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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

Mindy Kaling to Adapt Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Sanjena Sathian's Book "Gold Diggers" for TV.

Director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Lan Samantha Chang has been named a 2021-22 Berlin Prize Fellow, awarded to scholars, writers, and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their field

Director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Lan Samantha Chang has been named a 2021-22 Berlin Prize Fellow, awarded to scholars, writers, and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their field!

Announcing a new issue of Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation from the UI Translation MFA program! Check out their spring 2021 issue, "Without"

Nonfiction Writing Program alum Sarah Viren has been named a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing for her harrowing account in the NYT of being sabotaged by a rival on the academic job market.

The Program Era Project from UI English is the first computational investigation of the Iowa Writers' Workshop next door

The American Academy of Arts and Letters has honored five University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduates and a former visiting faculty member with its 2021 awards!

Congratulations to the 2021 Guggenheim Fellows, including those with Iowa connections: Sandra Lim, Stephen Kuusisto, Tracie Morris, Alexander Chee, and Tayari Jones!

Congratulations to Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Shira Dentz, winner of the Eugene Paul Nassar Prize, for her new book, 'Sisyphusina'

International Writing Program alums Kwame Dawes and Pierre Joris among the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Program career achievement award winners

Writing University Features

 

 

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5Q Interview: UI Press Author Amy Frykholm

Monday, October 14, 2024
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5Q Interview: Zhang Chu 张楚, IWP Resident

Tuesday, October 8, 2024
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Sad Me of the Past // Episode 8: Bret Anthony Johnson

Monday, October 7, 2024
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5Q Interview: Okamoto Kei 岡本啓, IWP Resident

Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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5Q Interview: Nathalie Chang, IWP Resident

Tuesday, September 24, 2024
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5Q Interview: Anna Davtyan Աննա Դավթյան, IWP Resident

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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5Q Interview: UI Press Author Edward Ziff

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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Sad Me of the Past // Episode 7: Melissa Mogollon

Tuesday, August 27, 2024
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From struggling artist to Tony triumph: Iowa Playwrights Workshop alum David Adjmi

Monday, August 12, 2024
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Sad Me of the Past // Episode 6: Joe Fassler

Tuesday, August 6, 2024