Iowa Writers Workshop

Iowa City, IA

http://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu

School notes

Degrees Offered

MFA

Genres

Fiction, Poetry

Residency type

Full

Program length

2 years

Financial Aid

Fellowships, assistantships and Taships are available.

Teaching opportunities

TAships are available

Cross-genre study

Yes

Graduates

Allison Adair MFA (Poetry) 2002
Chris Adrian MFA (Fiction) 1995
Aamina Ahmad MFA (Fiction) 2013
Daniel Alarcón MFA (Fiction) 2004
Pamela Alexander MFA 1973
Debra Allbery MFA (Poetry) 1982
Benjamin Anastas MFA (Fiction) 1993
Karen Leona Anderson MFA 1998
Alexia Arthurs MFA (Fiction) 2014
Nick Arvin MFA (Fiction) 2001
Jennifer Atkinson MFA (Poetry) 1985
Rick Barot MFA (Poetry) 1998
Richard Bausch MFA (Fiction) 1975
Dan Beachy-Quick MFA (Poetry) 2000
Geoffrey Becker MFA 1988
Leslee Becker MFA 1984
Marvin Bell MFA 1963
Karen E. Bender MFA (Fiction) 1991
Pinckney Benedict MFA 1988
Jill Bialosky MFA (Poetry) 1983
Louise A. Blum MFA 1988
Brian Booker MFA 2014
T. C. Boyle MFA (Fiction) 1974
Renée Branum MFA (Fiction) 2013
Sarah Braunstein MFA 2000
Jamel Brinkley MFA (Fiction) 2015
Kevin Brockmeier MFA (Fiction) 1997
Kim Brooks MFA 2003
Stephanie Brown MFA (Poetry) 1986
Austin Bunn MFA (Fiction) 2006
David Busis MFA (Fiction) 2011
Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum MFA (Fiction) 2000
Sigman Byrd MFA (Poetry) 1988
Drew Calvert MFA 2017
Marjorie Celona MFA (Fiction) 2009
Lan Samantha Chang MFA (Fiction) 1993
Katie Chase MFA 2007
Alexander Chee MFA (Fiction) 1994
Lisa Chen MFA
Marilyn Chin MFA 1981
Sandra Cisneros MFA (Poetry) 1978
Olivia Clare MFA (Poetry) 2008
Andrea Cohen MFA (Poetry) 1985
Lee Cole MFA (Fiction) 2019
Loretta Collins Klobah MFA 1992
Peter Cooley MFA 1970
Martin Corless-Smith MFA (Poetry)
Eduardo C. Corral MFA 1999
Martin Cozza MFA (Fiction) 1997
Justin Cronin MFA 1989
James Cummins MFA (Poetry) 1973
Michael Cunningham MFA 1980
Oscar Cásares MFA 2001
John D'Agata MFA (Poetry) 1998
Charles D'Ambrosio MFA 2009
Philip Dacey MFA 1970
Craig Davidson MFA 2006
Amber Dermont MFA (Fiction)
Stephen Dobyns MFA 1967
Rita Dove MFA (Poetry) 1977
Jennifer Dubois MFA 2009
Pam Durban MFA (Fiction) 1979
Stuart Dybek MFA 1973
Dina Elenbogen MFA (Poetry)
Lynn Emanuel MFA 1983
Josh Emmons MFA (Fiction) 2002
Nathan Englander MFA 1996
Danielle Evans MFA 2006
Anthony Farrington MFA 1988
Joe Fassler MFA (Fiction) 2011
Patricia Foster MFA (Fiction) 1986
Bonnie Friedman MFA (Fiction) 1985
Rafael Frumkin MFA 2014
Amity Gaige MFA (Fiction) 1999
James Galvin MFA (Poetry) 1977
V. V. Ganeshananthan MFA (Fiction) 2005
Allen Gee MFA (Fiction) 1989
Abby Geni MFA 2003
Carmen Giménez Smith MFA
Douglas Glover MFA 1982
Albert Goldbarth MFA (Poetry) 1971
Kevin A. González MFA (Fiction) 2007
Regan Good MFA (Poetry) 1993
Jorie Graham MFA (Poetry) 1978
Garth Greenwell MFA (Fiction)
Debora Greger MFA 1974
Linda Gregerson MFA 1977
Allan Gurganus MFA (Fiction) 1975
Yaa Gyasi MFA (Fiction) 2014
Johannes Göransson MFA (Poetry) 2000
Jennifer Haigh MFA 2002
Sands Hall MFA (Fiction) 1991
J. C. Hallman MFA 1991
