Bengali writer Binayak Banerjee is one of 15 participants from as many countries across the world to be selected for the prestigious International Writing Program (IWP) at University of Iowa. KOLKATA: ...

Christopher Merrill, longtime director of the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program (IWP), is marking 25 years ...

IWP Director Christopher Merrill makes an opening speech at the 55th International Writing Program anniversary exhibit at the University of Iowa Library, Sept. 8, 2022. After a two-year hiatus due to ...

The university’s Writers’ Workshop and English Department are just two programs among thousands of individuals offering their support to the International Writing Program after the program lost nearly ...

Despite its looming closure, the Iowa Youth Writing Project's fall slate is shaping up to be one of the most vibrant. In August, the University of Iowa's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences announced ...

The University of Iowa will discontinue the Iowa Youth Writing Project (IYWP) and the Iowa Summer Writing Festival at the end of 2025 due to funding changes. The Iowa Youth Writing Project serves K-12 ...

Last summer, 30 literary-minded young people from India, Pakistan and the U.S. met in the heart of the American Midwest, in Iowa City, the birthplace of the creative writing workshop, to participate ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - The University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP) has received a donation of $250,000. Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. made the donation in response to the U.S. Department of ...

After the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program lost nearly $1 million in funding in February, a longtime supporter and local independent bookstore Prairie Lights launched an in-store ...

The University of Iowa is shutting down two summer writing programs, citing continued difficulties with funding. The UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted messages online to those involved in ...

When Bengali poet and novelist Sunil Gangopadhyay was writing his first novel, Atmaprakash (Self Revelation, 1964), he used a narrative technique he had learned from American Beat writer Jack Kerouac.

The Iowa Youth Writers' Project provides "one-of-a-kind writing, publishing, and creative learning opportunities to Iowa's children and teens." In August, the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ...