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News, Publications, and Awards

Yiyun Li wins 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir Scott Anderson a finalist for the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in History Hajar Hussaini wins 2026 Whiting Award in Poetry Garth Greenwell wins 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Jenny George, Daniel Khalastchi and Jerald Walker are finalists for 2025 PEN Literary Awards Jamel Brinkley and Charles D'Ambrosio awarded Academy of Arts and Letters awards Jamel Brinkley wins 2024 Maya Angelou Book Award Juan Felipe Herrera awarded 2024 MacArthur Genius Grant Ruthvika Rao shortlisted for the Center For Fiction First Novel Prize Elizabeth Willis and m.s. RedCherries longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award in Poetry Tony Tulathimutte longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award in Fiction

Hard Times 
Jeff Boyd 
March 17, 2026 | Fiction

Last Night in Brooklyn 
Xochitl Gonzalez 
April 21, 2026 | Fiction

 

This Household of Earthly Nature 
Cody-Rose Clevidence 
September 15, 2025 | Poetry

 

The Jills 
Karen Parkman 
February 10, 2026 | Fiction

 

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Friday, October 2, 2026
October 4th at 4 p.m. the International Writing Program will hold its Sunday Afternoon Reading at Prairie Lights bookstore, feat. Sang Young Park & Yaiza Berrocal Guevara, joined by Toye Oladinni & Danielle Wheeler https://events.uiowa.edu/event/39696/70152

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Wednesday, September 30, 2026
4-week online course via StoryStudio Chicago: The Sentence Alive: Four Lessons on Memoir Through Sound, Body, and Form with Paul Lisicky https://www.storystudiochicago.org/classes/classes/the-sentence-alive-four-lessons-on-memoir-through-sound-body-and-form-with-paul-lisicky/

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Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Craft Lecture by Tony Tulathimutte in Ann Arbor, MI on November 13 https://lsa.umich.edu/rc/news-events/all-events.detail.html/150553-21909592.html

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Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Poetry, "Girls to the Front," by Heather Derr-Smith | 'Okay Donkey' https://okaydonkeymag.com/2026/09/11/girls-to-the-front-by-heather-derr-smith/

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Wednesday, September 30, 2026
An excerpt from 'Children of the Wolf', by Abby Geni | Literary Hub https://lithub.com/children-of-the-wolf/

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Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Luke McFarland leading "Story Craft Across Genres: A Creative Writing Workshop Series," in Buckhead, Georgia on Saturdays, October 3rd- January 16 https://lakeoconeelife.com/lake-oconee-calendar-of-events/story-craft-across-genres1003

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A headshot of University of Iowa visiting professor Tony Tulathimutte.

A writing life is not a ‘pipe dream’

Thursday, September 17, 2026
Sara Epstein Moninger
Iowa Now
Tony Tulathimutte went from an unhappy career in Silicon Valley to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Now the acclaimed writer is helping University of Iowa students envision their own paths forward.
A headshot of award-winning author and Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Tony Tulathimutte, the inaugural recipient of the Jack Galef Literary Arts Award.

Iowa grad Tony Tulathimutte receives inaugural Jack Galef Literary Arts Award

Thursday, August 20, 2026
Sara Epstein Moninger
Iowa Now
Award-winning author and Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Tony Tulathimutte is the inaugural recipient of the Jack Galef Literary Arts Award. Tulathimutte is a visiting faculty member in residence at the workshop this fall.

Marilyn Monroe Photos Featured in New Book by Workshop Grad

Thursday, August 6, 2026
Emma Conway
Iowa Now

Iowa alumni win 2026 Pulitzer Prizes for memoir, fiction

Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Emily Nelson
Iowa Now
Yiyun Li (MFA '05) and Daniel Kraus take top honors; two other UI graduates were named finalists, including Scott Anderson (MFA 1993)
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