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Iron Horse

7 months

1/16 On Sept 28, our editor received a message inside FB messenger that IHLR had violated FB copyright rules. The message used the Meta Business Suite logo and reported we had the FB standard 180 days to respond. @facebook

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Iron Horse

@IHLR

3 months

We're officially accepting submissions for our next Open Issue! There's no set theme, so send along whatever darling stories, essays, and poems you'd like. We can't wait to see what you've been working on ❤️ Submit by March 15 at

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Iron Horse

@IHLR

1 year

Now accepting submissions for our poetry chapbook. #poetry #chapbook

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@IHLR

3 months

Writers: get your essays, poems, and stories ready! We will start accepting submissions for our open issue on FEBRUARY 1. No theme, so send us you latest and greatest 👏 Gates opening soon at

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@IHLR

7 months

We are so grateful for those of you who submit to us, who trust us with your often very personal and intimate work. We always do our best to treat your words with care and kindness—and even if we decline a piece, know we are thankful you submitted and hope you do so again 💕

Tammy Greenwood

@tc_greenwood

7 months

I'm really impressed with the care and kindness some journals put into their rejections. @IHLR made my day today with such a rejection. We all could use a little kindness.

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Iron Horse

@IHLR

3 months

In ONE WEEK, we will begin accepting submissions for our next Open Issue! No theme: just send us your beautiful poems, stories, and essays. You all continue to amaze us, and we can't wait to read your latest work 📖 Submit soon at

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@IHLR

11 months

Don't forget to write an ekphrastic response to this photo. Responses should be no longer than 500 words for prose or 15 lines for poetry. $250 for the winning piece. Submissions accepted July 1-August 30th.

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@IHLR

2 years

Our free submit day for the IHLR First Book Prize in Prose is on the horizon! IHLR wants our submissions to be accessible to all. If you can afford to pay the fee, we ask that you do not submit on this free day. Keep an eye out for our submission link on 7/15!

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Iron Horse

@IHLR

1 year

It is our great pleasure to announce that @sfreligh and her story "Heaven" is the winner of our 2023 Longstory contest. We'd also like to congratulate @SummerDHammond as the runner up.

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@IHLR

7 months

We stand wholeheartedly with GR in light of this horrible situation, & we encourage IHLR readers to contact the college’s president, Bob Iuliano, and provost, Jamila Bookwalla, to protest the decision: riuliano @gettysburg .edu 717-337-6010 jbookwal @gettysburg .edu 717-337-6820

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Iron Horse

@IHLR

10 months

Hey, writers! We've extended our FREE Submit Day through tomorrow, July 16th, at midnight. Visit our website for the links to submit without a fee to both our Annual First Book Prize as well as our Annual PhotoFinish Competition!

Gates Open | ihlr

www.ironhorsereview.com

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@IHLR

5 months

A mother. A wife. A bartender. A mistress. Neighbors. Friends. And “someone with a secret.” Congratulations to @lesliepwriter , winner of our 2024 Long Story Contest! We'll publish her remarkable story "F-I-N-E" this coming year. We can't wait for you all to experience it ✨

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@IHLR

8 months

Prose writers: remember to get your 20-40 page essays or stories ready for our Long Story 2024 contest! The deadline is October 15 👏 Submit here: #WritingCommunity #amwriting

Iron Horse

@IHLR

8 months

Prose Writers: We're officially accepting submissions for our Long Story 2024 contest! 👏 We want your 20-40 page essays or stories. The winner gets $1000 and solo publication as an e-issue of Iron Horse! Submit here:

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@IHLR

7 months

We're now accepting submissions for our 2024 themed issue! Send us poems, stories, & essays that center around *UNLAWFUL ACTS*: misdemeanors to felonies, war crimes to white collar crimes, perpetrators in the home or at work 🕵️‍♀️🔎 Submit Here:

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@IHLR

1 year

End of day 2. Oh my lord. #AWP23

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@IHLR

4 years

@mystywtrs @JudyJudyinTexas @wk3003wk @donchartier @bessbell Good luck. I hope your loved ones and neighbors survive your right to walk the beach and go shopping.

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@IHLR

3 years

We're so excited to share our talented finalists for the 2021 IHLR Chapbook Competition! One of these manuscripts will be our chapbook winner. Congrats to these poets! @noel_christen @k_ivertown @swellbunny @annasandyelrod @mchangpoet @phlat_soda @aliner

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@IHLR

7 months

Get ready! The free submit day for our NaPoMo and Long Story contests is SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1—just ONE WEEK AWAY! We will take up to 25 free submissions for each contest, both of which offer a $1,000 prize. Submit Here:

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@IHLR

1 year

The rare Lubbock, TX snow day. #readingday #senduswork #write #snowday

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@IHLR

1 year

New year, new projects. Send us your work.

