Editing Iowa Writers' Workshop (section)

== Awards won by faculty and alumni ==
=== Pulitzer Prizes ===
==== 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>

==== Journalism ====
*[[Tracy Kidder]], 1982 Pulitzer in general nonfiction for ''[[The Soul of a New Machine]]'', MFA, 1974.

==== Poetry ====
*[[Karl Shapiro]], 1945  Pulitzer for ''V-Letter and Other Poems'', former faculty member
*[[Robert Lowell]], 1947 Pulitzer for ''Lord Weary's Castle'', 1974 Pulitzer for ''The Dolphin'', former faculty member
*[[Robert Penn Warren]], 1958 Pulitzer for ''Poems 1954–56, Now and Then'', 1980 Pulitzer for ''Poems 1976–78'', former faculty member
*[[W. D. Snodgrass]], 1960 Pulitzer for ''Heart's Needle'', BA, 1949; MA, 1951; MFA, 1953
*[[John Berryman]], 1965 Pulitzer for ''[[77 Dream Songs]]'', former faculty member
*[[Anthony Hecht]], 1968 Pulitzer for ''The Hard Hours'', attended Workshop but did not graduate
*[[Donald Justice]], 1980 Pulitzer for ''Selected Poems'', alumnus and former faculty member
*[[Carolyn Kizer]], 1985 Pulitzer for ''Yin'', former faculty member
*[[Rita Dove]], 1987 Pulitzer for ''Thomas and Beulah'', MFA, 1977
*[[Mona Van Duyn]], 1991 Pulitzer for ''[[Near Changes]]'', MA, English, 1943
*[[James Tate (writer)|James Tate]], 1992 Pulitzer for ''Selected Poems'', MFA, 1967
*[[Louise Glück]], 1993 Pulitzer for ''The Wild Iris'', former faculty member
*[[Philip Levine (poet)|Philip Levine]], 1995 Pulitzer for ''The Simple Truth'', MFA, 1957; former faculty member
*[[Jorie Graham]], 1996 Pulitzer for ''The Dream of the Unified Field'', MFA, English, 1978; former faculty member
*[[Charles Wright (poet)|Charles Wright]], 1998 Pulitzer for ''Black Zodiac'', MFA, 1963
*[[Mark Strand]], 1999 Pulitzer for ''Blizzard of One'', MA, 1962; former faculty member
*[[Robert Hass]], 2008 Pulitzer for ''Time and Materials'', frequent visiting faculty member
*[[Philip Schultz]], 2008 Pulitzer for ''Failure'', MFA, English, 1971

=== U.S. Poets Laureate ===
*[[Mark Strand]], 2019–20, MFA '78.
*[[Rita Dove]], 1993, MFA '77, the youngest person and first African American to hold the position
*[[Philip Levine (poet)|Philip Levine]]
*[[Robert Penn Warren]], faculty
*[[Mona Jane Van Duyn]], faculty
*[[Robert Hass]], faculty
*[[Louise Glück]], faculty
*[[Charles Wright (poet)|Charles Wright]], 2014–16, MFA '70
*[[Juan Felipe Herrera]], 2015–17, MFA '91<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKinney |first1=Cristobal |title=Former US Poet Laureate Reflects on His Writing and the Iowa Writers' Workshop |url=https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/news/2017/07/former-us-poet-laureate-reflects-his-writing-and-iowa-writers-workshop |publisher=Writers' Workshop: The University of Iowa|date=July 13, 2017 |access-date=June 14, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Joy Harjo]], 2019–20, MFA '78, the first [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] person to hold the position<ref>{{cite web |title=Librarian of Congress Names Joy Harjo the Nation's 23rd Poet Laureate |url=https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/news/2019/06/librarian-congress-names-joy-harjo-nations-23rd-poet-laureate |publisher=Writers' Workshop: University of Iowa |date=June 19, 2019|access-date=June 14, 2023}}</ref>

=== Booker Prize ===
*[[Eleanor Catton]], 2013, for ''[[The Luminaries]]'', alumna

=== National Humanities Medal ===
*[[Rita Dove]], 1996
*Iowa Writers' Workshop, 2003

=== MacArthur Fellowship ===
*[[Yiyun Li]], 2003
*[[Jorie Graham]], 1990