Fostering community through the literary arts
RESIDENCY & RETREATS
PorchLight Literary Arts Center offers two residency opportunties: the fully funded Iowa Writer's Residency and year-round discounted DIY Retreats for working writers and artists. Both offer a beautiful stay and resources to support writers at any stage of their careers.
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Our retreat space is a one bedroom apartment within the literary center with a private kitchen and bath. We are located less than one walkable mile away from downtown Iowa City.
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DIY WRITER & ARTIST RETREAT
Looking for a quite space to grow your artistic practice, or develop and extend an ongoing project?
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PorchLight provides discounted stays for working artists or writers in any stage of thier creative process.
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For pricing and availability
​contact Jennifer Colville: jennifer@porchlightliterary.org
Iowa Writer's Residency
For two weeks in June, our Writer in Residence will have access to an abundance of resources in the City of Lit, including the PorchLight & Prompt Press archives, potential collaborations with multimedia artists, a headline reading, the opportunity to have a broadside of your work, and a one-on-one critique with an accomplished writer in your genre.PorchLight will provide you with a studio apartment within the literary center with private kitchen and bath. You will stay less than one walkable mile away from downtown Iowa City during the Summer of the Arts.
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Applicants must live in Iowa & cannot be in the process of completing a graduate program for creative writing. Applications for summer 2025 are now closed.
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