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2021 Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Alexander Chee, Andrea Cohen, Stephen Kuusisto, Sandra Lim and Tracie Morris

April 08, 2021

Workshop alumni Alexander Chee (MFA, 1994), Andrea Cohen (MFA, 1985), Stephen Kuusisto (MFA, 1980), Sandra Lim (MFA, 2004), and Tracie Morris (Professor, Poetry) are among 184 artists, writers, scholars and scientists awarded fellowships this year from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Cohen, Kuusisto, Lim and Morris are recognized in the field of poetry; and Chee in the field of General Nonfiction.
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American Academy of Arts & Letters Awards to Salvatore Scibona, Yiyun Li, C Pam Zhang, Garth Greenwell

March 29, 2021

Congratulations to Workshop alumni, Garth Greenwell (MFA2015), Yiyun Li (MFA 2005), Salvatore Scibona (MFA 1999), and C Pam Zhang (MFA 2019), recipients of 2021 Awards in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The literature prizes honor both established and emerging writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The Academy’s 250 members nominate candidates, and a rotating committee of writers selects winners.
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Fred Moten receives 2020 Truman Capote Award

October 08, 2020

The Truman Capote Award Ceremony took place online on Thursday, October 8 over Zoom. The event featured remarks by Fred Moten and an introduction by Elizabeth Willis.
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Tracie Morris to join Workshop faculty

August 27, 2020

The Iowa Writers' Workshop and the UI College of Liberal Arts & Sciences are delighted to announce that Tracie Morris has joined Jamel Brinkley, Margot Livesey, Charles D’Ambrosio,
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Three Workshop Graduates Longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize

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.
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Events

Virtual Book Club: The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 6:00pm
Ida Beam Visiting Lecturer: Kelly Link

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 7:00pm
Iowa Literary Legends: Fatima Farheen Mirza

Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 12:00pm

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