Patricia Hampl MFA (Poetry) 1970
C. G. Hanzlicek MFA 1986
Paul Harding MFA 2000
Joy Harjo MFA (Poetry) 1976
Cris Harris MFA (Fiction) 1995
Jeffrey Harrison MFA (Poetry) 1984
Kathryn Harrison MFA (Fiction) 1987
Wayne Harrison MFA 1998
Endi Bogue Hartigan MFA
Adam Haslett MFA 1999
Ehud Havazelet MFA (Fiction) 1984
Arna Bontemps Hemenway MFA (Fiction) 2012
Robin Hemley MFA (Fiction) 1982
Cristina Henríquez MFA (Fiction)
Michelle Herman MFA (Fiction) 1986
Juan Felipe Herrera MFA (Poetry) 1990
Brenda Hillman MFA (Poetry) 1976
Dennis Hinrichsen MFA 1977
Charles Holdefer MFA (Fiction) 1985
A. M. Homes MFA (Fiction) 1988
Carlynn Houghton MFA 2008
Carol Howell MFA 1985
Greg Hrbek MFA 1995
Andrew Hudgins MFA (Poetry) 1983
Jane Hufman MFA
Michelle Huneven MFA 1977
Vannessa Hutchinson MFA (Fiction) 2007
Mike Ingram MFA (Fiction) 2006
Katie Ives MFA
Lucy Ives MFA (Poetry) 2005
Naomi Jackson MFA (Fiction) 2013
Evan James MFA 2012
Leslie Jamison MFA (Fiction) 2006
Mark Jarman MFA 1976
Gish Jen MFA (Fiction) 1983
Denis Johnson MFA (Fiction) 1974
Fenton Johnson MFA (Fiction) 1982
Kimberly Johnson MFA (Poetry) 1997
Bret Anthony Johnston MFA 2002
Sheba Karim MFA 2007
John Keeble MFA (Fiction) 1969
Ted Kehoe MFA (Fiction) 2011
Victoria Kelly MFA 2009
Hannah H. Kim MFA (Fiction) 2013
Suji Kwock Kim MFA (Poetry) 1997
William Kittredge MFA 1969
Sheila Solomon Klass MFA 1953
Lee Klein MFA (Fiction) 2006
Jamil Jan Kochai MFA (Fiction) 2019
Maria Kuznetosova MFA (Fiction) 2017
Robert Lacey MFA 1966
Zachary Lazar MFA 1993
Nam Le MFA (Fiction) 2006
Fred G. Leebron MFA 1989
Edan Lepucki MFA 2006
Philip Levine MFA (Poetry) 1957
Yiyun Li MFA (Fiction) 2005
Sandra Lim MFA (Poetry) 2004
Frannie Lindsay MFA (Poetry) 1979
Siqi Liu MFA (Fiction)
Jack Livings MFA (Fiction) 2000
Jill Logan MFA (Fiction) 2013
William Logan MFA (Poetry) 1975
David Wong Louie MFA (Fiction) 1981
Carmen Maria Machado MFA (Fiction) 2012
Alexander Maksik MFA (Fiction) 2011
Dora Malech MFA (Poetry) 2005
Sarah Manguso MFA (Poetry) 1999
Anthony Marra MFA (Fiction) 2011
Peyton Marshall MFA 2002
Cate Marvin MFA (Fiction) 1999
Sarah Thankam Mathews MFA
Kyle McCarthy MFA (Fiction) 2010
Maureen McCoy MFA (Fiction) 1983
Elizabeth McCracken MFA (Fiction) 1990
Shane McCrae MFA (Poetry) 2004
Molly McNett MFA 2001
Joyelle McSweeney MFA (Poetry) 2001
Jane Mead MFA (Poetry) 1988
Suketu Mehta MFA 1986
Andrew Malan Milward MFA 2008
Kevin Moffett MFA (Fiction) 2005
Patrick Moran MFA (Poetry) 1995
Grayson Morley MFA (Fiction) 2017
Michael Morse MFA 1992
Laura Mullen MFA (Poetry) 1985
Stuart Nadler MFA 2008
Dina Nayeri MFA (Fiction) 2013
Marc Nieson MFA 1994
Ngwah-Mbo Nana Nkweti MFA
Delaney Nolan MFA (Fiction) 2016
Alice Notley MFA (Poetry) 1969
Benjamin Nugent MFA (Fiction) 2011
Matthew Neill Null MFA 2010
Mary O'Connell MFA (Fiction) 1995
Tim O'Sullivan MFA 2005
Chris Offutt MFA 1990
Chinelo Okparanta MFA 2011
Lance Olsen MFA 1980
Steve Orlen MFA (Poetry) 1967
Peter Orner MFA (Fiction) 1998
Julie Orringer MFA (Fiction) 1996
Ann Packer MFA 1988
Z. Z. Packer MFA (Fiction) 1999
Caryl Pagel MFA (Poetry)
Eric Pankey MFA 1983
Leslie Parry MFA 2005
