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  • Abigail Carney

    A Series Takes Shape

    April 29, 2020

    Abigail Carney came to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop to write a novel. As she prepares to graduate, she has not only finished her novel but also is developing a television series with an acclaimed UI alumnus.

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  • Yiyun Li, Garth Greenwell, and Oscar Cásares

    2020 Guggenheim Fellowships to Yiyun Li, Oscar Cásares, and Garth Greenwell

    April 09, 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, all three recognized in the field of fiction.

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  • Yiyun Li

    Yiyun Li Wins a 2020 Windham-Campbell Prize in Fiction

    March 19, 2020

    Yiyun Li (MFA, 2005) has won a Windham-Campbell Prize in fiction.  From the 2020 Windham-Campell Prize winners announcement: Yiyun Li masterfully explores the landscape of loss with delicacy and precision, restoring the fractured lives of ordinary people on the margins, endowing them with agency and power.

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  • The Most Fun We Ever Had, by Claire Lombardo and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

    Two Workshop alums are on the longlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction

    March 03, 2020

    Workshop alumni, Claire Lombardo (MFA, 2017) and Ann Patchett (MFA, 1987) are on the longlist for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction. Patchett is nominated for her acclaimed newest novel, The Dutch House, and Lombardo for her celebrated debut, The Most Fun We Ever Had.

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  • Willa Richards Awarded PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers

    March 02, 2020

    Willa Richards (MFA, 2015) was selected as a winner of the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers for her short story, "Failure to Thrive", published by The Paris Review (Winter 2019). The PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers recognizes 12 emerging fiction writers each year for their debut short story published in a literary magazine or cultural website and aims to support the launch of their careers as fiction writers. For more information:

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