Summer Writing Online (SWO)

Imagine having The Writing University visit you in the comfort of your home each day for three weeks this summer. Learn from world-class faculty and graduates of the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop, in the first UNESCO City of Literature in the US. Envision spending your time participating in workshops, lectures, and events that excite and stretch you as a writer. Picture investing three full weeks in your passion, learning with other high school students from all over the world who are as consumed with writing as you. This dream is reality with Summer Writing Online (SWO), an immersive 3–week online residency for students in grades 9 to 11 presented by the University of Iowa’s Belin-Blank Center. This course is 100% synchronous, featuring 3.5 hours of interactive class time each day for students to create community with other talented, young writers as they read, write, laugh, and learn together. It’s not just an online class; it’s an online experience!