Editing Iowa Writers' Workshop (section)

==== Fiction ====
*[[Robert Penn Warren]], 1947 Pulitzer for ''[[All the King's Men]]'', former faculty member.
*[[Wallace Stegner]], 1972 Pulitzer for ''[[Angle of Repose]]'', MA, 1932; PhD, English, 1935.
*[[James Alan McPherson]], 1977 Pulitzer for ''[[Elbow Room (short story collection)|Elbow Room]]'', MFA, 1969; former faculty member.
*[[John Cheever]], 1979 Pulitzer for ''[[The Stories of John Cheever]]'', former faculty member.
*[[Jane Smiley]], 1992 Pulitzer for ''[[A Thousand Acres]]'', MA, 1975; MFA, English, 1976; PhD, English, 1978.
*[[Philip Roth]], 1998 Pulitzer for ''[[American Pastoral]]'', former faculty member.
*[[Michael Cunningham]], 1999 Pulitzer for ''[[The Hours (novel)|The Hours]]'', MFA, English, 1980.
*[[Marilynne Robinson]], 2005 Pulitzer for ''[[Gilead (novel)|Gilead]]'', emeritus faculty member.
*[[Paul Harding (author)|Paul Harding]], 2010 Pulitzer for ''[[Tinkers (novel)|Tinkers]]'', MFA, English, 2000.
*[[Andrew Sean Greer]], 2018 Pulitzer for ''[[Less (novel)|Less]]'', former visiting faculty member.
*[[Jayne Anne Phillips]], 2024 Pulitzer for ''[[Night Watch (Phillips novel)|Night Watch]]'', MFA, 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UI alumna Phillips wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction {{!}} Iowa Now - The University of Iowa |url=https://now.uiowa.edu/news/2024/05/ui-alumna-phillips-wins-2024-pulitzer-prize-fiction|first=Sara Epstein |last=Moninger |date=May 7, 2024|access-date=2024-05-08 |website=now.uiowa.edu |language=en}}</ref>