Between the Lines: Application Information for American Students (January 2012)

Are you someone who:

  • Loves to write stories and/or poems?
  • Reads everything you can get your hands on?
  • Wants to meet and make friends with students from other countries? 
  • Is studying a language and/or is interested in becoming bi/multilingual?
  • Is already bi/multilingual and/or from a family where English isn't necessarily the primary language?
  • Will be between the ages of 16 and 19 (inclusive) as of June 30, 2012?

If so, we'd love to have you join us this summer at Between the Lines! Here on the campus of the University of Iowa, you will have the opportunity to study and explore creative writing and world literature alongside international students your own age.

The application deadline has passed. Make sure to visit our site in January for information about BTL 2013!

Happening Now

  • We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

  • Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.

  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

  • In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

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