Program News
Chang named Berlin Prize fellow
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Samantha Chang named 2021 Berlin Prize fellow.
Seven writers with Iowa ties earn prestigious literary honors
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Seven writers with ties to the University of Iowa Writers Workshop earn honors from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
2021 Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Alexander Chee, Andrea Cohen, Stephen Kuusisto, Sandra Lim and Tracie Morris
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Five writers with ties to the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop earned 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships.
Tracie Morris to join Writers' Workshop faculty
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Tracie Morris joined the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2020.
Jamel Brinkley to join Writers' Workshop faculty
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Jamel Brinkley joined the Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty in 2020.
2020 Guggenheim Fellowships awarded to Yiyun Li, Oscar Cásares, and Garth Greenwell
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Workshop alumni Yiyun Li (MFA, 2005), Oscar Cásares(MFA, 2001), and Garth Greenwell (MFA, 2015) are among 175 scholars, artists, and scientists awarded fellowships this year from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.