The Eleventh Hour Series is comprised of hour-long presentations at 11:00 am each weekday of the Festival. The series features issues of special interest to writers, including aspects of craft, process, the writing life, and publishing. Recent talks have included:
The Eleventh Hour podcast features recordings of illuminating craft talks from the renown writers, novelists, poets, and essayists who present in the Iowa Summer Writing Festival's Eleventh Hour Lecture Series.