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The '''Program in Creative Writing''', more commonly known as the '''Iowa Writers' Workshop''', at the [[University of Iowa]] in [[Iowa City, Iowa|Iowa City]], [[Iowa]] is a graduate-level [[creative writing]] program in the [[United States]]. Writer [[Lan Samantha Chang]] is currently the director of the Workshop.
{{Infobox Olympics Thailand
|games=2008 Summer
|competitors=51
|sports=13
|flagbearer= [[Worapoj Petchkoom]]
|gold=2
|silver=2
|rank=31
|total=4
|officials=
}}


The program began in 1936, with the gathering together of poets and fiction writers under the direction of [[Wilbur Schramm]]. Graduates earn a [[Master of Fine Arts]] in English; Iowa was the first program in the country to offer this degree.
'''[[Thailand at the Olympics|Thailand]]''' competed in the '''[[2008 Summer Olympics]]''', held in [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China]], from [[August 8]] to [[August 24]], [[2008]].


The program has a minimal curriculum, requiring students to take a small number of classes each semester, including the Graduate Fiction Workshop or Graduate Poetry Workshop itself, and perhaps one or two additional literature seminars. The modest curricular requirements are intended to prepare the student, in a sense, for the realities of professional writing, where self-discipline is paramount.
==Medalists==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"
|-
! Medal
! Name
! Sport
! Event
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Somjit Jongjohor]] || [[Boxing]] || [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Flyweight|Flyweight]]
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon]] || [[Weightlifting]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 53 kg|Women -53 kg]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Buttree Puedpong]] || [[Taekwondo]] || [[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 49 kg|Women -49 kg]]
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Manus Boonjumnong]] || [[Boxing]] || [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Light welterweight|Light welterweight]]
|}


The program revolves around the Graduate Workshop courses, which meet once a week. Before each three-hour class, a small number of students will have submitted material for critical reading by their peers. The class itself consists of a round-table discussion during which the class and the instructor offer impressions, observations, and analysis about each piece. The specifics of how the class is conducted vary somewhat from teacher to teacher, and between Poetry and Fiction workshops. The ideal result of the process is not only that authors come away with insights into the strength and weaknesses of their own work, but that the class as a whole derives some insight, whether general or specific, about the process of writing.
==Results by event==
===[[Image:Athletics pictogram.svg|30px]] Athletics===
{{main|Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}


Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni have won sixteen [[Pulitzer Prize]]s (most recently [[Philip Schultz]] in 2008), as well as numerous [[National Book Award]]s and other major literary honors. Four recent [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress|U.S. Poets Laureate]] have been graduates of the Workshop. In 2003, the Workshop received a [[National Humanities Medal]] from the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]]. It was the first Medal awarded to a university, and only the second given to an institution rather than an individual."<ref>The University of Iowa Writer's Workshop Webpage: [http://www.uiowa.edu/~iww/about.htm About the Workshop]</ref>
'''Men'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-
|[[Siriroj Darasuriyong]]<br> [[Sompote Suwannarangsri]]<br> [[Sittichai Suwonprateep]]<br> [[Wachara Sondee]]
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 4x100 metre relay|4x100 m]]
|align=center|39.40
|align=center|9
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
|align=center|9
|}


== Pulitzer Prizes of Writers' Workshop Graduates and Faculty ==
'''Women'''
The University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop has 28 affiliated [[Pulitzer Prize]]s earned by various faculty and graduates, and over 40 attributed to graduates and faculty of [[The University of Iowa]].
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-
|[[Jutamas Tawoncharoen]]
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metres|100 m]]
|align=center|11.82
|align=center|49
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
|align=center|49
|-
|[[Oranut Klomdee]]<br> [[Nongnuch Sanrat]]<br> [[Sangwan Jaksunin]]<br> [[Jutamas Tawoncharoen]]
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4x100 metre relay|4x100 m]]
|align=center|44.38
|align=center|11
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
|align=center|11
|-
|[[Noengrothai Chaipetch]]
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's high jump|High Jump]]
|align=center|1.80
|align=center|29
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
|align=center|29
|-
|[[Buoban Pamang]]
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's javelin throw|Javelin Throw]]
|align=center|56.35
|align=center|28
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
|align=center|28
|-
|[[Wassana Winatho]]
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]
|align=center colspan=2|Did not finish
| -
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| -
|}