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@IHLR

4 years

@mystywtrs @JudyJudyinTexas @wk3003wk @donchartier @bessbell Sure, Shelley. Go ahead and go to the beach.

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@IHLR

7 years

If #totes are your thing, we've got one. And postcards to send our #power to #senators . #AWP17 #writersresist

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@IHLR

2 months

It's almost time! The free submit day for our Prose Chapbook Content & our Open Issue is FRIDAY, MARCH 1—just ONE WEEK AWAY! We'll take up to 25 free submissions in both categories, so make sure your materials are raring to go 🐴 Until then, submit here:

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@IHLR

3 years

And the winner of the 2021 IHLR #Chapbook Competition: Roseanna Alice Boswell ( @swellbunny )! We can't wait to #publish Imitating Light! In a year when we haven't seen much illumination, this mss has lifted us every damn time we read it! Release Date: November 2021! #amreading

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@IHLR

6 months

We are delighted to announce the semi-finalists for the 2023 @IHLR and @TTUPress prize for a first book of collected prose! We received a ton of wonderful submissions, and each of these authors has our praise and gratitude for the stellar work they sent our way. Congrats, all 🥳

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@IHLR

6 months

There are only 5 days left to submit to our Unlawful Acts issue, so we're sharing some reading recommendations! Here are some of our editor's favorite pieces related to the theme, featuring work by D. Winston Brown, @TaylorByas3 , @tejucole , & Junji Ito.

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@IHLR

4 years

With a heavy heart, I announce that IHLR will not be at #AWP20 . While the risk is minimal for people with strong immune systems, I have two elderly parents--the best parents ever--who I'm responsible for. I've made myself sick deliberating over it. I'm calling it, 5:09 p.m.

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@IHLR

11 months

Oh my goodness, @britishmuseum , you can't seem to do the right thing. What is wrong with you? Writers are striking in the US because they can't get appropriate pay and credit. #namethetranslator #WritersStrike

Yilin @ The Lantern and the Night Moths is OUT NOW

@yilinwriter

11 months

I had an email that was super condescending

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@IHLR

4 months

New Year, New Submittable Gates 🥂 In five days, we will begin accepting submissions for our Prose Chapbook Contest! Collections should be 40-56 pages long, double-spaced—and as always, the winner will receive $1,000 and publication! See you soon at ✨

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@IHLR

6 months

CONGRATULATIONS to our 2023 Pushcart Prize nominees! We're so grateful to have published these phenomenal pieces over this past year, and we remain in awe of their authors' boundless empathy, creativity, and command of craft 💕

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@IHLR

2 months

It's finally here! Use the following special links to access our FREE SUBMIT DAY gates. We'll take up to 25 submissions in both categories. Open Issue: Prose Chapbook:

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@IHLR

4 months

We are officially accepting submissions for our Prose Chapbook Contest! Collections should be 40-56 pages long, double-spaced. The winner will receive $1,000 and publication. The gates are open until March 15. Send us your beautiful work at ❤️

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Iron Horse

@IHLR

6 years

Chen Chen, our former managing editor, won the 2017 Writers' League of Texas Book Award for Poetry and the Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry for his book, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities. Congratulations, Chen! @chenchenwrites

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@IHLR

3 months

The author is here! @papasuzuki is signing copies of his award winning chapbook, BUST OF AN ATHLETE, right now at the Iron Horse booth.

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@IHLR

3 years

Do you have a long story or essay? Gather those 20-40 pages and get ready for IHLR's free submit day tomorrow, Sept. 1st! We want to read your long stories that can't be easily contained, those sprawling, lengthy tales. We will take 25 free submissions. Winner receives $1000!

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@IHLR

4 years

@mystywtrs @JudyJudyinTexas @wk3003wk @donchartier @bessbell Sure enough. Your freedom is about your right to kill other people.

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@IHLR

2 months

Just a few days away, all! The free submit day for our Prose Chapbook Contest & our Open Issue is THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 1! We will take up to 25 free submissions in both categories. Until then, submit here:

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@IHLR

2 months

In less than 24 hours, the gates will open and the FREE SUBMIT DAY for our Prose Chapbook Contest and Open Issue will begin 👏 We will take up to 25 free submissions for each category. Stay tuned to our social media feeds, where we'll post the unique submission link at midnight!

