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  1. Creative Writing for Social Workers

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  4. Iowa Writers’ Workshop at University of Iowa

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  6. Fiction: Advice on Applying to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

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  1. Creative Writing (Iowa Writers' Workshop) < University of Iowa

    The Creative Writing Program (Iowa Writers' Workshop) is a world-renowned graduate program for fiction writers and poets. Founded in 1936, it was the first creative writing program in the United States to offer a degree, and it became a model for many contemporary writing programs. In addition to its Master of Fine Arts program, it also offers ...

  2. Creative Writing for Undergraduate Students

    All undergraduate students are encouraged to enroll in the creative writing courses offered by the Writers' Workshop ... The University of Iowa ranks among the top universities in the U.S. for undergraduate writing across the curriculum. ... CW:1800 Creative Writing Studio Workshop. CW:2100 Creative Writing. CW:2870 Fiction Writing.

  3. Iowa Writers' Workshop

    The Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa, is a graduate-level creative writing program. At 87 years, it is the oldest writing program offering a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in the United States.Its acceptance rate is between 2.7% and 3.7%. On the university's behalf, the workshop administers the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism and the Iowa Short Fiction Award.

  4. How to Apply

    For additional information on nondiscrimination policies, contact the Director, Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, the University of Iowa, 202 Jessup Hall, Iowa City, IA, 52242-1316, 319-335-0705 (voice), 319-335-0697 (TDD), [email protected]. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate ...

  5. Creative Writing (MFA in English)

    Creative Writing Program The University of Iowa 102 Dey House Iowa City, IA 52242-1000 [email protected] 1-319-335-0416. Enrollment Management The University of Iowa 2900 University Capitol Centre 201 S. Clinton St. Iowa City, IA 52242 [email protected] 1-319-335-1523

  6. The Writing University

    More than 40 Pulitzer Prize winners. Seven U.S. Poet Laureates. Countless award-winning playwrights, novelists, journalists, & poets. A wide-range of creative writing programs, workshops, and festivals. The University of Iowa is known worldwide as the home to the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

  7. PDF Creative Writing (Iowa Writers' Workshop)

    The Creative Writing Program (Iowa Writers' Workshop) is. world-renowned graduate program for fiction writers and poets. Founded in 1936, it was the first creative writing program in the United States to offer a degree, and it became. model for many contemporary writing programs. In addition to its Master of Fine Arts program, it also offers ...

  8. Writing at Iowa

    The Program in Creative Writing, known worldwide as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, was founded in 1936 with the gathering together of writers from the poetry and fiction workshops. It was the first creative writing program in the country, and it became the prototype for more than 300 writing programs, many of which were founded by Workshop alumni.

  9. Iowa Young Writers' Studio

    The Iowa Young Writers' Studio is a creative writing program for high school students at the University of Iowa, housed in the Magid Center for Writing. The Studio offers a summer residential program, as well as online courses. ... with rare exceptions, from among the students and graduates of the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.

  10. PDF Creative Writing (Iowa Writers' Workshop)

    Creative Writing—Writers' Workshop Courses. The Creative Writing Program offers courses for undergraduates as well as graduate students. Enrollment in some graduate-level courses requires admission to the MFA program. See "Courses" in the Department of English section of the catalog for course descriptions and prerequisites to enrollment.

  11. Iowa Writers' Workshop: "A Magnet" for America's Most Brilliant

    The Iowa Writers' Workshop is based in Dey House at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, just a few hundred feet from the Iowa River. The prestigious program, which shaped the course of creative writing in the United States, helped make Iowa City one of UNESCO's first designated Cities of Literature. What do John Irving, Rita Dove, Jane ...

  12. Creative Writing—Writers' Workshop Courses (English) (CW)

    CW:1800 Creative Writing Studio Workshop 3 s.h. Experience reading and writing fiction, poetry, and personal narrative in a workshop setting; study of published work and critical discussion from a writer's standpoint; critique of class members' work. GE: Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts.

  13. Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing

    In the English and Creative Writing major, you'll explore literature in all its forms—and apply what you discover to your own expression. You may write poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, or something ... You'll learn the methods of Iowa's world-famous Writers' Workshop, Nonfiction Writing Program, and Playwrights Workshop. And you'll belong ...

  14. English (creative writing), MFA < University of Iowa

    English (creative writing), MFA. Overview. Requirements. The Master of Fine Arts in English with a creative writing subprogram features advanced courses in writing fiction and poetry. Students in creative writing study at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, renowned as a pioneer in teaching writers since its founding in 1936.

  15. English, MFA < University of Iowa

    Applicants to the Creative Writing Program (Iowa Writers' Workshop) must meet the program's admission requirements as well as those of the Graduate College; see the Manual of Rules and Regulations on the Graduate College website.. A creative writing manuscript is the most important element of the application for admission to the workshop.

  16. Six books from Iowa Writers' Workshop graduates to help kick off your

    By Charlotte Brookins Do you have ambitious reading goals in the new year? Get started with these six books written by University of Iowa Writers' Workshop graduates. The Iowa Writers' Workshop, a world-renowned program that offered America's first creative writing degree in 1936, is housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. These titles are sure to give you a good start on ...

  17. Between the Lines

    Since 2008, Between the Lines (BTL) has hosted young writers at the University of Iowa for a cultural exchange program that focuses on the art and craft of creative writing. Participants ages 15-18 come together in Iowa City or online for an intensive two-week session, and for the first time since 2019, BTL will be in-person, and there will be ...