About
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Schedule
Conference Dates: June 8-11, 2023
Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
Workshops, Classes, Panels, Readings, Q&A.
Meet our 2023 Faculty
Marilyn Chin
Poetry Workshop
Megan Giddings
Fiction Workshop
Lars Horn
Memoir Workshop
Taylor Johnson
Poetry Class
Alexander Weinstein
Fiction Class
Hannah Bae
Nonfiction Class
Jaquira Díaz
Special Guest
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 and why they were excited to teach the workshop. Immediately, I could relate to their process, and by asking four questions over email, I learned... 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 a moat, lost on my own little island of words. I would curl into a reading ball and wait for my older brother to get... 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 decided it wasn’t for me. I spent my later elementary and middle school years avoiding writing at all costs, telling my friends that I just... Read more »