Breadcrumb Home Nonfiction Writing Program ranked No. 1 in nation for fifth straight year Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Iowa City Press-Citizen http://clas.uiowa.edu/news/nonfiction-writing-program-ranked-1-nation-5th-strai… The Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa has been ranked the number one nonfiction writing program in the country for the fifth year in a row by the magazine Poets and Writers.