''Indiana Review'' (''IR'') is a small, student-run
literary magazine at
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, IUB, or Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana Univer ...
. Founded in 1976, it has a circulation of about 2,000.
A biannual review, ''IR'' publishes essays,
fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying character (arts), individuals, events, or setting (narrative), places that are imagination, imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent ...
, graphic arts, interviews, poetry, and reviews. ''IR'' is funded mainly by subscriptions, contests, grants, and partially by university support.
Works by contributors to ''IR'' have been awarded the
Pushcart Prize and reprinted in The Pushcart Prize Anthology: Best of the Small Presses, as well as in the
O. Henry Awards,
Best American Short Stories,
Best American Poetry, and Best New American Voices.
In addition, ''Indiana Review'' is recognized as one of the top 50 fiction markets by ''
Writer's Digest
''Writer's Digest'' is an American magazine aimed at beginning and established writers. It contains interviews, market listings, calls for manuscripts, and how-to articles.
History
''Writer's Digest'' was first published in December 1920 und ...
'' and in 1996 was selected as the first-place winner of the American Literary Magazine Award.
Past contributors include:
Denise Duhamel
Denise Duhamel (born 1961 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island) is an American poet.
Background
Duhamel received her B.F.A. from Emerson College and her M.F.A. from Sarah Lawrence College. She is a New York Foundation for the Arts recipient and has been r ...
,
Yusef Komunyakaa,
Stuart Dybek,
Sherman Alexie
Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestry from several tribes. He grew up ...
,
Gary Soto,
Philip Levine,
Peter Selgin,
Lucia Perillo,
Campbell McGrath,
Terrance Hayes,
Richard Blanco,
Rafael Campo,
Cornelius Eady,
Marilyn Chin,
Martin Espada,
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974) is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator. Gay is the author of ''The New York Times'' best-selling essay collection ''Bad Feminist'' (2014), as well as the short story collection ''Ayiti ...
,
Ha Jin,
David Kirby,
Bob Hicok,
Reginald Shepherd,
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( ; Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the ''Earthsea'' fantas ...
,
Patrick Rosal,
Peter Tieryas
Peter Tieryas is an American writer. He is the author of ''Bald New World'' (2014) and the ''Mecha Samurai Empire series'' which consists of ''United States of Japan'' (2016), ''Mecha Samurai Empire'' (2018), and ''Cyber Shogun Revolution'' (2020) ...
,
Chitra Divakaruni and
Paul Martínez Pompa.
See also
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List of literary magazines
Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors.
*Because the majority are from the United States, the country of origin ...
Notes
External links
''Indiana Review'' website
1976 establishments in Indiana
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Literary magazines published in the United States
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