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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!

Writing University Features

 

 

5Q Interview: Rishika Avvari, Magid Center Certificate in Writing

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Five Reads for Friday: Oct 30, 2020

Friday, October 30, 2020

New Online Workshops from the Iowa Summer Writing Festival

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Five Reads for Friday: Oct 23, 2020

Friday, October 23, 2020

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

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Five Reads for Friday: Oct 16, 2020

Friday, October 16, 2020

Five Reads for Friday: Oct 9, 2020

Friday, October 9, 2020

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

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

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

Monday, October 5, 2020

Five Reads for Friday: Oct 2, 2020

Friday, October 2, 2020

5Q Interview: Erika Billerbeck, UI Press Author

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Iowa Arts Offers Social Justice Events Throughout October

Monday, September 28, 2020

Five Reads for Friday: Sept 25, 2020

Friday, September 25, 2020

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

Monday, September 21, 2020

5Q Interview: Mallory Truckenmiller Saylor, Literary Translation

Monday, September 21, 2020

Five Reads for Friday: Sept 18, 2020

Friday, September 18, 2020

5Q Interview: Chuck Connerly, UI Press Author

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

2020 Examined Life Conference Registration Open

Monday, September 14, 2020

Five Reads for Friday: Sept 4, 2020

Friday, September 4, 2020

Tracie Morris to join Workshop faculty

Wednesday, September 2, 2020