College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Calendar
The Nonfiction Writing Program
SPRING 2022 CALENDAR
Week 1: January 17-22
HOLIDAY
Monday, Jan 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - university closed
ACADEMIC
Tuesday, Jan 18: First Day of Spring Classes
Week 2: January 24-29
AWARD
Thursday, Jan 27: Deadline for Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio Summer Fellowship materials to Cherie Hansen-Rieskamp (for PhD and Second-Year MFA students)
Week 3: January 31-February 5
OUTREACH
Monday, Jan 31, 3pm: Deadline for Buckley Master Class proposals to Corey
AWARD
Tuesday, Feb 1: Deadline for Edwin Ford Piper Memorial Scholarship materials to Cherie Hansen-Rieskamp (for PhD and MFA students)
AWARD
Thursday, Feb 3: Deadline for MFA Nonfiction English Dept Financial Aid Form to Cherie Hansen-Rieskamp
AWARD
Thursday, Feb 3: Deadline for MFA Summer Fellowship materials to Cherie Hansen-Rieskamp (Second-Years Only)
MASTER CLASS
Friday, Feb 4, 9am, via Zoom: Publishing Q&A with Agent Ethan Bassoff of the Ross Yoon Agency
Week 4: February 7-12
AWARD
Monday, Feb 7: Submissions for Provost’s Postgraduate Visiting Writers Fellowships due online, by 11:59pm: https://workflow.uiowa.edu/form/provost-postgraduate-visiting-writers (Third-Years Only)
COMMUNITY
Wednesday, Feb 9, 5-6pm, via Zoom: NWP Town Hall
READING
Friday, Feb 11, 7PM, Prairie Lights Books Virtual: Grace Lavery and Melissa Febos Reading and Conversation
Week 5: February 14-19
AWARD
Monday, Feb 14, 3pm: Deadline for Herodotus Award proposals to Corey
Week 6: February 21-26
ACADEMIC
Tuesday, Feb 22: Deadline for Fall 2022 course registration preferences emailed to Cherie Hansen-Rieskamp
ACADEMIC
Wednesday, Feb 23, 5pm, Zoom: NWP Meeting on Thesis Committees (for Second Years and anyone else interested)
READING
Wednesday, Feb 23, 7PM, Prairie Lights Book Virtual: NWP student Bela Shayevich, translator of Yevgeny Zamyatin’s novel WE, in conversation with NWP Director Brooks Landon and special guest
ACADEMIC
Friday, Feb 25: Degree application deadline (Third-Years Only)
ACADEMIC
Friday, Feb 25: MFA spring graduates (Third-Years Only) must send Cherie a list of their thesis title, committee members, date, and time of defense
Week 7: February 28-March 5
COMMUNITY
Tuesday, March 1, 3PM: Deadline for Outreach Master Class Proposals to Corey
COMMUNITY - BUCKLEY MASTER CLASSES
Wed-Fri, March 2-4, EPB: Buckley Master Classes
Week 8: March 7-12
COMMUNITY
Wednesday, March 9: NWP Director available for Zoom appointments
Week 9: March 14-19
REST
Spring Break
Week 10: March 21-26
READING
Tuesday, March 22, 7PM, Prairie Lights Books Virtual: Elissa Washuta Reading, followed by conversation with NWP professor Melissa Febos
Week 11: March 28-April 2
ACADEMIC
Friday, April 1, 10am: Second-Years to submit thesis proposals to faculty
OUTREACH
Saturday, April 2, times tbd, EPB: NWP Outreach Master Classes
Week 12: April 4-9
COMMUNITY
April 4-8: NWP Welcome Week for Possible New NWP Students
AWARD
Monday, April 4, 3pm: Submissions for Roxanne Mueller Award due to Corey
COMMUNITY
Wednesday, April 6, 5-6pm, via Zoom: NWP Meet & Greet with Prospective Students
COMMUNITY
Thursday, April 7-Saturday, April 9: Mission Creek Festival
Week 13: April 11-16
ACADEMIC
Monday, April 11: Early Registration for Fall 2022 begins
READING
Wednesday, April 13, 7pm, Prairie Lights Books (IN PERSON!): NWP Bedell Distinguished Visiting Writer Tisa Bryant Reading with NWP Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Minor
Week 14: April 18-23
READING
Wednesday, April 20, 7pm, Prairie Lights Books (IN PERSON!): Robin Hemley, former director of the NWP, in conversation with Patricia Foster and David Hamilton
Week 15: April 25-30
Week 16: May 2-7
ACADEMIC
Friday, May 6: Close of classes
SOCIAL
Friday, May 6, evening tbd: NWP Graduation Reading
SOCIAL
Saturday, May 7, 11am, Bonnie Sunstein's home: NWP Graduation Ceremony/Garden Party
Week 17: May 9-14
ACADEMIC
Final exam week for the university