For more than 80 years writers have come to Iowa City to work on their manuscripts and to exchange ideas about writing and reading with each other and with the faculty. Many of them have gone on to publish award-winning work after graduating. With the spirit of an arts colony and the benefits of the research University of which we are a part, the Writers' Workshop continues to foster and to celebrate American literature in all its varied forms.
Program News
Program News
Joy Harjo and Juan Felipe Herrera win 2022 National Humanities Medals
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
3 writers with Iowa ties are finalists for National Book Award
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Juan Felipe Herrera Named 2024 MacArthur Fellow
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Gene Andrew Jarrett receives 2024 Truman Capote Award
Wednesday, September 18, 2024