Program News
Three Writers' Workshop graduates longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize
Monday, July 27, 2020
Three graduates of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop were among those longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize: Kiley Reid, Brandon Taylor, and C Pam Zhang.
Jamel Brinkley to join Writers' Workshop faculty
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Jamel Brinkley joined the Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty in 2020.
Writers' Workshop alumna discusses finished novel and television show script
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Abigail Carney, who is from Ohio, shares what she's learned while pursuing her MFA at Iowa Writers' Workshop.
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.
Yiyun Li Wins a 2020 Windham-Campbell Prize in Fiction
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Yiyun Li (MFA, 2005) won a Windham-Campbell Prize in fiction in 2020.
Two Writers' Workshop alums are on the longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni Claire Lombardo (MFA, 2017) and Ann Patchett (MFA, 1987) are on the longlist for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction.