Issue 15's theme is LOVE. Submissions are closed. Each month or so a few new selections will be added until the issue is complete.
Our Elven Fiction category is closed.
Eastern Iowa Review's 2019 Best Lyric Prose Plus print anthology is available for purchase. Choice selections from Issues 1-6 & 8. You can find it on Amazon.
One reader said this: "I love the format, the layout, and just the feel of it. It's a beautiful book. But more than that, I've loved the content! It's really full of great writing. I find the landscapes, the people, and the words of the different pieces to be so powerful. I can't think of another anthology that I liked this much. I consistently enjoyed all of the pieces, which, considering how varied they are, is really something."
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ISSUE 15
(jULY/AUGUST SELECTIONS)
NONFICTION
Ellery Beck's "Nothing is true but this trembling," (prose poetry)
John Davis' "Garden of the Living" (prose poetry)
Amy Karon's "Sunday fishing" (prose poetry)
Tara Labovich's "SONNETLETTER TO ONE I HAVE NOT LOVED YET" (prose poetry)
Hannah Newman's "An Opening of Sorts" (prose poetry)
Ellery Beck's "Nothing is true but this trembling," (prose poetry)
John Davis' "Garden of the Living" (prose poetry)
Amy Karon's "Sunday fishing" (prose poetry)
Tara Labovich's "SONNETLETTER TO ONE I HAVE NOT LOVED YET" (prose poetry)
Hannah Newman's "An Opening of Sorts" (prose poetry)
Issue 14
("Those Elves")
H. A. Titus' origin story "Widdershins to Magic"
Introduction
In the Deep Forest, far away from human civilization...
There are elves.
Tribes that eschew interaction with humans and their "devices", elves remain isolated, hidden by their wildcraft and by use of natural magic. But the time of the elves is waning. The sacred water, their source of magic, is drying up. The tribes, once united, have turned against each other--some argue for war, some argue that they should give up and join the humans. And unnamed beasts, wild and magical and unknown, lurk in the woods.
Patrick Murray's "Sage and Eggs" (fiction)
Raquel Nixon's Artwork 1
Introduction
In the Deep Forest, far away from human civilization...
There are elves.
Tribes that eschew interaction with humans and their "devices", elves remain isolated, hidden by their wildcraft and by use of natural magic. But the time of the elves is waning. The sacred water, their source of magic, is drying up. The tribes, once united, have turned against each other--some argue for war, some argue that they should give up and join the humans. And unnamed beasts, wild and magical and unknown, lurk in the woods.
Patrick Murray's "Sage and Eggs" (fiction)
Raquel Nixon's Artwork 1
From readers:
--"...The journal is a lovely read. Wonderful writing." (from a contributor, July 2022, Issue 15)
--"I was truly inspired by the writing I saw in the Eastern Iowa Review...." (February 2021)
--"Wow! I love ... your lyrical, linguistically unique aesthetic. I loved 'White Out' by Adam Berlin and ‘Bethlehem, Baby, Bethlehem’, by Daniel Edward Moore...." (February 2021, Issue 13)
--"It's an honor to have my work appear alongside the other pieces too. They're rich, of very high calibre." (from a contributor, February 2021, Issue 13)
--"... in these ongoing uncertain times, I find your thoughtful review a welcoming destination."(October 2020)
--"I love EIR's attention to lyric language. (If only there were more editors like you in the publishing world.)" (October 2020)
--"Eastern Iowa Review is such a fantastic magazine. It offers whimsy, music, and reassurance that somehow the luminous will prevail. As such, it brings solace. Thank you for bringing it to life, Chila." (July 2020)
--"...The journal is a lovely read. Wonderful writing." (from a contributor, July 2022, Issue 15)
--"I was truly inspired by the writing I saw in the Eastern Iowa Review...." (February 2021)
--"Wow! I love ... your lyrical, linguistically unique aesthetic. I loved 'White Out' by Adam Berlin and ‘Bethlehem, Baby, Bethlehem’, by Daniel Edward Moore...." (February 2021, Issue 13)
--"It's an honor to have my work appear alongside the other pieces too. They're rich, of very high calibre." (from a contributor, February 2021, Issue 13)
--"... in these ongoing uncertain times, I find your thoughtful review a welcoming destination."(October 2020)
--"I love EIR's attention to lyric language. (If only there were more editors like you in the publishing world.)" (October 2020)
--"Eastern Iowa Review is such a fantastic magazine. It offers whimsy, music, and reassurance that somehow the luminous will prevail. As such, it brings solace. Thank you for bringing it to life, Chila." (July 2020)
