
Supporting writers and building community
Free Gen February with Megan Lederman
Sun, Feb 15
|Iowa City


Time & Location
Feb 15, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Iowa City, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA
Guests
About the event
Co-sponsored by PorchLight and Iowa City Poetry, the Free Generative Writing Workshops provide a space for career writers, curious beginners, writers of all income levels and stages of life. Our goal is to make it easy to meet and learn from some of the most talented writer/teachers living in or passing through Iowa City. Every month a new writer leads a generative workshop, presenting a prompt inspired by their own preoccupations, passions, or interests. It has been an adventure, and we are continually inspired by the creative concentration of participants, and the powerful beginnings the workshop generates. The Free Generative Writing Workshops are offered in a hybrid format. Hello, my name is Megan Lederman. I am a writer and teacher originally from eastern Iowa. A Teach For America alumna and Fulbright Scholar, I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of St Andrews. With eight years of teaching experience,…