Program News
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.
Toby Altman Awarded 2021 NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Toby Altman wins the 2021 NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry.
Fred Moten receives 2020 Truman Capote Award
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Fred Moten won the 2020 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin for his book, Black and Blur, released by Duke University Press in 2017.
Tracie Morris to join Writers' Workshop faculty
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Tracie Morris joined the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2020.
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.