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"Short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction. Since 1970. "

"Short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction. Since 1970. "

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Response Time

4 months

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    Yes: see Genres section for details

  • Fee

    Yes: $4

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

4 genres

Fiction

Max words: 6250

Max pieces: 1

The page limit for fiction is 25 pages, double-spaced. A submission can be one or multiple stories.

Nonfiction

Max words: 6250

The page limit for nonfiction is 25 pages, double-spaced. A submission can be one or multiple essays.

Poetry

Max lines: 200

The page limit for poetry is 8 pages. A submission can be one or multiple poems.

Translation

Translations should be submitted according to the guidelines of the original work's genre and addressed to that genre's editor. Translators ...

Fiction

Max words: 6250

Max pieces: 1

The page limit for fiction is 25 pages, double-spaced. A submission can be one or multiple stories.

Nonfiction

Max words: 6250

The page limit for nonfiction is 25 pages, double-spaced. A submission can be one or multiple essays.

Poetry

Max lines: 200

The page limit for poetry is 8 pages. A submission can be one or multiple poems.

Translation

Translations should be submitted according to the guidelines of the original work's genre and addressed to that genre's editor. Translators ...

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Track submission

58

Total submissions tracked

379 days

Average response time

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Average acceptance rate

62 days

Fastest response time

1317 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

We use Submittable.

Cover letters

Your name, email, address, and bio can be included in the cover letter.

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Rights for published work

This magazine does not list any details on their website for this section.

Additional info

We pay $1.50 per line for poetry ($100 minimum) and $0.08 per word for prose ($100 minimum). As submissions are read blind.

About the Magazine

Founded in 1970 | United States

The Iowa Review's mission is to provide an expertly curated, carefully edited, and beautifully designed print and online space for the voices of writers of every kind of diversity to move and enlighten us; to use the experience gained from fifty-plus years of continuous publication and our connection to the University of Iowa as a home for creative writing to validate, amplify, and encourage those voices; and to serve the reading public by presenting the best contemporary writing in short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Lynne Nugent

Editor-in-Chief

Katie Berta

Managing Editor

Joan Li

Fiction Editor

Abagail Petersen

Poetry Editor

Darius Stewart

Nonfiction Editor

Examples

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