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IWP Writers-in-Residence introducing themselves to one another.

The Fall 2011 edition of 91st Meridian, an electronic publication of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City (41° 38' N /91° 33' W).

Map of the world with lines from Russia and the Arab World to the US

The IWP is now accepting applications for Between the Lines 2012. For the first time, there will be two sessions: BTL Russia (June 30-July 13) and BTL Arabic (July 14-28). Also for the first time, American students, aged 16-19, are invited to apply.

In 2009, the International Writing Program and the Chinese Writers' Association began a pilot exchange project, the Life of Discovery. The project’s aim is to bring together writers and artists from the United States and from the minority ethnic communities in the western regions of the People's Republic of China.

The IWP’s Distance Learning Creative Writing Program

As the IWP’s distance learning initiative, the DLCWP seeks to maintain a visible, ongoing, and active IWP presence in the world. Programs are ongoing all year long, deepening existing connections and welcoming new collaborators.

How to Write an Earthquake / Comment écrire et quoi écrire / Mou pou 12 Janvye, a tri-lingual anthology edited by Beaudelaine Pierre and Nataša Ďurovičová. The first work of its kind about the 2010 earthquake, this collection is presented here in the form of a free e-book.

Female secondary school students complete a writing assignment.

Refugee students in Dadaab, Kenya, complete an assignment as part of the IWP’s 2009 poetry workshop.

Meet our writers

The International Writing Program at the University of Iowa is a unique residency program that brings together the writers of the world... more

IWP Recent Films

Postcards, a new film by Ram Devineni about the IWP in Afghanistan.

Feature from site

On the IWP's 2009 & 2011 educational trips to Dadaab, Kenya, home to the largest refugee community in the world ... more

The Writing University

@Shambaugh House

Iowa City: A UNESCO City of Literature

The City of Literature works to advance its mission of celebrating and supporting literature on a local, regional, national, and international...

Wole Soyinka Visits Iowa City

Nigerian playwright, novelist, and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka gave a public lecture on November 6 as part of the closing festivities of the 2011 IWP...

Happening Now... (more)

Nigerian playwright, novelist, and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka gave a public lecture on November 6 as part of the closing festivities of the 2011 IWP residency.
The newest release from 91st Meridian Books: How to Write an Earthquake, a trilingual French-Creole-English e-anthology of poetry and prose responding to the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
The IWP's 2010 Annual Report is available for viewing (PDF / SWF).
The Norwegian Writers' Association has awarded its 2011 free expression award to Ma Thida (IWP 2005). She is its first-ever recipient from Burma.
In the first issue of the independent, English-language Iraq Literary Review, edited by Baghdad-based critics Soheil Najm (IWP 2009) and Sadek. R. Mohamed: 100+ pages of criticism, poetry, fiction, translations…