Ever wanted to join the Iowa Writer’s Workshop?

Here’s your chance

Iowa’s International Writer’s Program, the online extension of their famous Writer’s Workshop, just opened their library of courses to the public. You can review the lessons of past workshops for no fee, and without logging in.

I joined the Women’s Stories workshop las fall and connected with dozens of writers from around the world as we posted and critiqued each other’s work. I even honed my entry for the next Hell’s Creatures anthology, “Euterpe”, with advice from new and experienced writers.

 

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Iowa’s Storied Women session introduced young writers to the styles and techniques of international writers, with a focus on women’s narrative.

Iowa posts the courses as (Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) packs. (It took seven different searches to pin down what the meaning of MOOC). They include multiple lessons, video lectures and interviews, suggested readings and assignments.

Topics cover international writing, writing about loss and suffering, teen poetry as well as general sessions on fiction and poetry from past workshops. Their later modules focus on specialized topics and plan to announce the next round of workshops around the middle of the month.

If you’re interested in participating, past workshops ran around $60. For more information, put your name on their mailing list.

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