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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]
Pages in category "Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 379 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty (102 P) Pages in category "Iowa Writers' Workshop" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Pages in category "Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty" The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Hualing Nieh Engle [2] novelist, co-founder and former director of the International Writing Program. Paul Engle [2] poet and director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop for 24 years. Engle also founded the International Writing Program. Carrie Figdor Associate Professor of Philosophy and philosopher of mind
James Alan McPherson – author (1978 winner for Elbow Room, becoming the first African-American to win the Pulitzer for fiction) and MacArthur Fellow on faculty of Iowa Writers' Workshop; Marilynne Robinson – 2005 winning author for Gilead: A Novel; faculty in Iowa Writers' Workshop; Jane Smiley – novelist; 1992 winner for A Thousand Acres
The traditional workshop model, also known as the Iowa model, was developed at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in the mid-20th century, under the directorship of Paul Engle. [2] It typically involves: Submission: Participants submit their writing in advance. Each participant is expected to read everyone else's work and come with feedback.
Frank Conroy was born on January 15, 1936, in New York, New York, to an American father and a Danish mother.Conroy graduated from Haverford College, and was director of the influential Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa for 18 years, from 1987 until 2005, where he was also F. Wendell Miller Professor.