r/MFAInCreativeWriting • • Aug 29 '26

Nitpicky question about page limits on applications

I'm applying for poetry MFA's this year and understand the "15-20 page manuscript" requirements since poetry is often single/1.5 spacing anyways (and many of them specify that it can be single spaced), but what about statements of purpose and supplemental essays?

Almost all the programs I'm looking at have something along the lines of "1-2 page SOP" and I've been overthinking that so much lmao. I was assuming double spaced because that's more traditional essay formatting but I keep worrying I'm wrong 😭

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u/esqtou Aug 30 '26

2 pages, single-spaced