Writers' Workshop graduates have produced 16 Pulitzer Prizes since 1947.
===[[Image:Badminton pictogram.svg|30px]] Badminton===
{{main|Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}


=== Fiction ===
'''Men'''
*[[Robert Penn Warren]], 1947 Pulitzer for ''[[All the King's Men]]'', former faculty member.
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
*[[Wallace Stegner]], 1972 Pulitzer for ''[[Angle of Repose]]'', MA, 1932; PhD, English, 1935.
|-
*[[James Alan McPherson]], 1977 Pulitzer for ''[[Elbow Room]]'', MFA, 1969; current faculty member.
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
*[[John Cheever]], 1979 Pulitzer for ''[[The Stories of John Cheever]]'', former faculty member.
!rowspan="2"|Event
*[[Jane Smiley]], 1992 Pulitzer for ''[[A Thousand Acres]]'', MA, 1975; MFA, English, 1976; PhD, English, 1978.
!Round of 64
*[[Philip Roth]], 1998 Pulitzer for ''[[American Pastoral]]'', former faculty member.
!Round of 32
*[[Michael Cunningham]], 1999 Pulitzer for ''[[The Hours (novel)|The Hours]]'', MFA, English, 1980.
!Round of 16
*[[Marilynne Robinson]], 2005 Pulitzer for ''[[Gilead]]'', current faculty member.
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Final
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
|-
|[[Boonsak Ponsana]]
|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's singles|Singles]]
|colspan = "1" bgcolor = "wheat"| BYE
|{{flagIOCathlete|(6) [[Sony Dwi Kuncoro]]|INA|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 0-2 (16-21,14-21)
|colspan="4" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 17
|}


=== Journalistic ===
'''Women'''
*[[Tracy Kidder]], 1982 Pulitzer in general nonfiction for ''[[The Soul of a New Machine]]'', MFA, 1974.
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Final
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
|-
|[[Salakjit Ponsana]]
|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles|Singles]]
|colspan = "1" bgcolor = "wheat"| BYE
|{{flagIOCathlete|(2) [[Zhang Ning]]|CHN|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 1-2 (23-21,17-21,7-21)
|colspan="4" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 17
|}


=== Poetry ===
'''Mixed'''
*[[Karl Shapiro]], 1945 Pulitzer for ''V-Letter and Other Poems'', former faculty member.
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
*[[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.
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
*[[W.D. Snodgrass]], 1960 Pulitzer for ''Heart's Needle'', BA, 1949; MA, 1951; MFA, 1953.
!rowspan="2"|Event
*[[John Berryman]], 1965 Pulitzer for ''77 Dream Songs'', former faculty member.
!Round of 16
*[[Anthony Hecht]], 1968 Pulitzer for ''The Hard Hours'', attended Workshop but did not graduate.
!Quarterfinals
*[[Donald Justice]], 1980 Pulitzer for ''Selected Poems'', alumnus and former faculty member.
!Semifinals
*[[Carolyn Kizer]], 1985 Pulitzer for ''Yin'', former faculty member.
!Final
*[[Rita Dove]], 1987 Pulitzer for ''Thomas and Beulah'', MFA, 1977.
!rowspan="2"|Rank
*[[Mona Van Duyn]], 1991 Pulitzer Prize for ''[[Near Changes]]'', MA, English, 1943.
|-
*[[James Tate]], 1992 Pulitzer for ''Selected Poems'', MFA, 1967.
!Opposition<br />Score
*[[Louise Glück]], 1993 Pulitzer for ''The Wild Iris'', former faculty member.
!Opposition<br />Score
*[[Philip Levine (poet)|Philip Levine]], 1995 Pulitzer for ''The Simple Truth'', MFA, 1957; former faculty member.
!Opposition<br />Score
*[[Jorie Graham]], 1996 Pulitzer for ''The Dream of the Unified Field'', MFA, English, 1978; former faculty member.
!Opposition<br />Score
*[[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.
|[[Sudket Prapakamol]] <br\ >[[Saralee Thungthongkam]]
*[[Robert Hass]], 2008 Pulitzer for ''[[Time and Materials]]'', frequent visiting faculty member.
|[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Mixed doubles|Doubles]]
*[[Philip Schultz]], 2008 Pulitzer for ''[[Failure]]'', MFA, English, 1971.
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mike Beres]] <br\> and [[Valerie Loker]]|CAN|2008 Summer}}<br />win 2-0 (21-9,21-9)
|{{flagIOCathlete|(1) [[Nova Widianto]] <br\> and [[Lilyana Natsir]]|INA|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 0-2 (13-21,19-21)
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 5
|}


