Iowa Writers' Workshop

Iowa Writers' Workshop
	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	Iowa City, Iowa, United States; 41°40′02″N 91°32′06″W / 41.66727°N 91.53502°W
Website	writersworkshop.uiowa.edu

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.