Visiting Fellows
The IWR visiting fellows provide time and space during the Fall semester for select post-MFA students to work intensively on one or more scripts, develop ideas for future projects, and receive in-depth professional mentoring by a successful and experienced writer in the field. Visiting fellows will also explore ways to navigate the business of writing for long-form television. Funding for the visiting fellows is roughly $17,000.
Fellows will be selected based on an application process that includes submitting a writing sample and a personal statement; once chosen, they will work directly with their mentor to create a goal for the Fall semester, including a plan for feedback frequency and meeting times that works best for each individual writer.
Application Info
Info and Dates
The Visiting Fellows program provides financial support for emerging writers focused on creating long-form narrative television. Selected writers will be given time and financial support during the fall semester (August to December) to work intensely on one or more scripts, develop ideas for future projects, and receive in-depth professional mentoring by an experienced television writer.
Submit
The Magid Center for Writing—in collaboration with the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Department of Theatre Arts—accepts applications for the Iowa Writers' Room Visiting Fellows each spring. Stay tuned for more information.
Deadlines
The application deadline will be the last week of March, and selected Visiting Fellows will be notified by mid-April.
Current Visiting Fellows
Zea Eanet
Derick Edgren
