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Tony Tulathimutte Receives the Inaugural 2026 Jack Galef Literary Arts Award

Thursday, February 12, 2026
The writer Tony Tulathimutte has received the inaugural Jack Galef Literary Arts Award. The prize is administered by the Iowa Writers’ Workshop on behalf of the estate of Jack Galef, an alumnus of the Workshop.
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Iowa Writers Revisit Their Origin Stories in Sad Me of the Past Podcast

Friday, October 17, 2025
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Andrea Brady seated; her book, Poetry and Bondage: A History and Theory of Lyric Constraint, with colorful concentric circle artwork

Andrea Brady receives 2025 Truman Capote Award

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
The prestigious prize is the largest annual cash award for English-language literary criticism and will be awarded to poet and Professor of Poetry at Queen Mary University of London, Andrea Brady.
Covers of: The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy, Only Son by Kevin Moffet, The Pelican Child by Joy Williams, Things in Nature Only Grow by Yiyun Li

4 Iowa alums longlisted for National Book Award

Wednesday, September 17, 2025
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Anjie Lee and Ajay Patri

Iowa Writers’ Workshop student, alumna receive grants from James Patterson to finish books

Thursday, September 11, 2025
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“Diane Oliver’s Unfinished Story,” wins Excellence in History award from the State Historical Society of Iowa

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
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