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North American Review At the NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, we work to make literature and art matter.

10/13/2026

As part of our fifth annual National Coming Out Day event, Maria Nazos Maria Nazos gave a fantastic reading and author talk last evening🏳️‍🌈 This included her poem “Aubade in a Burning Bar,” which she reads here. Thank you for spending the day with us on campus!

Happy October! These are the final weeks to submit work for the 2027 Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize judged by K...
10/01/2026

Happy October! These are the final weeks to submit work for the 2027 Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize judged by Kate Folk, and the 2027 James Hearst Poetry Prize, judged by Forrest Gander. Winner of each prize receives $1,000. Visit https://northamericanreview.org/contests for submission details.

Thanks to visiting Meskwaki poet and novelist Ray Young Bear for the memorable poetry performance and author talk last n...
09/24/2026

Thanks to visiting Meskwaki poet and novelist Ray Young Bear for the memorable poetry performance and author talk last night!

Our fall issue has arrived! This special issue celebrates our longtime cover artist Gary Kelley who passed away in April...
09/18/2026

Our fall issue has arrived! This special issue celebrates our longtime cover artist Gary Kelley who passed away in April. This was his 40th year of working with us. The cover and all interior artwork is by Gary, except for one piece. Read Managing and Visual Art Editor Emily Stowe's essay "My Friend Gary" with her artwork about their relationship. We owe Gary so much, and are honored to have worked with such a legend.

Click the link below to see the table of contents, read the From the Editors, and order a copy. For locals who want to save on shipping, there are a limited number of copies available to purchase at Hearst Center for the Arts with proceeds going toward their Gary Kelley Artist-in-Residence program. 💙

https://northamericanreview.org/magazine

From 1990 until 2014, the biannual journal Short Story published a grab bag of short stories, critical articles, essays,...
08/25/2026

From 1990 until 2014, the biannual journal Short Story published a grab bag of short stories, critical articles, essays, interviews, and book reviews. It represented a unique contribution to the literary world. Well, it’s back—with a new look and vision under the auspices of the North American Review.

For a time, the two publications shared an institutional home at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and after a more than decade-long hiatus, the NAR is reviving its sister journal as an annual to make a home for an eclectic range of short fiction.

In December 2025, NAR opened a new contest to select a Short Story Prize winner, who will be published, along with the other finalists, in Short Story's 2026 publication. Our congratulations to inaugural contest winner Whitney Watson, whose story "In Ypres" was selected by final judge Molly Antopol.

Watch this space to see when copies of the 2026 edition will be available later this year. Learn more and see the other 2026 Short Story Prize notables here:
https://northamericanreview.org/open-space/2026/nar-editors/winners-2026-short-story-prize

08/23/2026

NAR Editor, Rachel Morgan interviews Mihaela Moscaliuc about her latest book, Heartmoor Alice James Books

Have you gotten your copy of the summer issue yet? If not, check out the table of contents, read the letter from the edi...
08/11/2026

Have you gotten your copy of the summer issue yet? If not, check out the table of contents, read the letter from the editors, and order a copy here:
https://northamericanreview.org/magazine

Extremely out of office! Pre-orders of the summer issue and other recent online orders will ship out when managing edito...
07/02/2026

Extremely out of office! Pre-orders of the summer issue and other recent online orders will ship out when managing editor Emily Stowe returns to work on July 8th.

04/27/2026

"Two Nigerias" by Daniel Umemezie, the winner of the 2026 National Youth Poet Laureate from Cedar Falls, Iowa! We had faith in his talent, and as predicted, he took it all the way to the top! 🤩

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