The U.S. Embassy is pleased to invite multicultural and inclusive-minded educators with experience in working creatively with young people in English to serve as Chaperone for young writers during the U.S. Government-Sponsored 2025 International Writing Program (IWP) Between the Lines (BTL): Peace and the Writing Experience program. Selected candidates will participate in a two-week, in person creative writing program from July 12-July 26, 2025, at the University of Iowa.
The deadline for applications is February 10, 2025.
Program Description
The BTL program will bring 16 international writers, ages 15-18 from selected countries, and 12 U.S. peers. BTL participants will be required to attend all in-person workshops, seminars, and cultural exchange sessions during the two-week program. All program activities will be in English and will include creative writing workshops, group and individual writing assignments, world literature seminars, cultural visits, and other local events. Upon completion of the program, IWP will publish the students’ writings as an anthology. Chaperones will provide multicultural support to participants in the program.
How To Apply:
Each Applicant should submit all application materials as attachments to the following address:
Yaoundepdculturaldl@state.gov
A complete application will include the following:
- A detailed CV
- A brief statement of purpose (no more than 250 words), in English, describing what he/she hopes to achieve at BTL.
- An essay (I), in English, of no more than three pages in response to the following prompt: “In what way does your identity influence you as an educator or mentor for youth?”
- A short essay (II) (no longer than 300 words) on the following topic: “An essential component of Between the Lines is encouraging participants to explore the unfamiliar and unknown in a safe and supportive setting. Please describe a time in your past when you had to engage with a new situation, person, or idea that initially felt uncomfortable or strange. How did you proceed? If you had the chance, what would you do the same, and what would you do differently?”
Send your application package by email to: yaoundepdculturaldl@state.gov no later than February 10, 2025.