The Magid Center is proud to report that 2014 Writing Certificate alum Benjamin Lederer has just published his first novella, The Garrington Garden, a story that explores the complexities of social isolation and the human desire to conform.

Check out this interview with Harrison Cook (managing editor of Ink Lit) and Alex Chasteen (poetry editor at Ink Lit) about their role in publishing and how they prepare readers and listeners for the launch event!

Jordan Archer is a Writing Certificate student who is majoring in physics. Here you can find a link to Jordan's essay that was published in the Little Village titled, "Historic Iowa City women's seminary paved the way toward equal access to education"

For our next #wewrite spotlight, meet University of Iowa graduate Benjamin Lederer, who studied Finance and earned a Writing Certificate. We caught up with Ben for a brief Q&A.

For our next #wewrite spotlight, meet Iowa Young Writers' Studioalum Robyn Henderson. As an active writer, Robyn attended the IYWS before coming to the University of Iowa to major in English and Creative Writing. We caught up with Robyn for a brief Q&A.

For our next #wewrite spotlight, meet Iowa Young Writers' Studioalum and B.A.R.S. founder, Caleb Rainey. As an active writer, Caleb attended the IYWS before coming to the University of Iowa where he founded Black Art; Real Stories (B.A.R.S.) and is majoring in English and Creative Writing. We caught up with Caleb for a brief Q&A.

For our next #wewrite spotlight, meet MCW alumnus Adam Jaschen. As a student pursuing the writing certificate, Adam had the opportunity to serve as editor-in-chief of Ink Lit Mag as well as earthwords: the undergraduate literary review! We caught up with Adam for a brief Q&A.

For our second #wewrite spotlight, we are excited to introduce Madhu Koduvalli! Madhu graduated from the University of Iowa in 2013 with a B.A. in English while also obtaining her Certificate in Writing from the Frank N. Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing. We caught up to her to ask her some questions on what she's doing now, and her thoughts on the MCW.

For our first #wewrite spotlight, meet MCW alumnus Sevy Perez (B.A. ’15). As a student pursuing the writing certificate, Sevy had the opportunity to work on the design of Ink Lit Mag(which he helped found) and The Examined Life Journal, as well as create his own professional website (sevyperez.com) which served as his final Capstone project. We caught up with Sevy for a brief Q&A.

Writers from all over the U.S. and the world converge at the University of Iowa this weekend for the annual Iowa Young Writers' Studio.