UIowa to End the Iowa Summer Writing Festival because of Funding Issues

UI ends long-running youth and adult writing programs amid 'funding challenges'

Citing “ongoing funding changes,” the U of Iowa will end the Iowa Youth Writing Project and the Iowa Summer Writing Festival at the end of 2025

UIowa to end the Iowa Summer Writing Festival because of funding issues

The University of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) announced the end of the Iowa Summer Writing Festival (ISWF).They say the decision was made

UI announces end to Iowa Summer Writing Festival, Iowa Youth Writing Project - Little Village

Children participate in an Iowa Youth Writing Project activity in this photo shared to IYWP’s social media on their 15th anniversary in May 2025. Months after the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program was forced to make drastic cuts following the loss of its federal funding, two other writing programs on the UI campus are coming to an end. The UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) announced Monday the Iowa Summer Writing Fe…