== Notable alumni ==<!-- This section is linked from [[Essay]] -->
===[[Image:Boxing pictogram.svg|30px]] Boxing===
Notable alumni of the program include:
{{main|Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
{{Articleissues

| laundrylists = March 2008
Thailand qualified eight boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Five boxers qualified by placing in the top eight at the 2007 World Championships.<ref name=BoxingQualWorld>[http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/World%20Championships/2007/2008%20Olympic%20Qualified%20Boxers.pdf Boxing World Championships Chicago 2007]</ref> Petchkoom, Manus Boonjumnong, and Chomphuphuang qualified at the first Asian qualifier.<ref name=BoxingQualAsia>[http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=872 1st AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament]</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Final
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
|-
|[[Amnat Ruanroeng]]
|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Light flyweight|Light flyweight]]
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jack Willie]]|PNG|2008 Summer}}<br />win 14:2
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Winston Mendez Montero|Winston Montero]]|DOM|2008 Summer}}<br />win 7:3
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Pürevdorjiin Serdamba|Purevdorj Serdamba]]|MGL|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 2:5
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 5
|-bgcolor=gold
|[[Somjit Jongjohor]]
|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Flyweight|Flyweight]]
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Eddie Valenzuela]]|GUA|2008 Summer}}<br />win 6:1
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Samir Mammadov]]|AZE|2008 Summer}}<br />win 10:2
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Anvar Yunusov]]|TJK|2008 Summer}}<br />win 8:1
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vincenzo Picardi]]|ITA|2008 Summer}}<br />win 7:1
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Andry Laffita]]|CUB|2008 Summer}}<br />win 8:2
| {{gold medal}}
|-
|[[Worapoj Petchkoom]]
|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Bantamweight|Bantamweight]]
|colspan="1" bgcolor="wheat"|BYE
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jahyn Vittorio Parrinello]]|ITA|2008 Summer}}<br />win 12:1
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yankiel Leon]]|CUB|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 2:10
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 5
|-
|[[Sailom Adi]]
|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Featherweight|Featherweight]]
|colspan="1" bgcolor="wheat"|BYE
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Abdelkader Chadi]]|ALG|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 6:7
|colspan="3" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 9
|-
|[[Pichai Sayotha]]
|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Lightweight|Lightweight]]
|colspan="1" bgcolor="wheat"|BYE
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Baik Jong-Sub]]|KOR|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 4:10
|colspan="3" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 9
|-bgcolor=silver
|[[Manus Boonjumnong]]
|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Light welterweight|Light welterweight]]
| |BYE
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Masatsugu Kawachi]]|JPN|2008 Summer}}<br />win 8:1
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Serik Sapiyev]]|KAZ|2008 Summer}}<br />win 7:5
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo]]|CUB|2008 Summer}}<br />win 10:5
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Manuel Félix Díaz]]|DOM|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 4:12
| {{silver medal}}
|-
|[[Non Boonjumnong]]
|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Welterweight|Welterweight]]
|colspan="1" bgcolor="wheat"|BYE
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hosam Bakr Abdin|Hosam Abdin]]|EGY|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 10:11
|colspan="3" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 9
|-
|[[Angkhan Chomphuphuang]]
|[[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Middleweight|Middleweight]]
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Cho Deok-Jin]]|KOR|2008 Summer}}<br />win 9:3
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vijender Kumar]]|IND|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 3:13
|colspan="3" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 9
|}

===[[Image:Cycling pictogram.svg|30px]] Cycling===
{{main|Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}
'''Women'''
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Time
!Rank
|-
|[[Chanpeng Nontasin]]
|[[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's road race|Road Race]]
| 3:51:51
| 61
|}

