Program News

A portrait of Logan Hoffman-Smith

Logan Hoffman-Smith a 2023 Lambda Literary Fellow in Fiction

Thursday, July 13, 2023
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Logan Hoffman-Smith was named one of 100 emerging LGBTQ writers to join Lambda Literary's 2023 Writer's Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices.
Images of Vauhini Vara and Xochitl Gonzalez

Xochitl Gonzalez and Vauhini Vara announced 2023 Pulitzer Prize Finalists

Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduates Xochitl Gonzalez and Vauhini Vara are 2023 Pulitzer Prize Finalists.
Rebecca Lee and Abraham Verghese

Rebecca Lee and Abraham Verghese awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

Monday, May 8, 2023
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduates Rebecca Lee and Abraham Verghese awarded Guggenheim Fellowships.
Delaney Nolan, Lan Samantha Chang, Monica West, Siqi Liu, Vauhini Vara, and Jacquelyn Bengfort

Celebrating 15 Years of The Rona Jaffe Foundation Graduate Fellowship at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Friday, April 28, 2023
The Rona Jaffe Foundation Graduate Fellowship at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop celebrates 15 years.
Lan Samantha Chang and her book 'The Family Chao'

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.
Ren Arcamone awarded PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers

Ren Arcamone awarded PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers

Thursday, March 2, 2023
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Ren Arcamone was awarded PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers.