Jen SILVERMAN (IWP Life of Discovery writer) awarded 2013 Yale Drama Series Prize.
In 2009, the International Writing Program and the Chinese Writers' Association began a pilot exchange project, the Life of Discovery. The project’s aim is to bring together writers and artists from the United States and from the minority ethnic communities in the western regions of the People's Republic of China. It is sponsored through grant funds provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State, and conducted in partnership with the Chinese Writers’ Association.
Jen SILVERMAN (IWP Life of Discovery writer) awarded 2013 Yale Drama Series Prize.
Carlos GAMERRO (IWP '08, Argentina) wins 2013 English PEN grant for translation
IWP director Christopher MERRILL talks to IPR about travel and poetry in the Middle East.
IWP reading tour participant Chinelo OKPARANTA shortlisted for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing.
Nihad SIREES (IWP '05 Syria) has won the 2013 Coburgian Rückert Prize.

