Summer Programs
Graduate Summer Workshops
Anyone may apply for non-degree summer coursework offered; this summer, the Workshop will offer courses in two separate summer school sessions. The application deadline for both sessions is March 1, 2012.
SPECIAL MAY SESSION: MAY 14 – JUNE 1 2012
Three-week intensive workshops taught by ZZ Packer in fiction and James Galvin in poetry. Summer school credit will be given.
REGULAR SUMMER SESSION: JUNE 5 – JULY 27 2012
An eight week session taught by Mark Levine in poetry. The instructor for the Graduate Fiction Workshop will be taught by Danielle Evans. Undergraduate Fiction Workshop will be taught by James Alan McPherson. A writing sample is required for both courses. Graduate fiction applicants should submit 2-3 short stories or chapters of a novel, and undergraduate fiction applicants should submit 1 short story.
Application deadlines
Special session application deadline: March 1
Regular session application deadline: March 1
Note: Same deadline for BOTH sessions
Click here to apply to graduate summer sessions
Undergraduate summer courses
Other summer writing programsSeveral three- and eight-week creative writing courses are offered for undergraduates (8C:023, 8C:097, 8C:098). You do not have to submit a manuscript in order to take these classes. Check ISIS for course listings.
Iowa Summer Writing Festival
Weekend and week-long workshops throughout June and July
Iowa Young Writers' Studio
A creative writing summer program for high school students, taught by Writers' Workshop graduatesIowa Study Abroad
The Irish Writing Program: Summer Abroad in Ireland