Creative Writing Program

Foer was listed in Rolling Stone's "People of the Year," Esquire's "Best and Brightest," and The New Yorker's "20 Under 40" list.

Terrance Hayes' most recent book, How to Be Drawn, was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award and the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award.

Oates is the recipient the the Chicago Tribune Lifetime Achievement Award, The Norman Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement, and many more awards.

Carson's honors include the Lannan Award, the Pushcart Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and a MacArthur Fellowship, among many others.