===[[Image:Fencing pictogram.svg|30px]] Fencing===
{{main|Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification}}

;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Final
|-
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
|-
|[[Nontapat Panchan]]
|[[Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's foil|Individual Foil]]
|bgcolor="wheat"| BYE
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Slawomir Mocek]]|POL|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 7-15
|colspan="4" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
|-
|[[Wiradech Kothny]]
|[[Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's sabre|Individual Sabre]]
|bgcolor="wheat"| BYE
| |{{flagIOCathlete|[[Zhong Man]]|CHN|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 7-15
|colspan="4" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
|}

===[[Image:Sailing pictogram.svg|30px]] Sailing===
{{main|Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

'''Men'''
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="11"|Race
!rowspan="2"|Score
!rowspan="2"|Net
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!Medal
|-
|[[Ek Boonsawad]]
|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's sailboard|RS:X Men]]
| 19
| 15
| 28
| 25
| 19
| 24
| (33)
| 20
| 27
| 26
|colspan="1" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 236
| 203
| 25
|}

'''Women'''
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="11"|Race
!rowspan="2"|Score
!rowspan="2"|Net
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!Medal
|-
|[[Napalai Tansai]]
|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's sailboard|RS:X Women]]
| 16
| 17
| 18
| (24)
| 8
| 22
| 19
| 23
| 23
| 23
|colspan="1" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 193
| 169
| 20
|}

===[[Image:Shooting pictogram.svg|30px]] Shooting===
{{main|Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

'''Men'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
!rowspan="2"|Total
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Jakkrit Panichpatikum]]
|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre air pistol|10 m Air Pistol]]
| 581
| 7
| 98.0
| 7
| 679.0
| 7
|-
|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre pistol|50 m Pistol]]
| 549
| 30
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 549
| 30
|}

'''Women'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
!rowspan="2"|Total
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Thanyalak Chotpaibunsin]]
|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre air rifle|10 m Air Rifle]]
| 388
| 40
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 388
| 40
|-
|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m Rifle Three<br>Positions]]
| 569
| 35
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 569
| 35
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Sasithorn Hongprasert]]
|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre air rifle|10 m Air Rifle]]
| 390
| 36
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 390
| 36
|-
|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m Rifle Three<br>Positions]]
| 565
| 41
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 565
| 41
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Tanyaporn Prucksakorn]]
|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre air pistol|10 m Air Pistol]]
| 380
| 20
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 380
| 20
|-
|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 25 metre pistol|25 m Pistol]]
| 582
| 8
| 195.7
| 7
| 777.7
| 7
|-
|[[Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit]]
|[[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's skeet|Skeet]]
| 71
| 2
| 21
| 4
| 92
| 5
|}

===[[Image:Swimming pictogram.svg|30px]] Swimming===
{{main|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

'''Women'''
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Events
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semi-Final
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Natthanan Junkrajang]]
|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle|Women's 100 m Freestyle]]
| 56.56
| 39
|colspan="4" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
|-
|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre freestyle|Women's 200 m Freestyle]]
| 2:02.88
| 38
|colspan="4" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
|-
|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre freestyle|Women's 400 m Freestyle]]
| DNS
| -
|colspan="2" bgcolor="wheat"|
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
|-
|[[Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn]]
|[[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre individual medley|Women's 400 m Individual Medley]]
| 5:02.18
| 37
|colspan="2" bgcolor="wheat"|
|colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
|}

===[[Image:Table tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Table tennis===
{{main|Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

'''Women'''
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Preliminary Round
!First Round
!Second Round
!Third Round
!Fourth Round
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Final
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
|-
|[[Nanthana Komwong]]
|[[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles|Singles]]
|bgcolor="wheat"| BYE
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Qian Lian]]|DOM|2008 Summer}}<br />win 4-1 (7-11,11-5,11-6,11-6,12-10)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Fukuoka Haruna]]|JPN|2008 Summer}} lose 0:4 (9-11,7-11,9-11,5-11)
|colspan="5" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
| 49
|}

===[[Image:Taekwondo pictogram.svg|30px]] Taekwondo===
{{main|Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

'''Men'''

