What is Iowa Writer's Workshop?
[[File:Dey House.jpg|thumb|alt=A The Dey House.|Dey House at the Writers' Workshop]] The '''Iowa Writers' Workshop''', at the [[University of Iowa]] in [[Iowa City]], is a famous [[Master's degree|graduate-level]] [[Creative writing|creative writing program]] in the [[United States]]. Its official name is the Program in Creative Writing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Workshop {{!}} Iowa Writers' Workshop {{!}} College of Liberal Arts & Sciences {{!}} The University of Iowa|url=https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/about|access-date=2023-02-04|website=writersworkshop.uiowa.edu}}</ref> Students can earn a [[Master's degree|Master of Fine Arts]] (MFA) degree in Creative Writing. This lets them teach Creative Writing at other colleges and universities. Because the program is also a workshop, students talk about their writing with each other and their teachers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Philosophy {{!}} Iowa Writers' Workshop {{!}} College of Liberal Arts & Sciences {{!}} The University of Iowa|url=https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/about/about-workshop/philosophy|access-date=2023-02-04|website=writersworkshop.uiowa.edu}}</ref> It is the oldest MFA writing program in America. It was started in 1936. Many successful writers have studied in this program. Some of its earliest teachers and visiting writers were [[Robert Frost]], [[Robert Penn Warren]], [[John Berryman]], [[Dylan Thomas]], and [[Robert Lowell]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} Iowa Writers' Workshop {{!}} College of Liberal Arts & Sciences {{!}} The University of Iowa|url=https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/about/about-workshop/history|access-date=2023-02-04|website=writersworkshop.uiowa.edu}}</ref> Many teachers and students from the program have won [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prizes]] in Fiction and Poetry.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2005-07-27|title=Pulitzer Prize Winners with UI Affiliations - After Graduation—Iowa Outcomes - Undergraduate Admissions - The University of Iowa|url=http://www.uiowa.edu/admissions/undergrad/after-grad/pulitzers.html|access-date=2023