For more than 80 years writers have come to Iowa City to work on their manuscripts and to exchange ideas about writing and reading with each other and with the faculty. Many of them have gone on to publish award-winning work after graduating. With the spirit of an arts colony and the benefits of the research University of which we are a part, the Writers' Workshop continues to foster and to celebrate American literature in all its varied forms.
Program News
Program News
Workshop faculty and alumni named 2024 Guggenheim Fellows
Friday, April 12, 2024
Ada Zhang winner of a 2024 Whiting Award in Fiction
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Justin Torres wins the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction
Thursday, November 16, 2023
National Book Foundation to present Lifetime Achievement Award to Rita Dove
Saturday, September 9, 2023