IWP 2012-2013 fellow is Nihad Sirees from Syria. 

Previous recipients of the Fellowship are Dul Johnson from Nigeria, George Seremba from Uganda,  Kho Tararith from Cambodia,  Burmese novelist Thida, Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove,  Iranian novelists Shahrnush Parsipur, Shahryar Mandanipour,  Moniro Ravanipour,  Congolese playwright Pierre Mumbere Mujomba, and Iranian poet  Pegah Ahmadi.