We are looking for quality poetry, fiction, humor/satire, Siouxland history, thoughtful nonfiction, book reviews and art: line drawings, photos (clear b&w), woodcuts, computer graphics and other camera-ready b&w art work. Past issues have included contributors such as Pushcart Prize winner Josip Novakovich, New Yorker’s Bill Franzen, Carol Bly, Jenna Blum, James Doyle, Patrick Hicks, Michael Carey, Diane Glancy, Gaylord Brewer, Connie Wanek, Vivian Shipley, Sandra Adelmund, Diane Frank, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Margaret J. Hoehn, and Mary Crow.
 

To Submit

Manuscripts will be accepted from August 1, 2007 through November 1, 2007. Responses should be sent on or before December 31, 2007, and publication will be Spring 2008.

Manuscripts should be previously unpublished, typewritten or letter quality. Author’s name and address must be included on the first page, with author’s name on all pages. Clear photocopies are acceptable. Prose should be double-spaced and is limited to a 6,000 word maximum. Poetry may be single- or double-spaced with clear indications of stanza breaks. Photos or art may be submitted in original form, but we cannot be responsible for damage in transit. Works may also be submitted via disk in Microsoft Word; artwork or photos may be submitted via disk as a TIFF file from Photoshop on Macintosh. Please send a cover letter and short biographical note with all submissions. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. No email submissions.

Payment for contributors is two copies for first rights; additional copies available for $9.00, $12.00 for the general public. All subsequent rights return to contributors, with acknowledgment to The Briar Cliff Review.

Please mail submissions to:

Tricia Currans-Sheehan, Editor
The Briar Cliff Review
3303 Rebecca St.
Sioux City, IA 51104-2100
www.briarcliff.edu/bcreview