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The Iowa Review is an American literary magazine that publishes stories, poems, essays and reviews, many of which are later reprinted in annual anthologies.¹

Founded in 1971, the magazine is issued three times a year (in April, August, and December).¹ It is published at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

According to the magazine's Web site, "Several hundred unsolicited manuscripts arrive each week through most of the year, from throughout the country and abroad, from which we select most of our contents."² Past contributors include poet Gerald Stern, nonfiction writer Floyd Skloot and short story writer Jacob M. Appel.³

Masthead

As of December 2008:⁴

• Editor: David Hamilton
• Fiction Editor: Hugh Ferrer
• Managing Editor: Lynne Nugent
• Designer: Amber Withycombe
• Assistant Editors: Lauren Barrier Gould, Sarah Karon

The journal's advisory board includes Ethan Canin, Loren Glass, Adalaide Morris, Cole Swensen, Horace Porter, and Christopher Merrill.

Iowa Awards

The magazine gives out the Iowa Awards for fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction. Outside judges name the winners, who each receive $1,000 and are published, along with some finalists, in the magazine's December issue.¹ Recent winners include Andrew Mortazavi (Fiction, 2008), Dave Snyder (Poetry, 2008), Nancy Geyer (Nonfiction, 2008), John Colasacco (Poetry, 2007), Diane Sullivan Mertens (Nonfiction, 2007) and Randi Faust (Fiction, 2007).⁵

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} [1]"Guidelines" Web page at The Iowa Review Web site, accessed February 5, 2007
2. ^ [2]"About the Iowa Review" Web page at The Iowa Review Web site, accessed February 5, 2007
3. ^ http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/mainpages/back_issues.html
4. ^ [3]"Masthead" Web page at The Iowa Review Web site
5. ^ Past Winners

External links

• [4]Iowa Review Web site