 Dey House, home of the Iowa Writers' Workshop | |
Other name | University of Iowa Writers' Workshop |
|---|---|
| Type | MFA degree program |
| Established | 1936 |
| Director | Lan Samantha Chang |
| Students | 90 (Fall 2022) |
| Location | , , United States 41°40′02″N 91°32′06″W / 41.66727°N 91.53502°W |
| Website | writersworkshop |
The Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa, is a graduate-level creative writing program.[1] At 87 years, it is the oldest writing program offering a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in the United States. Its acceptance rate is between 2.7%[2] and 3.7%.[3] On the university's behalf, the workshop administers the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism and the Iowa Short Fiction Award.
The workshop's current director is the writer Lan Samantha Chang,[4] under whom its endowment has grown from $2.6 million to $12.5 million.[5]
- ^ Delaney, Edward J. (August 2007). "Where Great Writers are Made". The Atlantic.
- ^ Warner, John (August 3, 2017). "On Elite Rejection: The Iowa Writers' Workshop Story". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ "Iowa Writers' Workshop – Acceptance Rate, Alumni, Overview, and More". College Gazette. November 18, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ "Chang wins 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for latest novel". Iowa Now. The University of Iowa. April 4, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ^ Zhang, Ada (December 9, 2023). "The Radical Vision of Lan Samantha Chang". A Public Space. Retrieved January 1, 2024.