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.
Scholarships
Scholarship Application Deadline: March 1, 2025
Notifications: Mid-March 2025
Deadline to Pay Tuition Balance: March 31, 2025
Meet our 2025 Faculty
Lynda Barry
Writing the Unthinkable
Safia Elhillo
Poetry Workshop
Elisa Gabbert
Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Stephen Amidon
Fiction Workshop
Janan Alexandra
Poetry Class
Marguerite Sheffer
Fiction Class
John Cotter
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 »