The Iowa Review

The Iowa Review publishes short stories, flash fiction, graphic novels, self-contained novel excerpts, and plays (limit 25 pages); poetry of all kinds, including verse plays and longer work (limit 8 poems); and all manner of creative nonfiction, including personal essays, lyric essays, memoirs, and literary journalism (limit 25 pages). We pay $1.50 per line for poetry ($40 minimum) and $0.08 per word for prose ($100 minimum).