Iowa International Writing Program

Templat:Inuse31122011 Iowa International Writing Program adalah sebuah program dari Universitas Iowa di bidang penulisan kreatif, didirikan pada 1967, ditujukan kepada penulis puisi, fiksi, drama dan non fiksi. Program ini mengundang penulis-penulis yang direkomendasikan sebagai penulis berkualitas dari berbagai negara.

Since 1967, over a thousand writers from more than 120 countries have attended the IWP at the University of Iowa. The project is designed for established and emerging creative writers — poets, fiction writers, dramatists, and non-fiction writers.

The minimum requirement is that they have published at least one book, and that they possess sufficient proficiency in English to profit from the Iowa experience.

The University of Iowa is the nation’s premier center for creative writing. Giving and attending talks and readings, and meeting with well-known and emerging visiting American writers give the international writers broad exposure to currents in American literature. We also strive to give each writer the opportunity to present his or her work in a public forum. Televised and radio interviews with individuals and groups of writers are broadcast in the Iowa City and university communities.

The U.S. Department of State is a major source of support for the program. The IWP also administers the grants of writers who come to the University of Iowa under subsidy from American corporations and cultural organizations abroad.

Participants of the IWP do not take classes at the University of Iowa; no degree is given for participation in the program. The program provides various literary activities, outlined below. All the activities offered by the program are optional, and the writers are free to use their time as they wish, to write or to conduct research. We strive to give each writer the opportunity to present his or her work in a public forum. The IWP also organizes individual visits to other parts of the United States, including schools and community colleges within Iowa and around the nation.