Iowa Writers' Workshop

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creative writing program graduate program writing workshop

The Iowa Writers' Workshop is a highly prestigious graduate-level creative writing program at the University of Iowa, renowned for its influential faculty and alumni and its central role in shaping contemporary American literature.

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Iowa MFA in Creative Writing 1
Iowa Writers Workshop 1
Iowa Writers’ Workshop 1

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instanceOf creative writing program ⓘ
graduate program ⓘ
writing workshop ⓘ
abbreviation IWW ⓘ
academicDiscipline creative writing ⓘ
literature ⓘ
admissionRequirement letters of recommendation ⓘ
statement of purpose ⓘ
writing sample ⓘ
admissionsSelectivity highly selective ⓘ
affiliation University of Iowa ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
surface form: Iowa MFA in Creative Writing

Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
surface form: Iowa Writers Workshop
associatedWith Iowa City literary community ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
degreeAwarded Master of Fine Arts ⓘ
director Lan Samantha Chang ⓘ
focus creative nonfiction ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
foundedBy Paul Engle ⓘ
Wilbur Schramm ⓘ
funding fellowships ⓘ
teaching assistantships ⓘ
hasAlumniWhoWon MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
surface form: National Book Award

Pulitzer Prize ⓘ
inception 1936 ⓘ
influenced contemporary American literature ⓘ
languageOfInstruction English ⓘ
locatedIn Iowa City, Iowa ⓘ
notableAlumni Ann Patchett ⓘ
Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
Jane Smiley ⓘ
John Irving ⓘ
Lan Samantha Chang ⓘ
Marilynne Robinson ⓘ
Michael Cunningham ⓘ
Raymond Carver ⓘ
T.C. Boyle ⓘ
notableFaculty Frank Conroy ⓘ
Lan Samantha Chang ⓘ
Marilynne Robinson ⓘ
Paul Engle ⓘ
offers craft seminars ⓘ
literature courses ⓘ
workshop-based instruction ⓘ
partOf University of Iowa ⓘ
programLevel graduate ⓘ
programType residential ⓘ
reputation prestigious ⓘ

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Iowa Writers' Workshop → alsoKnownAs → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iowa Writers Workshop
Iowa Writers' Workshop → alsoKnownAs → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iowa MFA in Creative Writing
City of Literature → associatedWithInstitution → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
Flannery O'Connor → educatedAt → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
Haki R. Madhubuti → educatedAt → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iowa Writers’ Workshop
John Irving → educatedAt → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
Raymond Carver → educatedAt → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
Tracy Kidder → educatedAt → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
this entity surface form: University of Iowa Writers' Workshop
John Irving → employer → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
University of Iowa → hasNotableProgram → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
IC → isHomeOf → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
subject surface form: Iowa City
Iowa City, Iowa → isHomeOf → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
IC → knownFor → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ
subject surface form: Iowa City
University of Iowa → knownFor → Iowa Writers' Workshop ⓘ