Announcing our winners of the 2025 Iowa Review Awards, judged by Brandon Shimoda, Amy Hempel, and Julietta Singh—Leila Farjami (poetry), Maeve Barry (fiction), and Sophie Fetokaki (nonfiction). Runners-up are James Lowell Brunton (poetry), Haleigh Yaspan (fiction), Maia Elsner (nonfiction)! 🎉

Congratulations to our two 2026 Pushcart Prize recipients, Ryan Van Meter and Clint Bentley!

We’re open for submissions to the David Hamilton Prize, a biennial award in rotating genres for TIR masthead alumni. Visit iowareview.org/davidhamilton for more information and to ensure your eligibility!

From our latest issue 54/3, an utterly original essay by Georgie Fehringer 🪽🪽

Bringing light to a dreary Iowa day: poet Elizabeth Willis on the cover of our new issue. Painting by Red Danielson.

Announcing our judges for this year’s The Iowa Review Awards! Winners and runners-up in each genre receive $1500 and $750, respectively. Submissions are open from January 1st-31st! All submissions will be considered for publication. Good luck! We look forward to reading your work! 💫

Our new cover by Amy Lee Scott will give you all the feels 🥹

new story in the new Iowa Review called "be the dog." 🐶

The Iowa Review will join @riverstyxmag.bsky.social for a special virtual event featuring a slate of literary magazine editors in conversation on the editorial process from acceptance to publication. Join us on December 5th at 7:00pm CST! www.eventbrite.com/e/river-styx...