2022
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships 2022
Eduardo C. Corral (2001)
Jay Hopler (1997)
Joyelle McSweeney (2001)
Jerald Walker (1995)
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship 2022
Peyton Marshall (2002)
George O’Connell (1974)
Whiting Award 2022
Anaïs Duplan (2017)
Nana Nkweti (2014)
Rome Prize in Literature 2022
Jamel Brinkley (Fiction faculty and MFA 2015)
Josephy Brodsky Rome Prize 2022
Robyn Schiff (1999)
MacArthur Foundation Board of Directors
Gish Jen (1983)
Windham-Campbell Prize in Poetry 2022
Wong May (1968)
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022
Longlist Great Circle Maggie Shipstead (2008)
Longlist The Final Revival of Opal & Nev Dawnie Walton (2018)
Fulbright Study/Research Grantees 2022
Adam Beaser (2022)
Sally Fullerton (2021)
Michaeljulius Idani (2022)
Mick Toma (2022)
PEN America Literary Awards 2022
Winner - Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story Yiyun Li (2005)
Finalist - Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay These Precious Days: Essays Ann Patchett (1987)
Finalist - Jean Stein Book Award Harrow Joy Williams (1965)
Finalist - E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Believers Lisa Wells (2014)
Longlist - Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection How to Not Be Afraid of Everything Jane Wong (2010)
Longlist - Poetry in Translation Damascus, Atlantis Marie Silkeberg, translated by Kelsi Vanada (2016)
Longlist - Poetry in Translation Edinburgh Notebook Valerie Mejer Caso, translated by Michelle Gil-Montero (2007)
Story Prize 2022
Winner - Filthy Animals Brandon Taylor (2019)
Longlist - The Ghost Variations Kevin Brockmeier (1997)
Longlist - The Souvenir Museum Elizabeth McCracken (2008)
Joyce Carol Oates Prize 2022
Longlist - Vengeance Zachary Lazar (1993)
Longlist - Great Circle Maggie Shipstead (2008)
Longlist - Filthy Animals Brandon Taylor (2019)
National Book Foundation Science + Literature Award 2022
In the Field Rachel Pastan (1990)
Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2022
Shortlist - Filthy Animals Brandon Taylor (2019)
Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2022
Longlist - Activities of Daily Living Lisa Hsiao Chen (1996)
Longlist - A Map for the Missing Belinda Huijuan Tang (2021)
Longlist - The Immortal King Rao Vauhini Vara (2010)
Dublin Literary Award 2022
Longlist - Transcendent Kingdom Yaa Gyasi (2014)
Longlist - Jack Marilynne Robinson (fiction faculty emerita)
Aspen Words Literary Prize 2022
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev Dawnie Walton (2018)
Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award 2022
Shortlist - Damnation Spring Ash Davidson (2012)
Shortlist - The Final Revival of Opal & Nev Dawnie Walton (2018)
Best American Short Stories 2021
"Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain" Jamil Jan Kochai (2019)
"Haguillory" Stephanie Soileau (2002)
"You Are My Dear Friend" Madhuri Vijay (2012)
"Little Beast" C Pam Zhang (2019)
PEN / Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers 2022
“A Wedding in Multan, 1978” Yasmin Adele Majeed (current 2nd year fiction MFA student)
Jesmyn Ward Prize, Michigan Quarterly Review 2022
"Field Laid Bare" Jeneé Skinner (current 2nd year fiction MFA student)
Ten Best New Writers Award, Masters Review 2022
"The Tree That Stood Alone in the Desert" David DeGusta (current 2nd year fiction MFA student)
The Future Awards Prize for Art & Literature, Open Country Magazine 2022
Longlist - Arinze Ifeakandu (2020)
Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2022
Shortlist - Adedayo Agarau (current 2nd year poetry MFA student)
The Isele Prizes 2022
Winner - Short Story “The Year of the Sun” Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo (2020)
Longlist - Poetry “Pa Amadu Kamara” and “The Dead” Romeo Oriogun (2021)
Oregon Stafford/Hall Book Award for Poetry 2022
Instrument Dao Strom (1997)
The Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell First Novelist Award 2022
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev Dawnie Walton (2018)
Chautauqua Prize 2022
Finalist - Damnation Spring Ash Davidson (2012)
Oklahoma Hall of Fame Inductee 2022
Joy Harjo (1970)
Lifetime Achievement Award, Los Angeles Review of Books / UC Riverside Dept of Creative Writing 2022
Sandra Cisneros (1978)
Oprah Daily Eight Women Writers Changing the World 2022
Lan Samantha Chang (1993 and current Director)
Thirty Canadian Writers to Watch, Canadian Broadcasting Company 2022
Vauhini Vara (2010)
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award, Poetry Society of America 2022
Finalist - A.D. Lauren-Abunassar (2019)
Finalist - Nicholas Gulig (2010)
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award, Poetry Society of America 2022
Romeo Oriogun (2021)
Writing Fellow, A Public Space 2022
Indya Finch (2021)
Cullman Center Fellow, New York Public Library 2022
Brandon Taylor (2019)
C Pam Zhang (2019)
Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship 2022
Devon Walker-Figueroa (2017)
Djerassi Residency 2022
Vu Tran (2002)
Writing Fellow, Fine Arts Work Center 2022
Jorrell Watkins (2020)
Virtual Writer in Residence, International Anthony Burgess Foundation / Chetham's Library 2022
Jake Goldwasser (current 2nd year poetry MFA student)
U.S. Department of State Critical Language Fellowship 2022
Nitya Rayapati (current 2nd year fiction MFA student)
