Festival Overview
Typical Weekly Schedule
Week-long workshops begin on Sunday evening with a light dinner, orientation, and the first class meeting. For the rest of the week, workshops meet each afternoon for at least three hours, Monday through Friday. An individual conference of 20–30 minutes with your workshop leader will be scheduled during the week, as well as other activities. Week-long workshops are designed to give you plenty of time to write, revise, read and critique in the mornings and evenings.
Typical Weekly Schedule
SUNDAY
6:30–7:30 p.m. Registration and light dinner (Old Capitol Museum)
7:30 p.m. Large group orientation and welcome (Old Capitol Museum)
8:00 p.m. First class meeting (Schaeffer Hall or Maclean Hall)
MONDAY-FRIDAY
7:30–11:00 a.m. Coffee and conversation at Capanna Coffee. Time to write, read, critique manuscripts and confer with instructors
11:00 a.m. “Elevenses” Literary Hour (Biology East Building)
Lectures, discussion, presentations of interest to writers Different every day
2:00–5:00 p.m. Individual groups in workshop session
Each week will also include the following events:
MONDAY
5:30 p.m. Festival reception
WEDNESDAY
7:30 p.m. Open Mike: readings by participants
FRIDAY
5:30–7:30 p.m. All-Festival Dinner
June 8-13
One-Week Workshops
June 15-20
One-Week Workshops
June 22-27
One-Week Workshops
July 6-11
One-Week Workshops
July 13-18
One-Week Workshops
July 20-25
One-Week Workshops
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Sponsored by the Division of Continuing Education
Iowa Summer Writing Festival
C215 Seashore Hall
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone 319-335-4160
FAX 319-335-4743
iswfestival@uiowa.edu
Last updated on June 26, 2008