About Iowa Writes

Since 2006, Iowa Writes has featured the work of Iowa-identified writers (whether they have Iowa roots or live here now) and work published by Iowa journals and publishers on The Daily Palette. Iowa Writes features poetry, fiction, or nonfiction twice a week on the Palette.

In November of 2008, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Iowa City, Iowa, the world's third City of Literature, making the community part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.

Iowa City has joined Edinburgh, Scotland and Melbourne, Australia as UNESCO Cities of Literature.

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LAURA JACKSON

Laura Jackson was born in Iowa Falls and enjoyed writing from very early in life; she began to write short stories and poems in elementary school. In high school, she had an essay and a poem published in teens' literary works. An English major and Chinese minor at The University of Iowa, Laura is very interested in poetry and the different forms it can take, and she hopes to be accepted one day into the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is currently planning to teach high school English when she graduates from college.