Iowa Review


With 2008, The Iowa Review enters its 38th year of continuous publication. We take our mission to be nudging along American literature, to be local but not provincial, to be experimental but not without love for our literary traditions.

Iowa Review Awards in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction ($1000)

Heather McHugh (poetry), Ethan Canin (fiction), and Abigail Thomas (nonfiction) will judge our 2008 contest. The prize is $1000 for one winner in each genre, $500 for first runners-up, plus publication in our December 2008 issue. Rules: 1) Submit up to 20 pages of prose (double-spaced) or 10 pages of poetry (double- or single-spaced; one poem or several). Work must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are fine assuming you inform us of acceptance elsewhere. 2) Manuscripts must include a cover page listing your name, address, e-mail address and/or telephone number, and the title of each work, but your name should not appear on the manuscript itself. 3) Enclose a $15 entry fee (checks payable to The Iowa Review). Add $10 (for a total of $25) to receive a yearlong subscription to the magazine. 4) Label your envelope as a contest entry, for example: "Contest: Fiction." 5) Postmark submissions between January 1 and January 31, 2008. 6) Enclose a #10 SASE for final word on your work. Enclose a SAS postcard if you wish confirmation of our receipt of your entry. 7) No electronic submissions. The Iowa Review, 308 EPB, Iowa City, IA 52242 iowareview.org

Deadline:1/31/2008