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The University of Iowa University of Iowa Magid Center for Writing Iowa Young Writers’ Studio Search Submit Search Search Site Main Navigation About Why Iowa City? People News 2-Week Summer Residential Program Core Courses Typical Days Housing and Meals Fees and Financial Aid For Parents 6-Week Online Courses How to Apply How to Apply: 2-Week Summer Residential Program How to Apply: 6-Week Online Courses What’s the difference between these two offerings? Testimonials Resources for Young Writers Home Creative writing programming for high school students 2-week Summer Residential Program and 6-week Online Courses 2-Week Summer Residential Program At the Summer Residential Program, you will choose a single core course—Poetry, Fiction, Creative Writing, Playwriting, or TV writing—as your focus for the two weeks of the program. Read More 6-week Online Courses We offer asynchronous 6-week online creative writing courses for high school students every winter and summer. You can study creative writing with us your own schedule, from anywhere in the world! Read More Teachers and Counselors Teachers and counselors at the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio are chosen, with rare exceptions, from among the students and graduates of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. Read More Experience the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio Watch this short video for an inside look at the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio experience. News IYWS Alum Joe Fassler To Publish Debut Novel, THE SKY WAS OURS Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Joe Fassler, a former student and instructor with the Iowa Youth Writers’ Studio, has published his first novel, THE SKY WAS OURS, forthcoming in April 2024 from Penguin Books. IYWS counselor and teacher Melissa Mogollon to publish debut novel, "Oye." Monday, August 21, 2023 Crafting Engaging Narratives with Suzette Sheft: A Free Summer Online Workshop For Jr. High Students! Friday, June 16, 2023 IYWS ’19 Student Alora Young Publishes Memoir in Verse Thursday, December 1, 2022 Alora Young, who attended the Summer Residential Program in 2019 and studied fiction writing with Jamel Brinkley, has published her first book, Walking Gentry Home: A Memoir of My Foremothers in Verse, with Hogarth Books. IYWS ’22 Student Publishes YA Book About Her Grandmother’s Holocaust Experience Thursday, December 1, 2022 IYWS ’22 Student Suzette Sheft, who attended the in-person Summer Residential Program this past June, has published a novelistic nonfiction account of her grandmother’s holocaust experience that is getting attention across the world. It’s not a novel,” Sheft says. Everything in it is true. I just believe that borrowing the literary and dramatic tools of fiction helps young readers connect with characters and helps stories stay longer in their minds.” IYWS ’11 Student Alina Grabowski To Publish Debut Novel Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Alina Grabowski, who attended the Summer Residential Program in 2011, will publish her debut novel, Women and Children First, with SJPLit/Zando in 2024. Alina’s short story Girl Walks Into a Bar” was listed as a distinguished story in The Best American Short Stories 2021.Wednesday, November 30, 2022 NOTICE: The University of Iowa Center for Advancement is an operational name for the State University of Iowa Foundation, an independent, Iowa nonprofit corporation organized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, publicly supported charitable entity working to advance the University of Iowa. Please review its full disclosure statement. Donate The University of Iowa University of Iowa Iowa Young Writers’ Studio Magid Center for Writing 24 Phillips Hall Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1409 Monday-Thursday : 8:00am - 5:00pm Friday : 8:00am - 2:00pm 319-335-4209 iyws@uiowa.edu Social Media Instagram Admin Login © 2024 The University of Iowa Privacy Notice UI Nondiscrimination Statement Accessibility UI Indigenous Land...