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Iowa City: Little town, big on writing

The University of Iowa’s longtime renown and excellence in creative writing contribute to city’s international reputation as a writer’s haven.

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The First and Best Home for Writers

The First and Best Home for Writers is a multimedia overview that focuses on several writing students with a range of backgrounds and disciplines.

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Writing Across Disciplines

Iowa’s unmatched writing-related resources prepare its graduates for success in many fields.

News Highlights

5Q Interview: Stephen J. Dinsmore, UI Press Author of 'Iowa's Changing Wildlife'

Featured Archive: Daniyal Mueenuddin reading, Live from Prairie Lights, January 21, 2010

Writers' Workshop graduate Justin Torres wins the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction

Congrats to Iowa Writers' Workshop alums Justin Torres, winner of the National Book Award for fiction, and Paul Harding, fiction finalist

5Q Interview: Samsun Knight, UI Press Author of 'The Diver'

Featured Archive: 'Time and Distance Overcome' by Eula Biss, from The Iowa Review, 2008

The Daily Iowan named national Newspaper, Online and Multiplatform Pacemaker winners by the Associated Collegiate Press

5Q Interview: Thomas A. Dodson, UI Press Author of 'No Use Pretending'

5Q Interview: Tzveta Sofronieva, IWP Resident

Writing University Features

Five Reads for Friday: Oct 23, 2020

5Q Interview: Shene Mohammed, MFA candidate in Literary Translation

Five Reads for Friday: Oct 16, 2020

Five Reads for Friday: Oct 9, 2020

IWP and Workshop Alumnae Named as Finalists in the 2020 National Book Awards

The University of Iowa Prison Writing Project launches second collection of work

Five Reads for Friday: Oct 2, 2020

5Q Interview: Erika Billerbeck, UI Press Author

Iowa Arts Offers Social Justice Events Throughout October

Five Reads for Friday: Sept 25, 2020

5Q Interview: Eileen O’Leary, UI Press Author

5Q Interview: Mallory Truckenmiller Saylor, Literary Translation

Five Reads for Friday: Sept 18, 2020

5Q Interview: Chuck Connerly, UI Press Author

2020 Examined Life Conference Registration Open

Five Reads for Friday: Sept 4, 2020

Tracie Morris to join Workshop faculty

Announcing the winners of the UI Press 2020 Iowa Poetry Prize!

IWP Between the Lines 2020 Participants Create a Showcase of Digital Poetry Films

Five Reads for Friday: August 21, 2020