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Apply for free summer writing programs from International Writing Program
IOWA CITY - The International Writing Program (IWP) invites U.S. students ages 15-22 from Iowa and across the country to apply to their virtual summer programs, hosted with major support from the University of Iowa, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
IWP's Between the Lines two-week creative writing and cultural exchange virtual summer camp through the University of Iowa offers two sessions in 2021 and is open to students ages 15 to 18 from the U.S. and 23 countries. The programs are 100 percent free for 2021.
Between the Lines: Identity and Belonging
This session is for U.S. students, ages 15 to 18. Ten spots will be reserved for Muslim students. Students who are first- or second-generation immigrants, or from refugee communities, low-income households, or other marginalized positions are particularly encouraged to apply. This program is supported by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art's Building Bridges Program.
Between the Lines: Peace and the Writing Experience
This program, for U.S. and international students ages 15 to 18 from 23 countries in 2021 (Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Georgia, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, the Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine and United Arab Emirates (UAE)), is supported by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department. There usually is a tuition fee for U.S. students, but this year, it is 100 percent free.
Between the Lines program and application information is available at https://iwp.uiowa.edu/programs/between-the-lines
The IWP Summer Institute
This is an immersive two-week creative writing and cultural exchange program hosted virtually by the University of Iowa for students ages 18 to 22 from the U.S., Pakistan and India. The Summer Institute is 100 percent free and fully virtual this year. Students from all disciplines - the arts, humanities, sciences, and everything in between - are welcome to apply. The program is funded by the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad.
The application deadline is March 31, 2021.
Summer Institute program and application information is available at https://iwp.uiowa.edu/programs/summer-institute.
Weston Clark, 16, from Zionsville, Indiana reads an original poem at an open mic night inside High Ground Cafe in Iowa City on June 24, 2015. Clark is currently part of the National Student Poets Program and is attending a summer writing program at the University of Iowa. The open mic night allowed teens in the Iowa Young Writers' Studio, Iowa Youth Writing Project and Between the Lines (an international writing program) to share their work and get to know each other better. (Lynda Waddington/The Gazette)
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