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09/10/2026

Iowa City! Paige Towers will visiting on 9/17 to discuss her latest book, WHAT THEY STOLE: A FAMILICIDE ROOTED IN INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION.

4pm | "The Ethics of Storytelling” with Allison Means and Meenakshi Durham @ Shambaugh House, 430 N Clinton

6:30pm | Reading & signing with Sarah Elgatian @ Sidekick Coffee & Books, 1310 1/2 Melrose Avenue

To learn more about WHAT THEY STOLE, give a listen to Paige’s interview on IPR’s RIVER TO RIVER, which aired 8/11/26.

09/04/2026

🌇 It's a double feature! University of Iowa Press is also giving away 15 copies of Madeleine Moss's MISTRANSLATION 🌇

Log onto and enter via MISTRANSLATION's page. We’ve made it easy by including the link in our bio. Giveaway ends September 22. U.S. residents only.

“The prose is languorous and deft [and] flickers of humor alternate with strong emotions, while shifting perspectives reveal insights and misperceptions. . . . In the captivating novel MISTRANSLATION, family bonds and interpersonal ambiguities are set against the deeper entanglements of human experience."—FOREWORD, starred review

09/03/2026

🌺 Hey! University of Iowa Press is giving away 15 copies of Alexia Nader's THE MEANING OF DAUGHTER 🌺

Log onto and enter via the THE MEANING OF DAUGHTER's page. We’ve made it easy by including the link in our bio. Giveaway ends September 22. U.S. residents only.

“In THE MEANING OF DAUGHTER, Alexia Nader has spun a masterpiece depicting a multigenerational matriarchy. Reaching across silences and negative space, the daughter, mother, and grandmother of Nader’s breathtaking debut each contend with the tension between the lives they desire and the lives they are expected to pursue. Fueled by artistic ambition, filial obligation, and unbridled passion, THE MEANING OF DAUGHTER is a compassionate exploration of love without possession.”—Megan Kamalei Kakimoto, author, EVERY DROP IS A MAN'S NIGHTMARE

08/29/2026

Just a few days left for the Iowa Short Fiction Awards! Share your short stories with us by 8/31, 11:59 CST 🎉

Q: What has winning the 2025 Iowa Short Fiction Award meant to you?

Johnson: “It's an honor to win any award for your writing, but the Iowa Short Fiction Award is really something special. More than the award itself, what means most is finding myself on a press with other writers whose work I admire, and having a collection put together so painstakingly by a great group of people who are just as nitpicky as I am about cover design, copy editing, promotion, etc. I'm immensely satisfied with how the collection turned out, and that sense of satisfaction and accomplishment has fed into my writing, giving me renewed confidence in my slow, methodical approach. And being able to put "award-winning writer" on job applications definitely sets you apart from other candidates, even if you work outside academia like I do.”

📝 The manuscript must be in English and at least 150 word-processed, double-spaced pages.

🎉 There are no submission fees. We repeat: NO SUBMISSION FEES.

👀 Check out the link in bio for more details (and pass along the news to a friend!)

08/28/2026

Rennie Ament, winner of the 2025 Iowa Poetry Prize, will be in Iowa City this Saturday (8/29) to read with 's NORMIE CREEP series!

📍Dave’s Fox Head Tavern

⏰ Doors at 7pm, reading at 7:30pm.

Until then, enjoy these pics of Iowan wildlife accompanied by teasers from Rennie’s FULL-TIME MAMMAL.

08/27/2026

Dolly meant a lot to our team. She was a champion of literature, literacy, love, kindness, education, and joy, and her organization, Imagination Library, provided more than 300 million books to children around the world ❤️

Photo credit: Alan Light, Flickr (1984).

08/25/2026

Hey, Iowa City 👋 UIowa Press author and Whiting Award winner, Hajar Hussaini, will give a free poetry workshop on September 2 from 2-4pm in the Iowa Memorial Union.

In collaboration with the University of Iowa College of Law and ALL Iowa, this event is part of a larger convening of lawyers, leaders, advocates, writers, students, and community members concerned with forcibly displaced people in the United States.

Register here: https://buff.ly/sx2wLTj (or with the link in our stories!)

And learn more about Hajar Hussaini’s collection DISBOUND on the University of Iowa Press website!

08/24/2026

Q: What has winning the 2025 John Simmons Short Fiction Award meant to you?

Sears: “The Mennonite girl inside this book of stories finally found the perfect home at the University of Iowa Press! I’ve travelled, met people, learned a lot, shared the launch with my writing students, and moved forward in my academic career since winning the John Simmons Short Fiction Award. The party continues! Forever grateful to Margot Livesey for selecting WHAT MENNONITE GIRLS ARE GOOD FOR in 2025 and to the wonderful staff at UIPress!”

🎉 Share your short stories with us by 8/31!

📝 The manuscript must be in English and at least 150 word-processed, double-spaced pages.

🎉 There are no submission fees. We repeat: NO SUBMISSION FEES.

👀 Check out the link in bio for more details (and pass along the news to a friend!)

08/17/2026

Q: What has winning the 2022 Iowa Short Fiction Award meant to you?

Bermudez: “Winning the Iowa Short Fiction Award has been a trip––not only an incredible honor, but an avenue to connect with readers, writers, and artists in an inspiring panoply of communities. One of the stories has been adapted to a film, another has led to a forthcoming feature project, and I’ve gotten to do readings on three continents. It’s been an absolute thrill (and an excellent recurring excuse for cake and champagne).”

🎉 Share your short stories with us by 8/31!

📝 The manuscript must be in English and at least 150 word-processed, double-spaced pages.

🎉 There are no submission fees. We repeat: NO SUBMISSION FEES.

👀 Check out the link in bio for more details (and pass along the news to a friend!)

08/11/2026

Q: What has winning the 2026 Iowa Short Fiction Award meant to you?

Blakinger: “Winning this award was a surprise! When I started writing, I wasn’t planning a collection, I was just trying to figure out how to tell an interesting story. That these stories I’ve worked on for so long will soon be a book is thrilling and surreal. Knowing that the collection resonated with contest judge Jess Walter is also a powerful encouragement to me as a writer.”

🎉 Share your short stories with us by 8/31!

📝 The manuscript must be in English and at least 150 word-processed, double-spaced pages.

🎉 There are no submission fees. We repeat: NO SUBMISSION FEES.

👀 Check out the link in bio for more details (and pass along the news to a friend!)

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