Since 2008, Between the Lines (BTL) has hosted young writers at the University of Iowa for a cultural exchange program that focuses on the art and craft of creative writing. Participants, aged 15-18, come together in Iowa City for an intensive two-week session. During session, they live in campus dorms and spend their days in creative writing workshops and global literature seminars designed to broaden their literary horizons and deepen their empathy for and understanding of one another’s identities and stories.
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Evenings and weekends are spent on assorted adventures—attending literary and cultural events in Iowa City, swimming and hiking in nearby Lake MacBride State Park, and exploring each other’s cultures through open-mic nights and collaborative filmmaking. At the program’s end, participants have the opportunity to publish their work in the annual camp anthology. Each session is led by a faculty of prize-winning poets and writers from the U.S. and abroad, who are also experienced creative writing teachers.
Between the Lines: Peace and the Writing Experience is sponsored through a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US State Department. Alongside 10-12 American peers, 30 international participants come together for two weeks of rigorous BTL summer programming at the University of Iowa.
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Eligibilities
Eligible Regions: Multiple Region based on EligibilitesApplication Process
- International students
- Because international students accepted into BTL: Peace and the Writing Experience have all expenses paid for by funds from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, international applicants will apply to the participating U.S. Embassy or Consulate in your country.
- Eligible countries include Russia and those along the historic Silk Road land route.
- Posts in the following countries are invited to nominate students for the 2019 BTL program:
- Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, Georgia, India, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- Please contact the U.S. Embassy in your home country for more information on their application process; you will need to prepare the materials listed below when you apply.
- You must then go through a process of nomination with your U.S. Embassy. After your U.S. Embassy agrees to nominate you, you will work with them to fill out the Between the Lines 2019: Peace and the Writing Experience Application.
- The deadline for applying to BTL: Peace and the Writing Experience for international students is March 29th, 2019
- American students
- American students apply directly through the International Writing Program. The deadline for BTL: Peace and the Writing Experience is April 14, 2019, and applications can be submitted from the Apply Now link.
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Application Deadline: March 29, 2019
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Please email the program coordinator at [email protected]
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