THE INDIANA WRITING PROJECT is an organization committed to promoting the best possible writing instruction in Indiana's elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. The project is administered through Ball State University's English Department and funded through the generous support of Ball State, the Indiana Department of Education, and the National Writing Project. The Indiana Writing Project, founded on March 6, 1986, was Indiana's first affiliate of the National Writing Project. Currently there are five National Writing Project affiliates in Indiana, forming the Indiana Network.

In 2008, the IWP will offer its twenty-third Summer Invitational Institute, drawing teachers of writing from across the state. Teachers at any level who have at least three years of teaching experience can apply to attend the project's Summer Institute. The institute is held at Ball State each summer for four or five weeks. Participants write, research topics in the teaching of writing, and present to each other successful, practical teaching techniques.

Participants may choose to work with CompCamp. Participants earn six hours of graduate credit and return to their classrooms energized and able to offer a wider repertoire of writing experiences for their students.

Participants (or fellows) can then become teacher consultants able to give workshops and inservices on a variety of topics. These workshops bring the benefits of the writing project to other teachers across the state.

The purpose of this website is to describe the project and its related programs and services. Additionally, this site is designed to facilitate communication between past participants, prospective participants, and other teachers of writing throughout the state.