College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Writing at Iowa

The Writers' Workshop is the center of a committed, lively literary arts scene. The University's many writing programs attract fiction writers, poets, nonfiction writers, and playwrights from all over the world. Iowa City has been a home to many of America's finest authors, and an impressive array of contemporary writers come to read at Prairie Lights, one of the country's best independent bookstores.
Readings & Events
- Readings sponsored by the Workshop
- Arts Iowa calendar
- "Live from Prairie Lights" Reading Series
- Mission Creek Festival
- Iowa City Book Festival
Publishing & Book Arts
- Recent books published by Workshop alumni and faculty
- The Iowa Review
- University of Iowa Press
- Center for the Book
Iowa publication awards
Writing programs
- Nonfiction Writing Program
- Undergraduate Creative Writing Track
- International Writing Program
- Iowa Playwrights Workshop
- MFA in Literary Translation
- Spanish Creative Writing MFA
- Creative Writing summer programs
- Arts Share: Creative Writing
- Iowa Youth Writing Project