’t get in i’ll fucking die, i swear

  14. February 14th, 2011 / 11:45 am name—

      do any of you guys smell cat piss?

  15. February 14th, 2011 / 12:41 pm NLY—

      “Motha Fuckin Ate!”

  16. February 14th, 2011 / 1:11 pm glennshaheen—

      “Love me daddy!”

  17. February 14th, 2011 / 1:29 pm Jack M—

      “I can’t believe I’m the only one not wearing fur!”

  18. February 14th, 2011 / 1:39 pm H. William Davis—

      Which one to try first?

  19. February 14th, 2011 / 2:22 pm Waller—

      You took mine.

  20. February 14th, 2011 / 2:52 pm let me in—

      Come on, I was told loins and lions was the ticket!

  21. February 14th, 2011 / 3:05 pm Madison Langston—

      “goddd i hope they like my tumblr”

  22. February 14th, 2011 / 3:32 pm drew kalbach—

      “my dad is going to be so pissed when he figures out what an mfa is”

  23. February 14th, 2011 / 3:53 pm Ben Zimmer—

      “Please, please, just not another safety school.”

      “F-uck.”

      “I believe so much in ME. I believe so much in ME.”

  24. February 14th, 2011 / 4:27 pm SAA—

      Yeah, I was going to go with:

      “But I paid that hack Seth Abramson hundreds of dollars to edit my manuscript, someone has to accept me!!!!”

  25. February 14th, 2011 / 4:28 pm Anonymous—

      Catz! Fuck me, they’re big.

  26. February 14th, 2011 / 4:45 pm deadgod—

      He who smelt it, dealt it.

  27. February 14th, 2011 / 4:53 pm Bgkimzey—

      “I hope they don’t read the rec letter from my Olive Garden manager.”

  28. February 14th, 2011 / 5:01 pm AL—

      This yoga position is hard.

  29. February 14th, 2011 / 5:02 pm david cool what's up fishkind—

      “Junot Diaz wrote my recommendation letter.”

  30. February 14th, 2011 / 5:12 pm Jitter—

      My name is James Franco. Perhaps you’ve seen one of my movies?

  31. February 14th, 2011 / 5:18 pm C.D. Smith—

      “Unannounced guest is a super pet peeve of mine…”

      or

      “Room service uuuuugh! I hate when I order fruit and I can taste the other food they cut with the same knife. Beef flavored pineapples”

  32. February 14th, 2011 / 5:21 pm Anonymous—

      “where did my clothes go?”

  33. February 14th, 2011 / 5:23 pm Trey—

      also “what a misunderstanding!”

  34. February 14th, 2011 / 5:30 pm chillwave gonzales—

      “Oh, Fresh Direct! I’ve waited two hours for a fuckin case of Fancy Feast Fish Flavor. Girls are getting hungry.”

  35. February 14th, 2011 / 5:34 pm Frank Tas—

      Contest within a contest for best gay lion bar name.

      My entry:

      The Mane Vein

  36. February 14th, 2011 / 5:35 pm Daniel R.—

      “Please God, have HTML GIANT stop posting all things MFA.”

  37. February 14th, 2011 / 5:43 pm zusya—

      Lion Me

  38. February 14th, 2011 / 5:44 pm zusya—

      it works for all caption contests.

  39. February 14th, 2011 / 5:48 pm Bobbie—

      “I’ll miss y’all when I’m at workshop tables with people who have no life experience.”

  40. February 14th, 2011 / 5:56 pm drew kalbach—

      ‘i bet this recommendation letter from the htmlgiant contributors is really going to get the attention of these lions’

  41. February 14th, 2011 / 6:01 pm Ancient Philosopher—

      Fuck NYU — you guys are my boyz. My crew. My one-and-only. If Odd Future made it, so can we. Fuck.

  42. February 14th, 2011 / 6:10 pm Penelope—

      This won’t come between us, I swear. You’re always welcome at my NYU dorm — 6th-floor walkup, 60 square feet, shared bath, $2000/month. I’ll get pee-pee mats for the floor. They’ll double as sleep cushions. Cozy as clams in their fucking shell.

  43. February 14th, 2011 / 6:31 pm Bobbie—

      “Mr. Admissions Director, I know other applicants will claim they speak broken French and garbled German, but I just aced Advanced Lion! My roar has no accent.”

  44. February 14th, 2011 / 6:48 pm deadgod—

      The Roar Shack

      (most popular shot: a White Splat)

  45. February 14th, 2011 / 7:00 pm deadgod—

      ” . . . what else rhymes with ‘moon’ . . . “

  46. February 14th, 2011 / 7:47 pm joseph keith—

      You don’t understand, I took the robe off to entice the muses, not shag the prof.

  47. February 14th, 2011 / 7:59 pm Belinda Carlisle—

      “Will you please, please let me bring my little kitties to workshops? Several of them are prominent chapbook kitty-authors. What’s a man without his kitties?”

  48. February 14th, 2011 / 8:59 pm A Gorin—

      hah

  49. February 14th, 2011 / 10:01 pm DL—

      #1 – Wimoweh

      #2 – My shoulder has thought

  50. February 14th, 2011 / 10:18 pm Sara—
  51. February 14th, 2011 / 10:35 pm Anonymous—

      “The iphone 4”

  52. February 14th, 2011 / 10:47 pm Sean—

      Dear God, the lions smell and are getting serious. Take me to the lambs.

  53. February 14th, 2011 / 11:10 pm mimi—

      So does “I am so high right now.” (work for all caption contests.)

  54. February 15th, 2011 / 2:05 am Jimmy Chen—

      oh, to be in the lyin’ pen again

  55. February 15th, 2011 / 5:39 am darby—

      look at all these lions!

  56. February 15th, 2011 / 5:40 am darby—

      i keep poking this guy with my toe. i think he’s dead.

  57. February 15th, 2011 / 5:41 am darby—

      finally there are exactly enough lions for me!

  58. February 15th, 2011 / 6:32 am Lumans—

      Noah: We’re going to need a bigger boat.

  59. February 15th, 2011 / 7:48 am R Ridge—

      “I wonder what those cats in grad school will be like?”

  60. February 15th, 2011 / 12:03 pm zusya—

      “[censored]” could work in the same vein.

  61. February 15th, 2011 / 3:26 pm Paternoster99—

      ‘Give me the blood, Eli, and let me get out of here. Give me the blood, Lord, and let me get away!’

  62. February 15th, 2011 / 6:14 pm michael—

      Queens of the Jungle

  63. February 15th, 2011 / 6:23 pm Frank Tas—

      Instead of bears and twinks, there are Scars and Simbas.

  64. February 15th, 2011 / 7:13 pm Vic the Viking—

      Giraffe Pizza ‘n’ Stuff

  65. February 15th, 2011 / 8:09 pm LionTamer—

      Please! No more steak

  66. February 15th, 2011 / 8:46 pm Lf—

      Oh, Lord, I worked so long and hard on this. I hope they can read between the lions.

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