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Joy Williams, recipient of the 2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Joy Williams receives the 2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction.
Iowa Writers' Workshop announces Sonny Mehta Fellowships in Creative Writing
Monday, June 21, 2021
Iowa Writers' Workshop establishes the Sonny Mehta Fellowships in Creative Writing.
Chang named Berlin Prize fellow
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Samantha Chang named 2021 Berlin Prize fellow.
Seven writers with Iowa ties earn prestigious literary honors
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Seven writers with ties to the University of Iowa Writers Workshop earn honors from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
2021 Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Alexander Chee, Andrea Cohen, Stephen Kuusisto, Sandra Lim and Tracie Morris
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Five writers with ties to the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop earned 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships.
Toby Altman Awarded 2021 NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Toby Altman wins the 2021 NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry.
Fred Moten receives 2020 Truman Capote Award
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Fred Moten won the 2020 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin for his book, Black and Blur, released by Duke University Press in 2017.
Tracie Morris to join Writers' Workshop faculty
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Tracie Morris joined the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2020.
Three Writers' Workshop graduates longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize
Monday, July 27, 2020
Three graduates of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop were among those longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize: Kiley Reid, Brandon Taylor, and C Pam Zhang.
Jamel Brinkley to join Writers' Workshop faculty
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Jamel Brinkley joined the Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty in 2020.