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earthwords showcases and structures community around the best literary and artistic talent of underg SUBMIT HERE: https://earthwords.submittable.com/submit

earthwords: the undergraduate literary review showcases the best literary and artistic endeavors of students attending the University of Iowa, fosters an undergraduate literary community within Iowa City, and provides its staff members with the experience of producing a literary magazine in real time. While earthwords’ board, style, and length change every year, our dedication to promoting the creative works of the University of Iowa’s undergraduate body remains constant in every issue.

28/09/2025

2 weeks left to submit! The countdown has started!

Earthwords accepts poetry, fiction, art and photography, drama, and nonfiction. The deadline is October 12th at 11:50. Use the link in our bio or on our website to submit.

If you have any questions, leave a comment, dm us, or email us at [email protected].

11/09/2025

Submissions for Earthwords, Issue 46 are open! Use the link in the bio to submit!

The deadline to submit is October 12th at 11:59pm. Earthwords accepts poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama, and art and photography.

If you have any questions please message us on Instagram or email us at [email protected]. Have fun and we are thrilled to review all of your submissions!

26/04/2025

Hi earthworms! 🪱

Staff decisions are out so please check your emails. Thank you to everyone who applied and interviewed - you all were amazing!

18/04/2025

Congratulations again to the winners of our 2025 earthwords chapbook contest! Help us celebrate these talented writers and artists while finding new art to engage with by picking up a physical copy 🤗

Where: Magid Center (24 Phillips Hall)
When: Monday — Friday, 9am — 3:30pm

Keep in mind there are limited copies available of each genre, so pick them up as soon as you can!
• Fiction = 23 copies
• Nonfiction = 23 copies
• Drama = 23 copies
• Poetry = 17 copies
• Art = 5 copies

As usual, please contact [email protected] with any questions.

17/04/2025

Join us Tuesday, April 22nd at 5pm on Zoom to hear from UIowa Alum Elsa Richardson-Bach! Elsa is currently an editorial assistant at Penguin Random House and is joining our zoom to answer any and all questions you may have about writing and the publishing industry. We look forward to seeing you all there!
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Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the Magid Center for Writing in advance at 319-467-0026.

09/04/2025

Hello earthworms and earthwords fanatics! Unfortunately, there was a misprint with about half of earthwords Issue 45 copies in which colored pages (art) were inserted out of order.

If you currently have a copy that was misprinted, please:

1. Visit the Magid Center (24 Phillips Hall) and exchange your old copy for a new one

2. Email [email protected] if you need a copy shipped to an address farther away

We still have some accurate versions, but we’re waiting on replacement copies from the printer! Thanks for your patience and continued support of earthwords 🩷

Please contact [email protected] with further questions.

06/04/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to our launch last night! 🫶

Our staff is so honored to share this publication with all of you! We’re so proud of this issue and couldn’t have asked for a better celebration. If you didn’t make it or didn’t pick up a copy at the launch, make sure you go to the Magid Center in the lower level of the Philips Hall!

Thanks again to all of our earthworms and special shoutout to for hosting us!

04/04/2025

Mission Creek is finally here! 🎉✨

In between all the great music, don’t forget to come check out our booth at the Mission Creek Lit Fair tomorrow! Stop by Spare Me Bowling anytime between 12 and 4 to chat with our staff 📖

Hope to see you all there!

26/03/2025

Today's the day! 🖤💛 With everything the Magid Center does for our magazine, including providing funding, aiding with publication, and supporting our initiatives, our earthwords team would like to encourage everyone who is able to give back today in the spirit of One Day for Iowa! Link to give is posted below and can also be found in our bio!
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22/03/2025

Mark your calendars, earthworms! 🪱🗓️

Next Wednesday, 3/26, is One Day for Iowa, UI’s 24-hour online giving day! If you want to show support to the Magid Center’s students and programs, check out the link below and donate 🫶

🔗 to donate:

https://donate.givetoiowa.org/s/1773/1day/19/form.aspx?sid=1773&gid=2&pgid=1260&cid=3284&dids=646.651.782.630.1144.&appealcode=GD2515WGDAC&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZpkDuxpY923_y3ZwIgJVxykrZfQjpsImxkYJb3QqaEwFbMOWI5HIhIEMI_aem_5Q681LZsW1wcATnFxBZgzQ

12/03/2025

Congratulations to the winners of our 2025 Chapbook Contest in Art — La Della Gallagher, Kenna Wolbers, Sarah Morgan, Samantha Burd, Justine Raney, Hannah Versch, and Caroline Börk! 🎉 The art team was looking for for art that explores the feeling of Deja Vu, hoping to capture the liminality of that which feels familiar and yet slightly off, and/or depictions of uncanny nostalgia.
** A preference was placed on art forms other than photography because of the abundance of photography in earthwords Issue 45.

Keep an eye out for the publication of these fantastic artists’ work coming in APRIL 👀

- “Second Life” by La Della Gallagher
- “Recall” & “OK Nation” by Kenna Wolbers
- “Capture” & “Stable Song” by Sarah Morgan
- “I Slept Too Long” & “Orpheus by a River” by Samantha Burd
- “I hope that history remembers us as lovers” by Justine Raney
- “Monet’s Beach” by Hannah Versch
- “Heart” by Caroline Börk

10/03/2025

Are you interested in becoming a part of the oldest literary magazine on campus and working with an amazing team of editors? Great news - earthwords 2025-2026 is now hiring! So many positions are open, so feel free to visit the link below (or in our bio) to learn more and apply. Don’t forget - applications close April 6!

https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5b9BqOsspv98v1c

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