Submissions for IWL 2026 are open until Sunday, March 22nd! We’re excited to announce this year’s instructors including Shelley Wong, author of As She Appears (National Book Award Longlist), Shruti Swamy, author of The Archer (Winner of the California Book Award), and Santa Clara County Poet Laureate, Yosimar Reyes!
Read MoreWe’re so excited to announce our instructors for this year’s Interdisciplinary Writers Lab, KSW three-month summer program focused on BIPOC writers happening June 3 - August 19th.
Read MoreIWL Winter Sessions provides an opportunity for students to work with experienced teaching artists in poetry and prose in two 4-week sessions during January-March. Applicants can apply for one or both sessions.
Read MoreIWL Summer Sessions provides an opportunity for students to work with experienced teaching artists in poetry and prose in two 4-week sessions during July and August. Applicants can apply for one or both sessions.
Read MoreIWL 2025 submissions are now open until March 23, 2025. Apply today to join a cohort of BIPOC writers who will spend this summer working across different literary genres!
Read MoreIWL applications close this Sunday (3/17)! We wanted to share a couple of tips for those of you who are putting your applications together. When you're ready to apply, hit the link above!
Read MoreIWL 2024 submissions are now open until March 17th, 2024. Apply today to join a cohort of BIPOC writers who will spend this summer working across different literary genres!
Read MoreTruong Tran, F.T. Kola, and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo are this year’s IWL instructors
Read MoreIWL 2022 submissions are now open until March 20th, 2022. Apply today to join a cohort of BIPOC writers who will spend this summer working across different literary genres!
Read MoreGet your copy of the IWL 2021 fellows anthology, Into the Country of Our Kitchen, on sale now!
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