The Iowa Review Awards
The Iowa Review
Closed
- Length
- Not stated
- Pay
- Not stated
- Fee
- Reading fee
- Simultaneous
- Allowed
- Reprints
- Original only
What they accept
The Iowa Review Awards is an annual contest in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, with submissions accepted each January 1-31; this entry covers the fiction category. Winners receive $1,500 and first runners-up receive $750, with winners and runners-up published in the December issue. The entry fee is $20 per entry, and prose entries are limited to 25 double-spaced pages rather than a stated word count.
Literary
- Anonymous reading
- Remove your name from the manuscript
- AI policy
- No AI-use policy stated in the guidelines checked.
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