Spring 2024 

Week 1: January 14-20

HOLIDAY

Monday, Jan 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – university offices closed

ACADEMIC

Tuesday, Jan 16: First Day of Classes

COMMUNITY

Friday, Jan 19, 11:30AM, 304 EPB (Gerber): “Survived the First Week” Gathering and A Celebration of English Dept. Graduate Coordinator Cherie Hansen-Rieskamp

Week 2: January 21-27

ACADEMIC

Monday, Jan 22: Deadline for NWP Financial Aid forms to Sanjna (for First- and Second-Year MFA students)

COMMUNITY

Tuesday, Jan 23, 4:00PM, Nonfiction Writing House: Welcome Gathering for NWP Bedell Distinguished Visiting Professor Paisley Rekdal

AWARD

Wednesday, Jan 24, 3:00PM: Deadline for Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio Summer Fellowship materials to Corey (for Second-Year MFA students)

AWARD

Wednesday, Jan 24, 3PM: Deadline for MFA Summer Fellowship materials to Corey (for Second-Year MFA students)

MASTER CLASS

Friday, Jan 26, 5:00PM, Zoom: Editors Callie Garnett (Bloomsbury) and Jean Garnett (Little, Brown & Company) will give a Q&A session via Zoom (for MFA students and undergraduates)

Week 3: January 28 - February 3

AWARD

Monday, Jan 29, 12:00PM: Deadline for Stanley Awards for International Research materials submitted online (for details, see website: https://international.uiowa.edu/student-funding/international-grants-and-fellowships/awards/stanley-awards-international-research)

OUTREACH

Wednesday, Jan 31, 3:00PM: Deadline for Buckley Master Class proposals to Corey

AWARD

Thursday, Feb 1, 3:00PM: Deadline for Herodotus Award proposals to Corey

AWARD

Thursday, Feb 1: Deadline for Edwin Ford Piper Memorial Scholarship materials to Abby Rush (abby-rush@uiowa.edu)

COMMUNITY

Friday, Feb 2, 3:00PM: Deadline for Community Master Class Proposals to Corey

Week 4: February 4-10

AWARD

Monday, Feb 5: Submissions for Provost’s Postgraduate Visiting Writer Fellowships due online: https://workflow.uiowa.edu/form/clas-postgraduate-visiting-writers (Third-Years Only)  

COMMUNITY

Wed-Sat, Feb 7-10, 2024: AWP in Kansas City, MO

Week 5: February 11-17

READING

Tuesday, Feb 13, 7:00PM, Prairie Lights Books: Darius Stewart, Author of Be Not Afraid of My Body, reads as part of the NWP Alumni Reading Series

MASTER CLASS

Friday, Feb 16, 5:00PM, NWP House: Agent William Callahan from InkWell Management will give a Q&A session for MFA students and undergrads

Week 6: February 18-24

ACADEMIC

Friday, Feb 23: Degree application deadline (Third-Years Only)

ACADEMIC

Friday, Feb 23: MFA spring graduates (Third-Years Only) must send English Department Graduate Coordinator a list of their thesis title, thesis committee members, date, and time of defense

READING

Friday, Feb 23, 7:00PM, NWP House: Book Launch for Nonfiction, the Teaching of Writing, and the Influence of Richard Lloyd-Jones, edited by NWP Alumni Laura Julier & Doug Hesse

Week 7: February 25 - March 2

READING

Wednesday, Feb 28, 7:00PM, Prairie Lights Books: Leslie Jamison in conversation with Kaveh Akbar

READING

Friday, March 1, 4:00-5:00PM via Zoom: "50 Years of Ms. visits IOWA," a webinar hosted by UI SMJC (Register in advance:
https://uiowa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gvTIueT1SOKgD9MWvFMJYg)

Week 8: March 3-9

BUCKLEY MASTER CLASSES

Tues-Thurs, March 5-7, NWP House 102 and 104: Buckley Master Classes

OUTREACH

March 7-14: Paris Podcasting Trip for NWP Delegates, including MFA Podcasting Fellow

