Pittsburgh joined ICORN in May 2015 through the organisation City of Asylum Pittsburgh which hosts and manages the ICORN residencies in the city. As well as ICORN, City of Asylum Pittsburgh is part of a parallel US-based network, hosting additional literary and artistic residencies.
Pittsburgh has hosted 6 writers in ICORN residencies, including Tuhin Das, Rania Mamoun, and Anouar Rahmani.