Iowa Writers' Workshop

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The Program in Creative Writing, known more commonly as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa is the preeminent college and graduate-level creative writing program in the United States. Writer Lan Samantha Chang is currently the director of the Workshop.

It began in 1936, with the gathering together of poets and fiction writers under the direction of Wilbur Schramm. Graduates earn a Master of Fine Arts in English at the completion of the program; Iowa was the first program in the country to offer this degree.

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Faculty

Over the years, permanent and visiting faculty have included fiction writers Madison Smartt Bell, Vance Bourjaily, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Kevin Brockmeier, Ethan Canin, Edward Carey, John Casey, John Cheever, Robert Coover, Frank Conroy, Nicholas Delbanco, Stuart Dybek, Deborah Eisenberg, Tony Eprile, Barry Hannah, Ron Hansen, Adam Haslett, Thom Jones, Margot Livesey, Paule Marshall, James Alan McPherson, Bharati Mukherjee, Chris Offutt, ZZ Packer, Francine Prose, Marilynne Robinson, Philip Roth, James Salter, Bob Shacochis, Elizabeth Tallent, Barry Unsworth, Jennifer Vanderbes, Kurt Vonnegut, Joy Williams, and Meg Wolitzer;

and poets Simon Armitage, John Ash, Marvin Bell, John Berryman, Gillian Conoley, Mark Doty, Paul Engle, James Galvin, Forrest Gander, Louise Gluck, Jorie Graham, Robert Hass, Lyn Hejinian, Brenda Hillman, Anselm Hollo, Donald Justice, Claudia Keelan, Galway Kinnell, Carolyn Kizer, August Kleinzahler, Amn Lauterbach, Mark Levine, Robert Lowell, Thomas Lux, Heather McHugh, Sandra McPherson, Bob Perelman, Claudia Rankine, Donald Revell, Mary Ruefle, Tom Sleigh, Gerald Stern, Mark Strand, Cole Swensen, James Tate, Susan Wheeler, Emily Wilson, C.D. Wright, and Dean Young.

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Notable Alumni

Notable alumni of the program include:

There is also a program for teenagers from 15-18 called the Iowa Young Writers' Workshop, or IYWS. It is taught by graduates of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

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Pulitzer Prizes of Writer's Workshop Graduates

The University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop has 25 affiliated Pulitzer Prizes earned by various faculty and graduates, and over 40 attributed to graduates and faculty of The University of Iowa.

Writer's Workshop graduates have produced 13 Pulitzer Prizes since 1947.

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Fiction

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Journalistic

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Poetry

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External links

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