Week 9: March 10-16

REST

Spring Break (NWP House closed)

Week 10: March 17-23

COMMUNITY

Wednesday, March 20, 4 PM, via Zoom: Krause Essay Prize runner-up Laia Jufresa reads as part of the Krause Series in Contemporary Nonfiction

COMMUNITY

Thursday, March 21, 7:30PM, Old Capitol Senate Chamber: Krause Essay Prize ceremony with Krause Essay Prize winner Chris Dennis

Week 11: March 24-30

ACADEMIC

Friday, March 29, 12:00PM: Second-Years to submit thesis proposals to faculty

READING

Friday, March 29, 5:30PM, Prairie Lights Books: Deborah Taffa, Author of Whiskey Tender, reads as part of the NWP Alumni Reading Series, followed by Conversation with Prof. Melissa Febos

MASTER CLASS

Saturday, March 30, 10:30AM-12:30PM, Nonfiction Writing House: Creative Writing Master Class with NWP Student Heidie Senseman

Week 12: March 31 - April 6

READING

Monday, April 1, 7:00PM, NWP House: Bedell Distinguished Visiting Professor Paisley Rekdal Reads

COMMUNITY

April 1-5: NWP Welcome Week for Possible New NWP Students

MASTER CLASS

Tuesday, April 2, 4:30PM, NWP House: Publishing Q&A with Agent Chris Fischbach

COMMUNITY

Thursday, April 4, 4:00PM, NWP House: Reception for Paris 8 Team and NWP Community

COMMUNITY

Thursday, April 4, 6:00PM, Hancher: Hanif Abdurraqib in Conversation with Prof. Tisa Bryant, as part of the Mission Creek Festival (TICKETED EVENT)

COMMUNITY

Friday, April 5, 5:00-8:30PM, various Iowa City locations: Mission Creek Literary Walk, featuring NWP student readers

COMMUNITY

Saturday, April 6, 1-1:45PM, Mission Creek Festival: Frictions Media and UI NWP literary panel featuring Prof. Tisa Bryant, Prof. Sarah Minor, Iowa Review Editor Lynne Nugent, Walid Rachedi, Co-Founder of Frictions Media, and NWP MFA students 

Week 13: April 7-13

AWARD

Monday, April 8, 10PM: Submissions for Roxanne Mueller Award and for Prairie Lights Prize due to Corey

ACADEMIC

Monday, April 8: Early Registration for Fall 2024 begins

READING

Wednesday, April 10, 7PM, Prairie Lights Books: Reading by Kevin J. Koch as part of the NWP Alumni Reading Series

Week 14: April 14-20

COMMUNITY

April 18-28, Thursdays-Sundays, Riverside Theater: performances of "Herein Lies the Truth," Aaron Pang's One Man Show

READING

Friday, April 19, 7:00PM, Prairie Lights Books: Matthew Clark reading as part of the NWP Alumni Reading Series

Week 15: April 21-27

COMMUNITY

Wednesday, April 24, time tbd, St. Burch: AGSE Graduate Reception for English Department Graduate Students

COMMUNITY

Thursday, April 25, 5:30-7:30PM, NWP House: UI Center for Advancement Board Reception

READING

Friday, April 26, 5:30PM, Prairie Lights Books: Reading by Lucas Mann as part of the NWP Alumni Reading Series, followed by Conversation with Prof. Melissa Febos

Week 16: April 28 - May 4

ACADEMIC

Friday, May 3: Close of classes

SOCIAL

Friday, May 3, 5:00-6:30PM, NWP House: Publishing II (CNW:2992) Book Launch!

SOCIAL

Friday, May 3, 7:00PM, NWP House, Carl Klaus Memorial Garden: NWP Graduation Reading

SOCIAL

Saturday, May 4, 11:00AM, John D’Agata’s Home: NWP Graduation Ceremony & Garden Party

Week 17: May 5-11

ACADEMIC

Final exam week for the university