Program News
Iowa grad Tony Tulathimutte receives inaugural Jack Galef Literary Arts Award
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Award-winning author and Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Tony Tulathimutte is the inaugural recipient of the Jack Galef Literary Arts Award. Tulathimutte is a visiting faculty member in residence at the workshop this fall.
Marilyn Monroe Photos Featured in New Book by Workshop Grad
Thursday, August 6, 2026
Iowa alumni win 2026 Pulitzer Prizes for memoir, fiction
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Yiyun Li (MFA '05) and Daniel Kraus take top honors; two other UI graduates were named finalists, including Scott Anderson (MFA 1993)
Hajar Hussaini winner of a 2026 Whiting Award in Poetry
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Hajar Hussaini one of ten recipients of the 2026 Whiting Award, prestigious literary award for emerging writers
Suji Kwock Kim, Lucy Ives, & Bret Anthony Johnston, named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Guggenheim Fellows this year include three Workshop alumni: Suji Kwock Kim in Poetry, and Lucy Ives and Bret Anthony Johnston in Fiction.
Iowa Writers Revisit Their Origin Stories in Sad Me of the Past Podcast
Friday, October 17, 2025