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{{Short description|MFA degree granting program since 1936}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox university | name = Iowa Writers' Workshop | image = Dey House.jpg | caption = Dey House, home of the Iowa Writers' Workshop | image_upright = 0.7 | other_name = University of Iowa Writers' Workshop | established = {{Start date and age|1936}} | type = [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA degree program]] | director = [[Lan Samantha Chang]] | students = 90 (Fall 2022) | city = [[Iowa City, Iowa|Iowa City]] | state = [[Iowa]] | country = United States | coor = {{coord|41.66727|-91.53502|format=dms|region:US-IA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | website = {{URL|https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu}} }} The '''Iowa Writers' Workshop''', at the [[University of Iowa]], is a graduate-level [[creative writing]] program.<ref name="Where Great Writers are Made">{{Cite news| url=https://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200708/edward-delaney-mfa| title=Where Great Writers are Made |first=Edward J. |last=Delaney | date=August 2007| work=The Atlantic}}</ref> At 89 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%<ref>{{cite web |last1=Warner |first1=John |title=On Elite Rejection: The Iowa Writers' Workshop Story |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/elite-rejection-iowa-writers-workshop-story |website=Inside Higher Ed |date=August 3, 2017|access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref> and 3.7%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iowa Writers' Workshop β Acceptance Rate, Alumni, Overview, and More |url=https://collegegazette.com/iowa-writers-workshop-acceptance-rate-alumni-overview-and-more/ |website=College Gazette|date=November 18, 2021 |access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref> On the university's behalf, the workshop administers the [[Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism]] and the [[Iowa Short Fiction Award]]. The workshop's director is the writer [[Lan Samantha Chang]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 4, 2023 |title=Chang wins 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for latest novel |url=https://now.uiowa.edu/2023/04/chang-wins-2023-anisfield-wolf-book-award-latest-novel |access-date=June 26, 2023 |website=Iowa Now |publisher=The University of Iowa|language=en}}</ref> under whom its endowment has grown from $2.6 million to $12.5 million.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zhang |first1=Ada |title=The Radical Vision of Lan Samantha Chang |url=https://apublicspace.org/news/detail/the-radical-vision-of-lan-samantha-chang |website=A Public Space |date=December 9, 2023|access-date=January 1, 2024}}</ref>
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