Iowa State University MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment

An interdisciplinary MFA program where writers explore the complex influences & experiences of environment through poetry, fiction, nonfiction, & drama.

Iowa State University's three-year MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment emphasizes study in creative writing—poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama—that encourages writers to identify and explore in their stories and lyric impressions the complex influences of place, the natural world, and the environmental imagination. The human story finds its structure in geology and geography, in bi

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05/14/2026

Food, Poetry and Wine

The end of a semester!

05/13/2026

Here are a few highlights from 30th anniversary gala.

Ooo! Keep sliding through, to see the most amazing professors you could ever ask for.

Who do you recognize here?

04/29/2026

See MFA alum Jessi Brock's new play on Saturday!

IN OUR BACKYARD: A New Eco-Play Festival is May 1st-3rd! Check out our Saturday morning lineup!

Ten-Minute Plays, inspired by the Ames Climate Action Plan
Music by De'An Keys & The Unique Vibrationz
Saturday, May 2nd, 10:30 AM, at Ames Public Library

THE COMPOST PILE by Jessi Brock
On a quiet street in Ames, Iowa, a little compost pile leads to some friendly neighborly bickering and local bureaucracy.

ARTISTIC TEAM
Director: Karen Murphy
Stage Directions: Sophia Strathearn
Jay: Kiernan McReynolds
Corbin: Michele Olsen
Finch: Gabe Buttermore

Free and open to the public. Sign language interpretation will be provided by Kadyn Dimler and Lauren Mills.

Visit www.ecotheatrelab.com/in-our-backyard-festival for more info!

In partnership with Ames Climate Action Team.
Publicity artwork by Natalie Deam.

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Support for this project is provided by the City of Ames Climate Action Grant Program, Discover Ames, Ames Public Library Friends Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts and the Iowa Arts Council, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

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04/24/2026

Snippet of yesterday’s reading by the incredible author .layne on Q***r Taxonomy.

Mr Matthew Glasgow is an alumni of the MFA program at . His award winning book, Deciduous Queen was published by Red Hen Press.

04/19/2026

We are excited to share one of our MFA graduate students publication in

Ejiro Elizabeth Edward is current pursuing her masters degree in creative writing and environment. She has won several awards and has been published in houses such as Hoax magazine, Reckoning, Lolwe amongst many others.

She is also the recipient of the Pearl Hogrefe award, the Obsidian fellowship award, the Social Activist awards amongst many others.

She is currently working on her manuscript which she hopes to get published.

04/18/2026

Emerging writer is right around the corner!

Ten days from now, come listen to our finest writers in person of

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Set your reminders! Remember, all attendees will be getting a 15% off discount from the purchase at .

We look forward to seeing you 🫶

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