Articles from April 2025

Lily Giddings poses for a portrait in Prairie Lights on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Giddings was awarded the Isabel Sparks President’s Award for a piece she wrote while studying abroad in Ireland.

Two English and Creative Writing undergrads awarded Isabel Sparks President’s Awards at Sigma Tau Delta convention

Monday, April 28, 2025

The Daily Iowan

English and creative writing majors Madeline Riske and Lillian Giddings found inspiration studying abroad in Ireland.

Stecopoulos profiles Iowa City for Public Books

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

https://www.publicbooks.org/poetry-city-iowa-city-iowa/

English Department support of IWP in The Daily Iowan

Thursday, April 17, 2025

https://dailyiowan.com/2025/04/15/ui-international-writing-program-sees-support-after-funding-cut/

Melissa Febos's Dry Season in Publishers Weekly

Friday, April 11, 2025

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/97559-melissa-febos-s-dry-season.html

Becoming a writer no laughing matter for English Alumna Harper Steele

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Office of Strategic Communications

The Emmy Award–winning writer who penned sketches for ‘Saturday Night Live’ might have pursued another career had it not been for a class she took at the University of Iowa.