For more than 80 years writers have come to Iowa City to work on their manuscripts and to exchange ideas about writing and reading with each other and with the faculty. Many of them have gone on to publish award-winning work after graduating. With the spirit of an arts colony and the benefits of the research University of which we are a part, the Writers' Workshop continues to foster and to celebrate American literature in all its varied forms.

Upcoming Events

Events

Write Now Contest | Hawkeye Haiku

Monday, November 4 9:00am to Friday, November 15, 2024 4:00pm
How do you define “family?” Is it a group of individuals who live under one roof, or a select number of individuals who are there for you no matter the circumstances? See details and submit: https://www.foriowa.org/write-now/hawkeye-haiku/ Use your own definition of this word as you channel your creativity in our annual Write Now: UI Alumni and Friends Hawkeye Haiku Contest. You have from Nov. 4–15, 2024, to send us a haiku that explores a “family” theme in a 5-7-5 syllable pattern. The age...
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Margaret Ross and Ada Zhang, Fall Faculty Reading

Thursday, November 7, 2024 8:00pm
Dey House
The Writers' Workshop presents a reading by visiting faculty members, Margaret Ross and Ada Zhang. Margaret Ross is the author of A Timeshare. Her poems and translations have appeared in The New Republic, The Paris Review, and POETRY, and have been recognized by a Wallace Stegner Fellowship, a Fulbright arts grant, and residencies from Yaddo. Ada Zhang's short stories have appeared in A Public Space, McSweeney’s, American Short Fiction, and elsewhere.  The Sorrows of Others, her first story...
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Washington Writers Workshop: Miciah Pendarvis at the Washington, IA Public Library

Saturday, November 9, 2024 10:00am
Washington Public Library
The Washington Public Library will be holding its next Washington Writers Workshop this Saturday beginning at 10 am. This workshop will feature Miciah Pendarvis, a poet from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. There will be a presentation the first hour of the workshop, and the second hour will be dedicated to workshopping submissions. This event is free, and open to teens and adults. To subscribe to a weekly emailing list of Writers' Workshop events, please fill in the linked form or email iww@uiowa...