Program News
Workshop faculty and alumni named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
Friday, April 12, 2024
Guggenheim Fellows this year include Assistant Professor of Fiction Jamel Brinkley, alumni Justin Torres and Robyn Schiff, and artist Lorraine O'Grady, who also attended the Writers' Workshop.
Lan Samantha Chang, Director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, wins Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
Monday, April 3, 2023
Lan Samantha Chang, Director and graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop wins 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.
The Family Chao: A new novel by Lan Samantha Chang
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
'The Family Chao' A new novel by Iowa Writers' Workshop director and graduate Lan Samantha Chang is receiving national praise.
The Souvenir Museum, by Elizabeth McCracken, longlisted for 2021 National Book Award for Fiction
Friday, September 17, 2021
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Elizabeth McCracken, longlisted for 2021 National Book Award for Fiction.
Joy Williams, recipient of the 2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Joy Williams receives the 2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.