Iowa Writers' Workshop, Graduate writing program at University of Iowa, United States.
The Iowa Writers' Workshop is a graduate program at the University of Iowa offering Master of Fine Arts degrees in fiction and poetry. Students spend two years developing their manuscripts through weekly seminars and one-on-one instruction from accomplished authors.
The program was founded in 1936 as the first graduate creative writing program in the United States. Its founder Wilbur Schramm created a new model for teaching writers at the university level.
The Workshop brings writers from around the world together to study and learn from one another. The intensive seminars create a space where authors share their work and receive feedback from peers pursuing the same craft.
Admission is highly selective, with only about thirty students accepted each year from thousands of applicants. This is an intensive program best suited for writers ready to commit fully to developing their craft.
Under the leadership of Lan Samantha Chang, a published author herself, the program's endowment has grown significantly in recent years. This investment allows the Workshop to fund more scholarships and literary projects than ever before.
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