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

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!

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

Congratulations to Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Shira Dentz, winner of the Eugene Paul Nassar Prize, for her new book, 'Sisyphusina'

International Writing Program alums Kwame Dawes and Pierre Joris among the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Program career achievement award winners

An article about translating Amanda Gorman’s work in the Washington Post with Translation MFA Director Aron Aji

Congratulations to Jerald Walker (UI English BA 1993), whose book How to Make a Slave and Other Essays was named a 2020 National Book Awards finalist!

Nonfiction Writing Program alum Rachel Yoder's first book hasn't even released yet, but she's already finished the screenplay for a film adaptation slated to star Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams

International Writing Program alums Kwame Dawes and Pierre Joris among the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Program career achievement award winners

A fantastic interview with Nonfiction Writing Program alum Blair Braverman on the New York Times Sway podcast!

Oprah Announces New Book Club Picks: The Gilead Novels by Marilynne Robinson