Director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Lan Samantha Chang has been named a 2021-22 Berlin Prize Fellow, awarded to scholars, writers, and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their field

Director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Lan Samantha Chang has been named a 2021-22 Berlin Prize Fellow, awarded to scholars, writers, and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their field!

Director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Lan Samantha Chang has been named a 2021-22 Berlin Prize Fellow, awarded to scholars, writers, and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their field!

Announcing a new issue of Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation from the UI Translation MFA program! Check out their spring 2021 issue, "Without"

Nonfiction Writing Program alum Sarah Viren has been named a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing for her harrowing account in the NYT of being sabotaged by a rival on the academic job market.

The Program Era Project from UI English is the first computational investigation of the Iowa Writers' Workshop next door

Iowa Summer Writing Festival Online Workshop Registration Now Open

The American Academy of Arts and Letters has honored five University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduates and a former visiting faculty member with its 2021 awards!

Carmen Maria Machado in conversation with Garth Greenwell

Congratulations to the 2021 Guggenheim Fellows, including those with Iowa connections: Sandra Lim, Stephen Kuusisto, Tracie Morris, Alexander Chee, and Tayari Jones!