How to Register in Online Workshops in the Festival
To enroll in online workshops, click the link associated with the course you want to take. The link takes you to a listing of the course (with complete details, including fees) on UI Learn. When registration for the course has opened, an "enroll" button will appear with the course. Click the enroll button! You will create an account (you will use this same account if you take other courses later). You will be directed to enter your credit card information.
For online courses in the Festival, this is the only method to enroll. We're not able to enroll you by phone on this particular platform.
Registration for the courses listed here will open at 10:00 a.m. Central Time, Thursday, February 18, 2021. Class size is limited to ten.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS ONLINE:
This link takes you to all Iowa Summer Writing Festival online workshops beginning in March:
New ISWF online workshops--March
And here are the individual course listings:
Advanced Novel Workshop: Conflict, Plot & Structure with Kelly Dwyer (Five-Week Workshop)
Saturdays on Zoom: March 6–April 3, 2021
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Central Time
(11:00–2:00 Eastern; 8:00–11:00 Pacific; 9:00–12:00 noon Mountain)
Advanced Tools of Craft for Writers of Fiction & Memoir with Sands Hall (Six-Week Workshop)
Mondays on Zoom: March 8–April 12, 2021
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Central Time
(3:00–6:00 Eastern; 12:00–3:00 Pacific; 1:00–4:00 Mountain)
The Propulsive Plot: Strategies for Building Suspense in the Novel with Debra Jo Immergut (Five-Week Workshop)
Tuesdays on Zoom: March 16–April 13, 2021
5:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Central Time
(6:00–8:30 Eastern; 3:00–5:30 Pacific; 4:00–6:30 Mountain)
Losing “Your” Voice: The Art of Imitation in Poetry with Jared Joseph (Five-Week Workshop)
Wednesdays on Zoom: March 17–April 14, 2021
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Central Time
(3:00-6:00 Eastern; 12:00–3:00 Pacific; 1:00–4:00 Mountain)
How to Start Your Memoir with Robert Siegel (Five-Week Workshop)
Fridays on Zoom: March 19–April 16, 2021
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Central Time
(7:00–9:00 Eastern; 4:00–6:00 Pacific; 5:00–7:00 Mountain)
Finding Your Story: A Weekend Intensive with Karen Bender (Weekend Workshop)
Friday, March 19–Sunday, March 21, 2021
Friday on Zoom, 7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Central Time
(8:00–9:00 Eastern; 5:00–6:00 Pacific; 6:00–7:00 Mountain)
Saturday and Sunday on Zoom, 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Central Time
(11:00–4:00 Eastern; 8:00–1:00 Pacific; 9:00–2:00 Mountain)
PRIOR WORKSHOPS ONLINE:
Poetry Across the Wires
Katie Ford, Instructor
Mondays on Zoom, November 16–December 14, 2020
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Central Time (12:00–3:00 p.m. Eastern, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Pacific)
Go to workshop: Poetry Across the Wires
Flash Fiction in a Flash: Writing (and Submitting) Publishable Flash Fiction
Kelly Dwyer, Instructor
Saturdays on Zoom, November 21–December 12, 2020
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Central Time (11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Eastern; 8:00–10:00 a.m. Pacific)
Go to workshop: Flash Fiction in a Flash
Advanced Novel Workshop: Conflict, Plot & Structure
Kelly Dwyer, Instructor
Fridays on Zoom, January 8–February 5, 2021
1:00–4:00 p.m. Central Time (2:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern; 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Pacific)
Go to workshop: Advanced Novel