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

• Iowa Short Fiction Award and John Simmons Short Fiction Award
• Iowa Poetry Prize

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