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Repechage <br/> Quarterfinals
!Repechage <br/> Semifinals
!Final
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
|-
|[[Chatchawal Khawlaor]]
|[[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 58 kg|−58&nbsp;kg]]
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Jean Moloise Ogoudjobi]]|BEN|2008 Summer}}<br />win 4:2
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Ryan Carneli]]|AUS|2008 Summer}}<br />win 2:0
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Guillermo Perez]]|MEX|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 3:1
|colspan="1" bgcolor="wheat"| BYE
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Chu Mu-Yen]]|TPE|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 2:4
|colspan="1" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"| Did not advance
| 5
|}


'''Women'''

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Repechage <br/> Quarterfinals
!Repechage <br/> Semifinals
!Final
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
|-bgcolor=silver
|[[Buttree Puedpong]]
|[[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 49 kg|−49&nbsp;kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Daynellis Montejo]]|CUB|2008 Summer}}<br />win 1-0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tran Thi Ngoc Truc]]|VIE|2008 Summer}}<br />win 2-1
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Dalia Contreras]]|VEN|2008 Summer}}<br />win 2-2
|colspan="1" bgcolor="wheat"| BYE
|colspan="1" bgcolor="wheat"| BYE
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Wu Jingyu]]|CHN|2008 Summer}}<br />lose (-1)-1
| {{silver medal}}
|-
|[[Premwaew Chonnapas]]
|[[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 57 kg|−57&nbsp;kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Diana Lopez]]|USA|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 0:2
|colspan="5" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"| Did not advance
| 9
|}

===[[Image:Tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Tennis===
{{main|Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}


