Faculty Book Proposal Workshop with Editor-in-Residence Walter Biggins

To register for the Faculty Book Proposal Workshop on Wednesday, October 7 with Walter Biggins (editor-in-chief, University of Pennsylvania Press), please complete the following no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9. 

The session will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies (111 Church St., Iowa City). A box lunch will be provided at the end of the workshop. Please note that parking is not available at the Center.

Read more about our Fall 2026 Editor-in-Residence opportunities.

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Allowed types: txt, rtf, html, odf, pdf, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, zip.
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Once you submit this form, we will notify you of your acceptance by 5:00 p.m. on September 16.

If you are accepted, you'll be required to email your 10-page book proposal (as a PDF) to obermann-center@uiowa.edu by 5:00 p.m. September 23 so that we can share it with Walter and the other workshop participants. Failure to do so will forfeit your space in the workshop. Thank you.

We will provide box lunches. Please let us know if you follow a special diet (vegan, gluten-free, etc.) you'd like us to accommodate.