Nonfiction Writing Program

Robin Hemley, Director. Phone: (319) 335-0440.
For more information, visit http://www.english.uiowa.edu/nonfiction/.

The Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa awards an MFA degree to accomplished students of literary nonfiction. Most often, the 48 semester-hour program takes three years to complete, culminating in a thesis of at least 75 pages, either a sustained essay or a collection of shorter pieces. Work in the essay and on prose style is a fundamental feature of the program.

Articles:
NonfictioNOW Conference
UI Playwright Wins At National MFA Playwrights Festival
“Ariadne,” by Janani Sreenivasan
Listen: Ryan Van Meter and Vershawn Ashanti Young
Call for Proposals: 2007 NonfictioNow Conference
Granta’s ‘Best Young American Novelists’
Martin Roper Interview (Part One)
W.D. Snodgrass and Lia Purpura Finalists for NBCC Awards
Rebecca Sheir (NWP, ‘06) on Public Radio This Weekend
Pico Iyer Interview: “Every writer is an outsider on the subject he is writing about”
Author Spotlight: Heidi Julavits
Three Writers’ Workshop Alumni Receive Whiting Awards
“The Best Museum Benches in the Country” & Other Podcasts

Upcoming Events:
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Past Events:
Writers Gone Public, 5/08/08
Writers Gone Public, 5/07/08
Elena Passarello with Jeff Porter, 2/21/08
Writers Gone Public, 12/13/07
Writers Gone Public, 12/12/07
Master Class: Joe Wenderoth, 11/30/07
Joe Wenderoth reading, 11/29/07
Joe Wenderoth Q & A, 11/29/07
Colleen Kinder with Chris Offutt, 11/08/07
Graywolf Press reading, 11/03/07
Richard Rodriguez reading, 11/03/07
University of Iowa Press Reading, 11/03/07
A Tribute to Carl Klaus, 11/03/07
Forum with Editors from the New York Times, 11/03/07
Patricia Hampl reading, 11/02/07
An Afternoon of Stand-Up Tragedy and Comedy with Jonathan Ames, 11/02/07
University of Georgia Press readings, 11/02/07
Ross McElwee Seminar, 11/01/07
University of Nebraska Press reading, 11/01/07
The Lyric Essay: a Reading by Sarabande Press Authors, 11/01/07
Keynote: Patricia Hampl, 11/01/07
Small Press Publishing Q & A with Sarah Gorham, the executive editor of Sarabande Press, 10/31/07
Darcy Frey reading, 10/15/07
Seminar: Darcy Frey on John McPhee’s “Coming Into the Country”, 10/15/07
“A Community of Writers: Creative Writing at the University of Iowa”: Exhibit Opening, 10/12/07
Ashley Butler with Sasa Stanisic and Peter Kimani, 9/20/07
‘Writers Gone Public’, 5/02/07
‘Writers Gone Public’, 5/01/07
Robin Hemley, Patricia Foster, and Riley Hanick Reading, 4/19/07
Robin Hemley Reading, 4/11/07
Jonathan Silin Reading, 4/03/07
‘Modern Love’ Reading, 2/26/07
Stephen Kuusisto Q&A, 2/23/07
UIMA Writer-in-Residence Reading, 2/15/07
Robin Hemley Reading, 11/15/06
Lan Samantha Chang, Cole Swensen, & Matt Davis Reading, 11/09/06