Ann Patchett MFA (Fiction) 1987
James Pate MFA 2000
Alexandria Peary MFA (Poetry) 1994
Frances de Pontes Peebles MFA 2003
Jennifer Percy MFA (Fiction) 2013
Kiki Petrosino MFA (Poetry) 2006
Megan Pillow MFA (Fiction) 2001
Arthur Plotnik MA (Fiction) 1961
Mark Jude Poirier MFA (Fiction) 1997
Eileen Pollack MFA (Fiction) 1983
Dan Pope MFA (Fiction) 2002
Andrew Porter MFA (Fiction) 1998
C. E. Poverman MFA 1969
D. A. Powell MFA 1996
Susan Power MFA (Fiction) 1992
Lia Purpura MFA (Poetry) 1990
Jianan Qian MFA (Fiction) 2018
Mary Quade MFA (Poetry) 1995
Steven Ramirez MFA 2009
Adrienne Raphel MFA (Poetry) 2012
Margaret Reges MFA 2009
Natalia Reyes MFA (Fiction) 2019
Kathryn Rhett MFA (Poetry) 1989
Willa C. Richards MFA (Fiction) 2015
Matthew Rohrer MFA 1994
David Romtvedt MFA 1975
Margaret Ross MFA (Poetry) 2012
Clare Rossini MFA (Poetry) 1982
Emily Ruskovich MFA (Fiction) 2011
Michael Ryan MFA 1972
Marjorie Sandor MFA 1984
Colette Sartor MFA (Fiction) 2003
Sanjena Sathian MFA (Fiction) 2019
Robyn Schiff MFA
Stephen Schottenfield MFA 1998
Philip Schultz MFA (Poetry) 1971
Kaethe Schwehn MFA (Poetry) 2006
Salvatore Scibona MFA 1999
Ben Shattuck MFA (Fiction) 2013
David Shields MFA 1990
William Pei Shih MFA (Fiction) 2016
Peter Jay Shippy MFA 1987
Maggie Shipstead MFA 2008
Jeanne Shoemaker MFA 2010
Jane Shore MFA (Poetry) 1971
Robert Anthony Siegel MFA 1992
Bennett Sims MFA (Fiction) 2012
Curtis Sittenfeld MFA 2001
José Skinner MFA (Fiction) 2002
John Skoyles MFA (Poetry) 1974
Aria Beth Sloss MFA 2007
Jeff Snowbarger MFA 2009
Stephanie Soileau MFA 2002
Anna Solomon MFA 2005
Asali Solomon MFA (Fiction)
Gregory Spatz MFA 1996
David St. John MFA 1974
Micah Stack MFA (Fiction) 2014
Maura Stanton MFA (Fiction/Poetry) 1971
Pamela Stewart MFA 1974
Jon William Stout MFA (Poetry) 2016
Mark Strand MA 1962
Sarah A. Strickley MFA (Fiction) 2005
Elizabeth Stuckey-French MFA 1992
Ned Stuckey-French PhD 1997
Mark Svenvold MFA 1992
Mary Szybist MFA (Poetry) 1996
Santiago José Sánchez MFA
Nancy Takacs MFA (Poetry) 1976
Ron Tanner MFA 1986
James Tate MFA (Poetry) 1967
Brandon Taylor MFA (Fiction)
Merritt Tierce MFA 2011
Vu Tran MFA (Fiction) 2002
Tony Tulathimutte MFA (Fiction) 2012
Chase Twichell MFA (Poetry) 1976
Michael Tyrell MFA (Poetry) 1999
Michael Van Walleghen MFA 1965
Vauhini Vara MFA (Fiction) 2010
Abraham Verghese MFA 1991
Madhuri Vijay MFA (Fiction) 2012
Ellen Bryant Voigt MFA 1966
Matthew Vollmer MFA (Fiction) 2006
Liz Waldner MFA (Poetry) 1988
G. C. Waldrep MFA (Poetry) 2005
Jerald Walker MFA (Fiction) 1995
Michael Waters MFA (Poetry) 1974
Lisa Wells MFA (Poetry) 2014
Thomas White MFA 1999
John Edgar Wideman MFA (Fiction) 1967
Joy Williams MFA (Fiction) 1965
Antoine Wilson MFA (Fiction) 2000
Kathryn Winograd MFA (Poetry) 1983
S. L. Wisenberg MFA (Fiction) 1983
Thomas Wolf MFA (Fiction) 1975
Jane Wong MFA (Poetry) 2010
Daniel Woodrell MFA 1983
Charles Wright MFA (Poetry) 1963
Mario Alberto Zambrano MFA (Fiction) 2013
C. Pam Zhang MFA (Fiction)
Jenny Zhang MFA (Fiction) 2009
Rachel Zucker MFA (Poetry) 1996

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