Program News
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.
Chang named Berlin Prize fellow
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Samantha Chang named 2021 Berlin Prize fellow.