{{col-start}}
'''Women'''
{{col-break}}
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
*[[Daniel Alarcon]]
|-
*[[Antler (poet)|Antler]] (did not graduate)
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
*[[Chris Adrian]]
!rowspan="2"|Event
*[[Jon Anderson (poet)|Jon Anderson]]
!Round of 64
*[[Robert Antoni]]
!Round of 32
*[[Nick Arvin]]
!Round of 16
*[[Reza Aslan]]
!Quarterfinals
*[[Kirsten Bakis]]
!Semifinals
*[[Tom Barbash]]
!Final
*[[Emily Barton]]
!rowspan="2"|Rank
*[[Richard Bausch]]
|-
*[[Marvin Bell]]
!Opposition<br />Score
*[[Karen Bender]]
!Opposition<br />Score
*[[Suzanne Berne]]
!Opposition<br />Score
*[[Clark Blaise]]
!Opposition<br />Score
*[[Robert Bly]]
!Opposition<br />Score
*[[T. Coraghessan Boyle]]
!Opposition<br />Score
*[[Kevin Brockmeier]]
|-
*[[Sarah Shun-lien Bynum]]
|[[Tamarine Tanasugarn]]
*[[Bruce Brooks]]
|[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles|Singles]]
*[[Suzanne Buffam]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sofia Arvidsson]]|SWE|2008 Summer}}<br />lose 0-2 (2-6,1-6)
*[[Sara Caldwell]]
|colspan="5" bgcolor="HoneyDew" align="center"|Did not advance
*[[Ethan Canin]]
| 33
*[[Raymond Carver]] (did not graduate)
|}
*[[John Casey (novelist)|John Casey]]
*[[Lan Samantha Chang]]
*[[G. S. Sharat Chandra]]
*[[Kate Christensen]]
*[[Sandra Cisneros]]
*[[Joshua Clover]]
*[[Arda Collins]]
*[[Peter Craig]]
*[[Michael Cunningham]]
*[[Robert Dana]]
*[[Charles D'Ambrosio]]
*[[Stephen Dobyns]]
*[[Rita Dove]]
*[[Norman Dubie]]
*[[Andre Dubus]]
*[[Stuart Dybek]]
*[[Kim Edwards]]
*[[Nathan Englander]]
*[[Paul Engle]]
*[[Steven Erikson]]
*[[Joe Frank]]
*[[John Gardner (novelist)|John Gardner]]
*[[Robert Girardi]]
*[[Diane Glancy]]
*[[Gail Godwin]]
*[[Albert Goldbarth]]
*[[Jorie Graham]]
*[[Lucy Grealy]]
{{col-break}}
*[[Robin Green]]
*[[Debora Greger]]
*[[Linda Gregerson]]
*[[Allan Gurganus]]
*[[Jennifer Haigh]]
*[[Joe Haldeman]]
*[[Oakley Hall]]
*[[Ron Hansen (novelist)|Ron Hansen]]
*[[Matthea Harvey]]
*[[Kent Haruf]]
*[[Kathryn Harrison]]
*[[Adam Haslett]]
*[[Daniel Hecht]]
*[[Brenda Hillman]]
*[[A.M. Homes]]
*[[Jay Hopler]]
*[[Pai Hsien-yung]]
*[[James Hynes]]
*[[John Irving]]
*[[Jeremy Jackson (author)|Jeremy Jackson]]
*[[Mark Jarman]]
*[[Gish Jen]]
*[[Denis Johnson]]
*[[Kimberly Johnson]]
*[[Thom Jones]]
*[[Donald Justice]]
*[[Galway Kinnell]]
*[[W.P. Kinsella]]
*[[Suji Kwock Kim]]
*[[William Kittredge]]
*[[Sana Krasikov]]
*[[Robert Lacy]]
*[[William Lashner]]
*[[Nam Le]]
*[[Katy Lederer]]
*[[Philip Levine]]
*[[Larry Levis]]
*[[Yiyun Li]]
*[[Paul Lisicky]]
*[[William Logan (poet)|William Logan]]
*[[David Wong Louie]]
*[[Thomas Lux]]
*[[Haki R. Madhubuti]]
*[[Aaron McCollough]]
*[[Elizabeth McCracken]]
*[[James Alan McPherson]]
*[[David Milch]]
*[[Leslie Adrienne Miller]]
*[[Dow Mossman]]
*[[Bharati Mukherjee]]
*[[John Murray]]
*[[Thisbe Nissen]]
*[[Alice Notley]]
{{col-break}}
*[[Flannery O'Connor]]
*[[Thomas O'Malley]]
*[[Chris Offutt]]
*[[Peter Orner]]
*[[Julie Orringer]]
*[[ZZ Packer]]
*[[Ann Patchett]]
*[[Bob Perelman]]
*[[Aimee Phan]]
*[[Jayne Anne Phillips]]
*[[D. A. Powell]]
*[[Lia Purpura]]
*[[Srikanth Reddy]]
*[[Lewis Robinson]]
*[[Matthew Rohrer]]
*[[Tomaž Šalamun]]
*[[Leonard Schrader]]
*[[Philip Schultz]]
*[[Jane Smiley]]
*[[W.D. Snodgrass]]
*[[Bob Shacochis]]
*[[Curtis Sittenfeld]]
*[[David Shields]]
*[[Jim Simmerman]]
*[[David St. John]]
*[[Jane Smiley]]
*[[Wallace Stegner]]
*[[Richard G. Stern]]
*[[Trenton Lee Stewart]]
*[[Mark Strand]]
*[[Mary Swander]]
*[[Robert Sward]]
*[[Anthony Swofford]]
*[[Jonathan Thirkield]]
*[[Edilberto K. Tiempo]]
*[[Danielle Trussoni]]
*[[Lewis Turco]]
*[[Justin Tussing]]
*[[Chase Twichell]]
*[[Michael Tyrell]]
*[[Brady Udall]]
*[[Leslie Ullman]]
*[[W.D. Valgardson]]
*[[Jennifer Vanderbes]]
*[[Abraham Verghese]]
*[[Jeff Vintar]]
*[[Ellen Bryant Voigt]]
*[[Margaret Walker]]
*[[Barrett Watten]]
*[[John Edgar Wideman]]
*[[Joy Williams]]
*[[Sam Witt]]
*[[Ellen Wittlinger]]
*[[Daniel Woodrell]]
*[[Charles Wright (poet)|Charles Wright]]
{{col-end}}


== Faculty ==
===[[Image:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|30px]] Weightlifting ===
Over the years, permanent and visiting faculty have included prominent fiction writers and poets, including:
{{main|Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}


