The Iowa Short Fiction Award and the John Simmons Short Fiction Award are open to any writer who has not previously published a volume of prose fiction. Revised manuscripts that have previously been entered may be resubmitted. Writers who have previously published a volume of poetry are eligible. Award-winning manuscripts will be published by the University of Iowa Press under the Press's standard contract. Stories previously published in periodicals are eligible for inclusion.
Xeroxed copies are acceptable.
Stamped, self-addressed return packaging must accompany the manuscript. Please do not send cash, checks, or money orders. Reasonable care is taken, but we are not responsible for loss of manuscripts in the mails or for the return of those not accompanied by a stamped envelope. We assume the author retains a copy of the manuscript. No application forms are necessary.