Rita Dove, an Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate received the 2023 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

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 Award.

The Iowa Writers' Workshop is accepting submissions for the 2024 Iowa Short Fiction Awards.

Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Logan Hoffman-Smith was named one of 100 emerging LGBTQ writers to join Lambda Literary's 2023 Writer's Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices.

Iowa Writers' Workshop graduates Xochitl Gonzalez and Vauhini Vara are 2023 Pulitzer Prize Finalists.

Iowa Writers' Workshop graduates Rebecca Lee and Abraham Verghese awarded Guggenheim Fellowships.

The Rona Jaffe Foundation Graduate Fellowship at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop celebrates 15 years.

Lan Samantha Chang, Director and graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop wins 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.

Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Ren Arcamone was awarded PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers.

Romeo Oriogun, a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, wins Nigeria Prize For Literature