=== Fiction writers ===
'''Men'''
[[Nelson Algren]],[[Jonathan Ames]], [[Mike Anderson]],[[Madison Smartt Bell]], [[Vance Bourjaily]], [[T. Coraghessan Boyle]], [[Kevin Brockmeier]], [[Ethan Canin]], [[Edward Carey]], [[John Casey (novelist)|John Casey]], [[John Cheever]], [[Frank Conroy]], [[Robert Coover]], [[Jim Crace]], [[Charles D'Ambrosio]], [[Nicholas Delbanco]], [[Stuart Dybek]], [[Deborah Eisenberg]], [[Tony Eprile]], Richard Gehman, [[Judith Grossman]], [[Barry Hannah]], [[Ron Hansen]], [[Adam Haslett]], [[James Hynes]], [[Thom Jones]], [[Margot Livesey]], [[Paule Marshall]], [[Elizabeth McCracken]], [[James Alan McPherson]], [[Bharati Mukherjee]], [[Chris Offutt]], [[ZZ Packer]], [[Francine Prose]], [[Marilynne Robinson]], [[Philip Roth]], [[James Salter]], [[Bob Shacochis]], [[Scott Spencer]], [[Elizabeth Tallent]], [[Barry Unsworth]], [[Jennifer Vanderbes]], [[Kurt Vonnegut]], [[Joy Williams]], [[Meg Wolitzer]], and [[Richard Yates]].
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Snatch
!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk
!rowspan="2"|Total
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-
|[[Pongsak Maneetong]]
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 56 kg|-56&nbsp;kg]]
| 116
| 10
| 142
| 10
| 258
| 10
|-
|[[Phaisan Hansawong]]
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 62 kg|-62&nbsp;kg]]
| 132
| 7
| 162
| 5
| 294
| 5
|-
|[[Sittisak Suphalak]]
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 69 kg|-69&nbsp;kg]]
| 147
| 5
| 171
| 11
| 318
| 8
|}


=== Poets ===
'''Women'''
[[Simon Armitage]], [[John Ash (writer)|John Ash]], [[Marvin Bell]], [[Ted Berrigan]], [[John Berryman]], [[Gillian Conoley]], [[Mark Doty]], [[Lynn Emanuel]], [[Paul Engle]], [[Kathleen Fraser]], [[James Galvin]], [[Forrest Gander]], [[Louise Gluck]], [[Jorie Graham]], [[Robert Hass]], [[Lyn Hejinian]], [[Brenda Hillman]], [[Anselm Hollo]], [[Donald Justice]], [[Claudia Keelan]], [[Galway Kinnell]], [[Carolyn Kizer]], [[August Kleinzahler]], [[Sukrita Paul Kumar]], [[Ann Lauterbach]], [[Mark Levine]], [[Larry Levis]], [[Robert Lowell]], [[Thomas Lux]], [[Jack Marshall]], [[Heather McHugh]], [[Sandra McPherson]], [[Bob Perelman]], [[Carl Phillips]], [[Claudia Rankine]], [[Donald Revell]], [[Mary Ruefle]], [[Tom Sleigh]], [[Gerald Stern]], [[Mark Strand]], [[Robert Sward]], [[Thomas Swiss]],[[Cole Swensen]], [[James Tate]], [[Susan Wheeler]], [[Emily Wilson]], [[C.D. Wright]], and [[Dean Young (poet)|Dean Young]].
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Snatch
!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk
!rowspan="2"|Total
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|-
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-
|[[Pramsiri Bunphithak]]
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 48 kg|-48&nbsp;kg]]
| 0
| -
| 0
| -
| DNF
| -
|-
|[[Pensiri Laosirikul]]
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 48 kg|-48&nbsp;kg]]
| 85
| 4
| 110
| 4
| 195
| 5
|-bgcolor=gold
|[[Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon]]
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 53 kg|-53&nbsp;kg]]
| 95
| 1st
| 126 OR
| 1
| 221 OR
| {{gold medal}}
|-
|[[Wandee Kameaim]]
|[[Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 58 kg|-58&nbsp;kg]]
| 98
| 3
| 128
| 4
| 226
| 4
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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== External links==
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*[http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eiww/ University of Iowa Writers' Workshop Webpage]
*http://www.uiowa.edu/admissions/undergrad/after-grad/pulitzers.html


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The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa is a graduate-level creative writing program in the United States. Writer Lan Samantha Chang is currently the director of the Workshop.

