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R.A. Judy receives Truman Capote Award

September 08, 2023

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 Literary Trust Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin.
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Accepting submissions for the 2024 Iowa Short Fiction Awards

August 16, 2023

We are pleased to announce the 2024 Iowa Short Fiction Awards will be judged by Jamil Jan Kochai, winner of the Aspen Words Literary Prize and National Book Award Finalist. Any writer yet to publish a volume of fiction is eligible, and two winning manuscripts will be published by the University of Iowa Press. Submit your manuscript by September 30th at https://fictionawards.writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/
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Celebrating 15 Years of The Rona Jaffe Foundation Graduate Fellowship at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

April 28, 2023

The Rona Jaffe Foundation, established by celebrated author Rona Jaffe (1931 – 2005) to support other women writers at critical moments in their literary careers, recently marked its 15th year funding a Graduate Fellowship at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (IWW). The fellowship provides essential financial support to emerging female artists as they deepen their craft and bring their work into the world.
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Lan Samantha Chang, Director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, wins Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

April 03, 2023

Courageous Books About Black Soldiers, Feuding Asian-American Brothers in Wisconsin, Horseracing’s Racial History, and the Pervasiveness of White Supremacy Have All Won the 88th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards CLEVELAND (April 3, 2023) – The Cleveland Foundation today announced the winners of its 88th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2023 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity are:
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Romeo Oriogun wins Nigeria Prize For Literature

October 15, 2022

Romeo Oriogun (MFA '21) has won the Nigeria Prize For Literature for his second collection, Nomad (Griots Lounge Publishing Nigeria, 2021).
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R.A. Judy receives Truman Capote Award

Accepting submissions for the 2024 Iowa Short Fiction Awards

Celebrating 15 Years of The Rona Jaffe Foundation Graduate Fellowship at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Lan Samantha Chang, Director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, wins Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

Romeo Oriogun wins Nigeria Prize For Literature

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Live from Prairie Lights | Kate Christensen