Reasonable care is taken, but we are not responsible for manuscripts lost in the mail or for the return of those not accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. There is no reading fee please do not send cash, checks, or money orders. Stories previously published in periodicals are eligible for inclusion.

The author's name can be on every page but this is not required. The manuscript may include a cover page, contents page, etc., but these are not required. The manuscript must be a collection of short stories in English of at least 150 word-processed, double-spaced pages. Current University of Iowa students are not eligible. Writers are still eligible if they are living abroad or are non-US citizens writing in English. Writers are still eligible if they have published a volume of poetry or any work in a language other than English or if they have self-published a work in a small print run. Previously entered manuscripts that have been revised may be resubmitted. EligibilityĪny writer who has not previously published a volume of prose fiction is eligible to enter the competition. He is the author of the short story collection, The Tsar of Love and Techno (2015), which won the American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Family Foundation Prize for Fiction and was a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist in fiction and of the novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena (2013) which won the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in fiction, the Carla Furstenberg Cohen Fiction Award, and was a National Book Award long list selection and shortlist selection for the Flaherty-Dunnan first novel prize.īooks by recent award winners can be purchased from the University of Iowa Press. This year's judge is Anthony Marra.Īnthony Marra is the winner of a Whiting Award, Pushcart Prize, and the Narrative Prize. Both national competitions are juried through the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. In 1988 the University of Iowa Press instituted the John Simmons Short Fiction Award-named after the first director of the Press-to complement the ongoing award series. The Iowa Short Fiction Award has been presented annually since 1969. Award for The Boundaries of Their Dwelling.Įntries for the competition should be postmarked between August 1 and September 30 packages must be postmarked by September 30.

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