Format Review Process

Introduction to the Process

The MFA program conducts an online format review cycle every semester to help students achieve professional quality, archive-ready papers. The review occurs after mentors approve the content via email (no signatures required). The review helps students identify formatting issues in their papers that need correction in order for reviewer approval. 

The format reviewer will check the formatting electronically and notify students as to any general formatting errors that must be corrected. The reviewer will not proofread your papers or provide instructions on how to make any necessary corrections. Students are expected to refer to guidelines posted on this site, the Modern Language Association (MLA) Handbook, and must fully proofread the papers prior to submitting them to the format review. 

The program encourages students to make an appointment at the Teaching and Learning Center before submitting their work to the format review team.  Writing tutors are available to help students with the content of their work at no additional cost. Students may also choose to have their papers professionally formatted and proofread, at their own expense. The Writer's Exchange at Antioch University offers editing, coaching, and formatting correction at a discounted fee for continuing students. Such papers are still required to pass the format review, and students are responsible for making any corrections requested by the format reviewer.

Once the work is approved by both the mentor and the format reviewer, the format reviewer will send the work to the MFA Program Office for archiving.