Program News
Yaa Gyasi receives Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature
Monday, February 3, 2020
Yaa Gyasi is one of three recipients this year who has received a Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature, which includes a cash prize of $50,000.
Six Writers' Workshop alumni awarded 2020 Literature Fellowships
Thursday, January 16, 2020
The six Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni were among the 36 writers granted a 2020 Literature Fellowship in Prose from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Librarian of Congress Names Joy Harjo the Nation's 23rd Poet Laureate
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced the appointment of Joy Harjo, Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumna, as the nation’s 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2019-2020.
‘Permission to dream’ Writers’ Workshop student named Soros fellow
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Natalia Reyes receives Sorros Fellowship
Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Haslett on the Iowa Writers’ Workshop & Creating a Space to Write
Thursday, August 31, 2017