750 E. Kirkwood Ave.
IU Writers Conference
June 1 to June 5
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The Indiana University Writers’ Conference is the second oldest, continually-operating writers conference in the United States. This year marks the 82nd anniversary of the conference which has stood for literary excellence since its inception. We are proud to boast a faculty that has included lauded writers of the post-WWII years, such as Katherine Anne Porter, Lillian Hellman and Stephen Spender, as well as 20th century icons Raymond Carver and Kurt Vonnegut.
Each summer, the conference invites gifted writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction to teach workshops and craft classes over the course of four days. The workshops consist of three-hour sessions held each morning in which students exchange manuscripts and offer feedback on the work of their peers under the guidance of their instructor. At the end of each day’s workshop, students are invited to lunch talks where the faculty discuss their publishing experiences and answer questions from attendees.
The afternoons are comprised of three, one-hour classes led by additional faculty on topics ranging from story structure and the ethics of writing nonfiction to crafting compelling images in poems. Each evening is capped off by a reading and from conference faculty.
2022 Conference Faculty:
- Nicky Beer, poetry class
- Melissa Febos, memoir workshop
- Peter Kispert, fiction class
- Safiya Sinclair, poetry workshop
- Shruti Swami, fiction workshop
- José Vadi, nonfiction class
- Ashley C. Ford, keynote