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University of Iowa Press [1]

Basic Information
Address: 
119 West Park Road
Address (line 2): 
100 Kuhl House
Zip / Postal Code: 
52242
Submission Guidelines: 
https://uipress.uiowa.edu/resources/prospective-au… [2]
City: 
Iowa City
Website: 
https://uipress.uiowa.edu [3]
Logo or Cover Image (Choose a file, then click upload.): 
State: 
Iowa
Country: 
United States
Contact Information
Contact Title: 
Director
Contact First Name: 
James
McCoy
Contact E-mail: 
Details
Genres Published: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Publishes Through Contests Only: 
No
Reading Period: 
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 to Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Book Types: 
Short story collections
Essay collections
Novel
Memoir
Poetry collections
Formats: 
Paperback
Hardcover
E-book
Charges Reading Fee: 
No
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions: 
Yes
Accepts Simultaneous Submissions: 
Yes
Distributors: 
Chicago Distribution Center
Tips From the Editor: 

We prefer all proposals and manuscript materials to be double-spaced and in Word or PDF format. Please email your material to the appropriate acquisitions or series editor. Our typical response time for a preliminary inquiry is about five to six weeks.

Please note that the Iowa Poetry Prize, the Iowa Short Fiction Award, and the John Simmons Short Fiction Award have their own submission procedures.

Titles per Year: 
Greater than 20
Editorial Focus: 

Works of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The press publishes the winners of the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize, novels, poetry anthologies, books on the archaeology and natural history of the Midwest, biographies, memoirs, regional history, and collections of historic and contemporary photographs.

Representative Authors: 

Kendra Allen, Douglas Bauer, Marie-Helene Bertino, Shane Book, Stephanie Choi, Melody S. Gee, Madhushree Ghosh, Jessica Laser, Nina Lohman, Lucas Mann, Shelly Mazzanoble, Erika Morillo, Emily Wilson.

How many authors debut in each issue?: 
5-10
Publishing type: 
online and print [4]
Subgenres: 
Autobiography/Memoir [5]
Historical [6]
Narrative Nonfiction [7]
Nature/Environmental [8]
Pop Culture [9]
Regional [10]
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/small_presses/university_of_iowa_press

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/small_presses/university_of_iowa_press [2] https://uipress.uiowa.edu/resources/prospective-authors/submit-proposal [3] https://uipress.uiowa.edu [4] https://www.pw.org/category/publishing_type/online_and_print [5] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/autobiographymemoir [6] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/historical [7] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/narrative_nonfiction [8] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/nature-environmental [9] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/pop_culture [10] https://www.pw.org/category/themes/regional