Eastern Iowa Review was established in 2014 as an offshoot of Port Yonder Press which no longer publishes books.
We seek the linguistically unique and beautiful: lyricism is prized here so it stands to reason that our favorite writing forms are the prose poem and the lyric essay. On a side note, we've published many recognized authors as well as first timers. Be assured that your writing will stand on its own at Eastern Iowa Review.
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Interview from 2015 in New Pages (several changes since then)
Visit us at Poets & Writers.
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Eastern Iowa Review award acknowledgments:
Best American Essays, 2018 - Notable Essay, Jackie Sizemore's "Gaijin" (EIR Issue 3)
Best Small Fictions, 2019 - Inclusion, Joe Baumann's "Orbit" (EIR Unclassifiable Fiction)
Pushcart Prize, 44th edition - Nominated by their Board of Contributing Editors to be considered for inclusion - Holly Willis' "Never in the Feminine" (EIR Issue 6)
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At Eastern Iowa Review, we’ve also published a substantial number of authors who’ve been recognized for their outstanding accomplishments in the writing realm through various awards and distinctions not in association with EIR, such as winners of the following prizes:
Pushcart Prize
Tom Bates Prize for Best Essay
Leslie Hunt Memorial Prize in Poetry
Barbara Deming Award
Ohio Writer Award in Fiction
Ohio Writer Award in Nonfiction
AWP Award in Short Fiction
Grolier Prize
Hackney Award
James Hearst Poetry Prize
Colorado Book Award
National Indie Excellence Award
ArtPrize Award in Nonfiction
Concrete Wolf Chapbook Competition
Vachel Lindsay Poetry Prize
Dogwood Grand Prize in Literature
Ninth Letter Essay Prize
New Alexandria Press Chapbook Competition
Midwest Writing Center's Mississippi Valley Chapbook Contest
Moondance International Film Festival Award
National Outdoor Book Award for History/Biography
New Millennium Writings Award for Fiction
Best American Non-required Reading
Southern Review Poetry Prize
Boston Accent Lit Short Story Award
Literal Latte Short Short Contest
Gateway Review Flash Fiction Contest
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
A Room of Her Own Orlando Prize in Flash Fiction
Nassau Review Writers Award in Poetry
Also as finalists / notables in a number of awards such as:
Vermont Book Award
Writers of the Future
Best American Essays
Pushcart Prize
Best Small Fictions
Airlie Press Prize
Wheelbarrow Book Prize
Tennessee Williams Fiction Prize
New Letters Essay Competition
Ruminate Fiction Competition
This list is incomplete and doesn’t acknowledge winners of numerous fellowship grants and residencies, and authors published in the most prestigious literary and scientific or scholarly or trade journals on the market.
We seek the linguistically unique and beautiful: lyricism is prized here so it stands to reason that our favorite writing forms are the prose poem and the lyric essay. On a side note, we've published many recognized authors as well as first timers. Be assured that your writing will stand on its own at Eastern Iowa Review.
Masthead
Interview from 2015 in New Pages (several changes since then)
Visit us at Poets & Writers.
___________________________________________
Eastern Iowa Review award acknowledgments:
Best American Essays, 2018 - Notable Essay, Jackie Sizemore's "Gaijin" (EIR Issue 3)
Best Small Fictions, 2019 - Inclusion, Joe Baumann's "Orbit" (EIR Unclassifiable Fiction)
Pushcart Prize, 44th edition - Nominated by their Board of Contributing Editors to be considered for inclusion - Holly Willis' "Never in the Feminine" (EIR Issue 6)
_____________________________________________
At Eastern Iowa Review, we’ve also published a substantial number of authors who’ve been recognized for their outstanding accomplishments in the writing realm through various awards and distinctions not in association with EIR, such as winners of the following prizes:
Pushcart Prize
Tom Bates Prize for Best Essay
Leslie Hunt Memorial Prize in Poetry
Barbara Deming Award
Ohio Writer Award in Fiction
Ohio Writer Award in Nonfiction
AWP Award in Short Fiction
Grolier Prize
Hackney Award
James Hearst Poetry Prize
Colorado Book Award
National Indie Excellence Award
ArtPrize Award in Nonfiction
Concrete Wolf Chapbook Competition
Vachel Lindsay Poetry Prize
Dogwood Grand Prize in Literature
Ninth Letter Essay Prize
New Alexandria Press Chapbook Competition
Midwest Writing Center's Mississippi Valley Chapbook Contest
Moondance International Film Festival Award
National Outdoor Book Award for History/Biography
New Millennium Writings Award for Fiction
Best American Non-required Reading
Southern Review Poetry Prize
Boston Accent Lit Short Story Award
Literal Latte Short Short Contest
Gateway Review Flash Fiction Contest
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
A Room of Her Own Orlando Prize in Flash Fiction
Nassau Review Writers Award in Poetry
Also as finalists / notables in a number of awards such as:
Vermont Book Award
Writers of the Future
Best American Essays
Pushcart Prize
Best Small Fictions
Airlie Press Prize
Wheelbarrow Book Prize
Tennessee Williams Fiction Prize
New Letters Essay Competition
Ruminate Fiction Competition
This list is incomplete and doesn’t acknowledge winners of numerous fellowship grants and residencies, and authors published in the most prestigious literary and scientific or scholarly or trade journals on the market.