Browse Iowa Short Fiction Award

The Iowa Short Fiction Award has been presented annually since 1969. In 1998 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. Both national competitions are juried through the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Serious critical consideration is guaranteed by such final judges as Alison Lurie, Raymond Carver, Marilynne Robinson, James Salter, Kevin Brockmeier, and Ethan Canin.

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Lee Abbott
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Dianne Benedict
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Marie-Helene Bertino
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Will Boast
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David Borofka
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Robert Boswell
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Mark Brazaitis
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Pat Carr
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Sharon Dilworth
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Susan M. Dodd
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Merrill Feitell
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James Fetler
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Sohrab Homi Fracis
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H. E. Francis
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Abby Frucht
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Ivy Goodman
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Edward Hamlin
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Beth Helms
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Jim Henry
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Lisa Lenzo
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Kathryn Ma
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Tessa Mellas
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Rod Val Moore
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Elizabeth Oness
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Marilene Phipps-Kettlewell
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Glen Pourciau
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C. E. Poverman
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Michael Pritchett
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Nancy Reisman
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Enid Shomer
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Heather A. Slomski
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Marly Swick
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Barry Targan
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Annabel Thomas
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Jim Tomlinson
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Douglas Trevor