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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.

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News Highlights


News Highlights

5Q Interview: Zhang Chu 张楚, IWP Resident

5Q Interview: Okamoto Kei 岡本啓, IWP Resident

5Q Interview: Nathalie Chang, IWP Resident

5Q Interview: Anna Davtyan Աննա Դավթյան, IWP Resident

UI Professor Kaveh Akbar's Novel "Martyr!" on Obama's Summer Reading List

UI Translation Program Alum in the New York Times

Ethan Hawke joined Stephen Colbert on The Late Show & took a moment to celebrate the excellence of The Iowa Writers' Workshop, where Flannery O'Connor studied in the 1940s.

Two UI faculty members, Kaveh Akbar (English) and Jamel Brinkley (Iowa Writers' Workshop) received the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship

Congratulations to Workshop director Lan Samantha Chang & alumni, Michelle Huneven and Elizabeth McCracken, 2024 Literature Award winners!

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5Q Interview: Arianne Zwartjes, UI Press Author

Wednesday, June 15, 2022
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5Q Interview: Emily Pérez, UI Press Author

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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5Q Interview: Mikey Waller and Jenna Mather, Ink Lit Mag

Monday, May 23, 2022
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5Q Interview: Charles Forrest Jones, UI Press author

Monday, May 23, 2022

The First and Best Home for Writers

Tuesday, March 8, 2022
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Iowa Summer Writing Festival Online Workshop Registration Now Open

Friday, April 23, 2021
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University of Iowa Joins the IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Alliance with Commitment to Support Threatened and Displaced Scholars

Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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Applications Open to Americans Ages 15-22 for Prestigious Virtual Summer Writing Programs through the IWP

Monday, March 8, 2021
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5Q Interview: Miah Clark, English and Creative Writing Major

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Iowa Arts Offers Social Justice Events Throughout February

Monday, February 1, 2021

5Q Interview: Megan Lenss

Saturday, January 30, 2021

5Q Interview: Nicholas Runyon, a junior studying English and Creative Writing major

Friday, January 22, 2021

5Q Interview: Signe Nettum, English and Creative Writing Major

Monday, January 11, 2021

5Q Interview: Sam Eliasen, English and Creative Writing Major

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

5Q Interview: Rhondda Robinson Thomas, UI Press Author

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

A World Right Here: In Memory of Marvin Bell

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

5Q Interview: Ellie Zupancic, English and Creative Writing Major

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Writing across the disciplines: Among elite company

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

5 Reads for Friday: Nov 13, 2020

Friday, November 13, 2020

5Q Interview: Jennifer Burek Pierce, UI Press Author

Tuesday, November 10, 2020