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, non-fiction writers, and playwrights from all over the world. Iowa City has been a temporary 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.
Writing programs
Writing events
Publishing and book arts
Iowa publication awards
Iowa Short Fiction Award and John Simmons Short Fiction Award