March, 2019

• Marilyn Chin and D.A. Powell win 2019 Literature Awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters

February, 2019

• Jade Jones Awarded PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers

• Sandra Cisneros accepts PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature

• Four Writers’ Workshop Alums win Writers Guild “Original Long Form” Award for 'Castle Rock'

October, 2018

• Robert Hass receives 2018 Truman Capote Award

September, 2018

• Debut novel from Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate finds success on big screen

July, 2018

• An outstanding year for Iowa literature

• Earning an MFA at any age, Workshop co-sponsors panel with the Iowa Summer Writing Festival

• New Books by Workshop Graduates, Fall 2018

April, 2018

• Bennett Sims awarded 2018-2019 Rome Prize