The program began in 1936, with the gathering together of poets and fiction writers under the direction of Wilbur Schramm. Graduates earn a Master of Fine Arts in English; Iowa was the first program in the country to offer this degree.

The program has a minimal curriculum, requiring students to take a small number of classes each semester, including the Graduate Fiction Workshop or Graduate Poetry Workshop itself, and perhaps one or two additional literature seminars. The modest curricular requirements are intended to prepare the student, in a sense, for the realities of professional writing, where self-discipline is paramount.

The program revolves around the Graduate Workshop courses, which meet once a week. Before each three-hour class, a small number of students will have submitted material for critical reading by their peers. The class itself consists of a round-table discussion during which the class and the instructor offer impressions, observations, and analysis about each piece. The specifics of how the class is conducted vary somewhat from teacher to teacher, and between Poetry and Fiction workshops. The ideal result of the process is not only that authors come away with insights into the strength and weaknesses of their own work, but that the class as a whole derives some insight, whether general or specific, about the process of writing.

Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni have won sixteen Pulitzer Prizes (most recently Philip Schultz in 2008), as well as numerous National Book Awards and other major literary honors. Four recent U.S. Poets Laureate have been graduates of the Workshop. In 2003, the Workshop received a National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It was the first Medal awarded to a university, and only the second given to an institution rather than an individual."[1]

Pulitzer Prizes of Writers' Workshop Graduates and Faculty

The University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop has 28 affiliated Pulitzer Prizes earned by various faculty and graduates, and over 40 attributed to graduates and faculty of The University of Iowa.

Writers' Workshop graduates have produced 16 Pulitzer Prizes since 1947.

Fiction

Journalistic

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 Prize for Near Changes, MA, English, 1943.
  • James Tate, 1992 Pulitzer for Selected Poems, MFA, 1967.
  • Louise Glück, 1993 Pulitzer for The Wild Iris, former faculty member.
  • 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, 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.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of the program include:

Faculty

Over the years, permanent and visiting faculty have included prominent fiction writers and poets, including:

Fiction writers

Nelson Algren,Jonathan Ames, Mike Anderson,Madison Smartt Bell, Vance Bourjaily, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Kevin Brockmeier, Ethan Canin, Edward Carey, John Casey, John Cheever, Frank Conroy, Robert Coover, Jim Crace, Charles D'Ambrosio, Nicholas Delbanco, Stuart Dybek, Deborah Eisenberg, Tony Eprile, Richard Gehman, Judith Grossman, Barry Hannah, Ron Hansen, Adam Haslett, James Hynes, Thom Jones, Margot Livesey, Paule Marshall, Elizabeth McCracken, James Alan McPherson, Bharati Mukherjee, Chris Offutt, ZZ Packer, Francine Prose, Marilynne Robinson, Philip Roth, James Salter, Bob Shacochis, Scott Spencer, Elizabeth Tallent, Barry Unsworth, Jennifer Vanderbes, Kurt Vonnegut, Joy Williams, Meg Wolitzer, and Richard Yates.

Poets

Simon Armitage, John Ash, Marvin Bell, Ted Berrigan, John Berryman, Gillian Conoley, Mark Doty, Lynn Emanuel, Paul Engle, Kathleen Fraser, James Galvin, Forrest Gander, Louise Gluck, Jorie Graham, Robert Hass, Lyn Hejinian, Brenda Hillman, Anselm Hollo, Donald Justice, Claudia Keelan, Galway Kinnell, Carolyn Kizer, August Kleinzahler, Sukrita Paul Kumar, Ann Lauterbach, Mark Levine, Larry Levis, Robert Lowell, Thomas Lux, Jack Marshall, Heather McHugh, Sandra McPherson, Bob Perelman, Carl Phillips, Claudia Rankine, Donald Revell, Mary Ruefle, Tom Sleigh, Gerald Stern, Mark Strand, Robert Sward, Thomas Swiss,Cole Swensen, James Tate, Susan Wheeler, Emily Wilson, C.D. Wright, and Dean Young.

References

  1. ^ The University of Iowa Writer's Workshop Webpage: About the Workshop

External links

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