Courage to Write Grant, The DeGroot Foundation 2022
Michaeljulius Idani (2022)
Non-fiction Award, New Ohio Review 2022
"Speak Up" Jesse Lee Kercheval (1986)
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021
Best Television Pilot, “Broken”, Zachary Tyler Vickers (2011)
2021
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships 2021
Poetry, Sandra Lim (2004)
Nonfiction, Alexander Chee (1994)
Poetry, Andrea Cohen (1985)
Poetry, Stephen Kuusisto (1980)
Poetry, Tracie Morris (Poetry faculty)
MacArthur Fellowships 2021
Daniel Alarcón (2004)
Booker Prize 2021
Longlist - Great Circle, Maggie Shipstead (2008)
United States Poet Laureate 2020-2021
Joy Harjo (1970)
National Book Award 2021
Longlist - The Souvenir Museum: Stories, Elizabeth McCracken (2008)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Poetry 2021
Rita Dove (1977)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Newly Elected Member 2021
Joy Harjo (1970)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards in Literature 2021
C Pam Zhang (2019)
Garth Greenwell (2015)
Yiyun Li (2005)
Salvatore Scibona (1999)
Layli Long Soldier (recent visiting faculty member)
Whiting Award 2021
Kevin González (2007)
Nina Siegal (2006)
National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship 2021
Toby Altman (2019)
LARB/UCR Lifetime Achievement Award 2021
Juan Felipe Herrera (1990)
Rita Dove (1977)
Joy Harjo (1970)
2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction
Longlist, Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa Gyasi (2014)
O. Henry Prize Winners for The Best Short Stories 2021
“To the Dogs,” Jianan Qian (2018)
“Witness,” Jamel Brinkley (Fiction faculty and MFA 2015)
“Delandria,” Asali Solomon (2004)
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 2021
Longlist, Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa Gyasi (2014)
Longlist, The Office of Historical Corrections, Danielle Evans (2006)
2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence
Longlist, Fiction, Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa Gyasi (2014)
Longlist, Nonfiction, Minor Feelings, Cathy Park Hong (2002)
Longlist, Fiction, Jack, Marilynne Robinson (Fiction faculty emerita)
Joyce Carol Oates Prize 2021
The Office of Historical Corrections, Danielle Evans (2006)
Longlist, Cleanness, Garth Greenwell (2015)
Longlist, Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa Gyasi (2014)
Longlist, Likes, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (2000)
Longlist, You Again, Debra Jo Immergut (1989)
Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2021
Longlist Gold Diggers Sanjena Sathian (2019)
Forbes’ 30 Under 30 2021
Nyuol Lueth Tong (2016)
2021
Los Angeles Times Book Prizes for 2020-2021
Finalist, The Office of Historical Corrections, Danielle Evans (2006)
Finalist, Likes, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (2000)
Lambda Literary Award 2021
Finalist, Poetry Romeo Oriogun (2021)
Finalist, C Pam Zhang (2019)
Finalist, Brandon Taylor (2019)
Finalist, Garth Greenwell (2015)
Finalist, Eduardo C. Corral (2001)
Berlin Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Berlin 2021
Lan Samantha Chang (1993)
2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
Joy Williams (1965)
Time Magazine: Most Influential People of 2021
Cathy Park Hong (2002)
Julie Suk Award for Best Book by a Literary Press in 2020 (prize awarded in 2021)
Longlist Flourish, Dora Malech (2005)
Longlist Gravity Well, Marc Rahe (2005)
Granum Foundation Prize 2021
Finalist Okwudili Nebeolisa (current 2nd year poetry MFA student)
Non-Fiction Award, 21st Annual Massachussetts Books Awards 2021
"How to Make a Slave and Other Essays" Jerald Walker (1995)
Nebraska Book Award for Fiction 2021
The Brightest Place in the World David Philip Mullins (2005)
Greater Houston Area Art Writing Prize 2021
Justin Jannise (2014)
Rathbones Folio Prize 2021
In The Dream House: A Memoir, Carmen Maria Machado (2012)
Publishing Triangle Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction 2021
Finalist, Real Life, Brandon Taylor (2019)
2021 New Voices Contest
Second Place Winner, A.D. Lauren-Abunassar (2019)
2021 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize
Fractal Shores, Diane Louie (1981)
2021
2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature
Finalist, Laurel Snyder (2000)
Iowa City Creekside Park renamed in honor of
James Alan McPherson (1971 and late fiction faculty member)
2021 Tupelo Press Snowbound Chapbook Prize
Runner-up, Kelly Hoffer (2017)
2021 Elizabeth George Foundation Grant
Olivia Parkes (2021)
2021 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence
Marie Manilla (1994)
2021 National Magazine Award
Nominee, “The Divide” (Smithsonian), Lindsay Stern (2017)
2021 FPM-Hippocrates Prize Health Professional Poetry Commendation
Third prize, Joyce Turner (2009)
Abrams Artist-in-Residence at the Penn Arts & Sciences Center, 2020-2021
Carmen Maria Machado (2012)
2021 Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship Award
Finalist, Cindy Juyoung Ok (2021)
2021 Granum Foundation Fellowship Prize
Okwudili Nebeolisa (2nd Year Poetry MFA)
Longlist, IfeOluwa Nihinlola (2021)
2021 Tupelo Press Dorset Prize
Sara Deniz Akant (2012)
2021 Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition Winner
Mona Susan Power (1992)
2021 Gregory Djanikian Scholar in Poetry
Jane Huffman (2017)