Iowa Short Fiction Award Winners

The short fiction awards are given to a first collection of fiction in English and are administered through the Iowa Writers' Workshop. The honors are ...more

Winners

	Outside Is the Ocean by Matthew Lansburgh (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 87 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night in Erg Chebbi and Other Stories by Edward Hamlin 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lovers Set Down Their Spoons by Heather A. Slomski (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 87 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lungs Full of Noise by Tessa Mellas 3.70 avg rating — 138 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Safe as Houses by Marie-Helene Bertino (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 484 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Company of Heaven: Stories from Haiti by Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell 3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All That Work and Still No Boys by Kathryn Ma (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 76 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invite by Glen Pourciau 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desert Gothic by Don Waters (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 86 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Things Kept, Things Left Behind by Jim Tomlinson (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 110 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Thin Tear in the Fabric of Space by Douglas Trevor (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 34 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What You've Been Missing by Janet Desaulniers 4.40 avg rating — 40 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bring Me Your Saddest Arizona by Ryan Harty 4.06 avg rating — 235 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Kind of Want by Jennifer S. Davis 4.37 avg rating — 41 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ticket to Minto: Stories of India and America by Sohrab Homi Fracis 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Articles of Faith by Elizabeth Oness 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House Fires by Nancy Reisman 4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Friendly Fire by Kathryn Chetkovich 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thank You for Being Concerned and Sensitive by Jim Henry really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hints of His Mortality by David Borofka 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	May You Live in Interesting Times by Tereze Gluck it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating Iowa Short Fiction Award (1995)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Igloo among Palms by Rod Val Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where Love Leaves Us by Renée Manfredi 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1993)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Macauley's Thumb by Lex Williford 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1993)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Happiness by Ann Harleman (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1993)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Body to You by Elizabeth Searle 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Traps (Iowa Short Fiction Award; 1991) by Sondra Spatt Olsen 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1991)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ant Generator by Elizabeth Harris 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1991)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hole in the Language by Marly Swick 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1990)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lent: The Slow Fast by Starkey Flythe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings Iowa Short Fiction Award (1989)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars