Guggenheim Fellows this year include Assistant Professor of Fiction Jamel Brinkley, alumni Justin Torres and Robyn Schiff, and artist Lorraine O'Grady, who also attended the Writers' Workshop.

Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Ada Zhang among the recipients of the 2024 Whiting Award, prestigious literary award for emerging writers

University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Justin Torres won the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction.

Rita Dove, an Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate received the 2023 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

R.A. Judy, professor of critical and cultural studies at the University of Pittsburgh, has been selected by the University of Iowa as the 2023 recipient of the Truman Capote Award.

The Iowa Writers' Workshop is accepting submissions for the 2024 Iowa Short Fiction Awards.

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.

Iowa Writers' Workshop graduates Xochitl Gonzalez and Vauhini Vara are 2023 Pulitzer Prize Finalists.

Iowa Writers' Workshop graduates Rebecca Lee and Abraham Verghese awarded Guggenheim Fellowships.