The Iowa Young Writers’ Studio is now administratively considered a "youth program" of the Frank N. Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing in the Division of Interdisciplinary Programs. This means the program will be part of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences rather than University College, effective April 1.
The Iowa Young Writers’ Studio is a residential creative writing program for high school students offered during summer at the University of Iowa. Students in the program build a community of peers while working with experienced writing teachers, primarily students and graduates of the University’s M.F.A. program in creative writing.
The studio offers three courses of study: poetry, fiction, and creative writing (a mix of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction). Each course consists of a seminar and a workshop. In seminars, students read literature by established writers. In workshops they share their own writing, get feedback from their classmates and teacher, and discuss issues of narrative and form.