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Jamel Brinkley to join Workshop faculty

June 24, 2020

The Iowa Writers' Workshop and the UI College of Liberal Arts & Sciences are delighted to announce that Jamel Brinkley will join Margot Livesey, Charles D’Ambrosio, Ethan Canin, James Galvin, Mark Levine,
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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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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 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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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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Jamel Brinkley to join Workshop faculty

A Series Takes Shape

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

Yiyun Li Wins a 2020 Windham-Campbell Prize in Fiction

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

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