About
Read about the history and format of the conference, and our partnership with Granfalloon and Bloomington Handmade Market.
Schedule
Conference Dates: June 5-8, 2025
Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
Workshops, Classes, Panels, Readings, Q&A.
Meet our 2024 Faculty
T Kira Madden
Memoir Workshop
Jos Charles
Poetry Workshop
Sequoia Nagamatsu
Fiction Workshop
torrin a. greathouse
Poetry Class
Angela Jackson-Brown
Fiction Class
Grace Talusan
Nonfiction Class
Faculty Accolades
26
Pulitzer Prize Awards
7
U.S. Poets Laureate
11
MacArthur Genius Grant Recipients
71
Guggenheim Grant Recipients
26
National Book Awards
10
National Book Critics Circle Awards
8
Frost Medalists
8
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prizes
5
Yale Series of Younger Poets Awards
73
National Endowment for the Arts Recipients
1
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
12
Flannery O’Connor Awards
4
Wallace Stevens Awards
27
National Book Award Finalists
18
Pulitzer Prize Award Finalists
Recent Articles
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Lars Horn Interview
Lars Horn’s memoir workshop is going to be incredibly exciting. I got the chance to do an email interview with them to find out more about their process of writing... Read more »
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Why I Write Wednesday: IUWC Intern Sarah Latona
As far back as I can remember I have always been addicted to reading. I remember lying on my pink princess reading couch, picture books splayed all around me like... Read more »
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Why I Write Wednesday: IUWC Intern Zeb Demorest
For most of my life, I hated writing. Well, I thought I did. After several bad experiences in elementary school that sucked most of the joy out of writing, I... Read more »