More than 40 Pulitzer Prize winners. Seven U.S. Poet Laureates. Countless award-winning playwrights, screenwriters, journalists, translators, novelists and poets.
Writing and Communication at Iowa
More than 40 Pulitzer Prize winners. Seven U.S. Poet Laureates. Countless award-winning playwrights, screenwriters, journalists, translators, novelists and poets.
The University of Iowa’s writing programs shape the landscape of American literature. Iowa established an MFA standard.
Featured Events
Featured Events
From readings to performances to book launches, Iowa City hosts extraordinary writing events every week, on campus and in town!
Live from Prairie Lights | Rebecca Lehmann in conversation with Paige Lewis - 'The Beheading Game'
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 7:00pm
Rebecca Lehmann will read from her new novel, The Beheading Game, and will be joined in conversation with Paige Lewis. The Beheading Game "begins in the hours after Anne Boleyn’s beheading, when she wakes to find herself unceremoniously laid to rest in a makeshift coffin, her head wrapped in linen at her knees" and continues with "Anne escapes the Tower of London, sews her head back on, then sets out on a quest to kill Henry VIII before he can marry her own lady-in-waiting Jane Seymour" (penguin...
Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival
Thursday, April 23 to Sunday, April 26, 2026 (all day)
The Iowa City International Film Festival is a student-run experimental film festival hosted in Iowa City.
Book Reading by Keiichiro Hirano
Thursday, April 23, 2026 5:00pm to 6:15pm
Join the University of Iowa (UI) Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, an International Programs affinity group, for a special event with acclaimed Japanese author Keiichiro Hirano.
Creativity meets opportunity - Explore a thriving arts community within a pioneering research university.
Creativity meets opportunity - Explore a thriving arts community within a pioneering research university.