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@IHLR

2 years

Excited to announce our Pushcart Prize nominees for 2021! Congratulations to these authors: @jkdpoetry , @adamgellings , @Joe_Betz_ , @swellbunny , @StevenLeeMoore , and Andrea Mummert Puccini!

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@IHLR

11 months

It's here! The 2023 winner of the IHLR Long Story Competition: "Heaven," by @Sarahfreligh . This haunting tale considers the after-shocks of a mass shooting in a small community. You won't forget her characters any time soon! Read it for free right here!

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@IHLR

2 years

Our Book Prize semi-finalist: @AFB16 , @BullisJennifer , @tjdelizza , Susan Finch, Mathew Goldberg, @BernardGrantAu , Rachel Hanson, @Patrick_T_Henry , Michael Mattes, @ap_mess , @laurenrhoades , @EllenRhudy , @gage__saylor , Lana Spendl, @Jeffereyspivey , and Kimm Stammen

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@IHLR

7 months

FREE SUBMIT DAY IS HERE! 👏👏👏 We will take up to 25 free submissions for each of our contests— NaPoMo and Long Story—both of which offer a $1,000 prize! Submit Here:

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Iron Horse

@IHLR

2 years

IHLR is back in office! After a sweltering West Texas summer, we're back and ready to read! We have some new submission gates open as of 8/15, and we're looking forward to reading the work you submitted this summer!

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@IHLR

5 months

We've officially selected our 2024 Long Story runner-up & winner, which we'll announce soon! However, you all sent us INCREDIBLE work, & it was so hard to pick a winner. So, please join us in celebrating these great writers, who were our contest semi-finalists and finalists 🥳

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@IHLR

6 years

Past Managing Editor @chenchenwrites celebrates passing his dissertation defense with current Managing Editor @AllOfTheJess . Congrats, Dr. Chen! #poets #officefamily #gradschool

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@IHLR

4 years

We're now accepting poetry and prose subs for Open Issue! Free day 1/28. Submit via @submittable . We look forward to reading your work.

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@IHLR

7 months

It's almost here! The free submit day for our NaPoMo and Long Story contests is SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1—only THREE DAYS AWAY! We will take up to 25 free submissions for each contest, both of which offer a $1,000 prize. Submit Here:

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@IHLR

5 months

We're thrilled, thrilled, THRILLED to reveal the cover for our 2023 chapbook contest winner, BUST OF AN ATHLETE by @papasuzuki ! We'll start taking pre-orders for this marvelous collection of poems on December 28, with delivery planned for early in the new year 👏

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@IHLR

5 months

We've narrowed down our selections for the 2023 @IHLR and @TTUPress prize for a first book of collected prose! Please congratulate our wonderful finalists 🥳 Selecting a winner from these stellar books will be a true challenge—you're all SUCH GOOD WRITERS, oh my goodness!

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@IHLR

7 months

Thank you, Sarah! 💕 And if you haven't yet, make sure you read her fantastic story HEAVEN, the winner of our 2023 Long Story contest. It's available for free here:

Heaven: A Story by Sarah Freligh

Winner of the 2023 IHLR Long Story

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Sarah Freligh

@sfreligh

7 months

@tc_greenwood @IHLR They are wonderful to work with. Keep sending. I submitted MANY times to them before I broke through with an acceptance

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@IHLR

2 years

IHLR always has a free submission day for open calls - if you can't afford to submit to our chapbook competition because of the fee, be sure to submit to our free day on March 1st! link to the free submission portal will be posted on social media!

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@IHLR

3 years

Our associate editors work so hard on our feedback and we love giving it! 🥺🥺 💜💜 so happy it’s appreciated.

Sam Ferrante

@samjferrante

3 years

@IHLR has a tickbox in their submittable portal that lets writers decide if they want feedback on their work. I am just in awe of this act of organized literary citizenship.

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@IHLR

3 months

The plush cavalry is here! Make sure to come by Booth 1211 at #AWP if you want to adopt a new friend or enjoy some steep discounts 💜

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@IHLR

2 months

Congratulations to the runners-up of our 2023 First Book Prize contest: Steve Chang, Katherine Connor, & @AFB16 . Narrowing down was SO hard, but we know these works will find good homes, & we can't wait to read them again when they do 💖 We'll announce the winner tomorrow!

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@IHLR

4 years

@mystywtrs @JudyJudyinTexas @wk3003wk @donchartier @bessbell That "insult" is like insisting doctors don't know anything about medicine or saving lives. ... Oh, wait. You do that, too.

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@IHLR

4 months

We've officially selected our 2024 NaPoMo winner, which we'll announce soon. However, please join us in celebrating these incredible finalists, all of whom will have poems appearing in our April issue! We can't wait for you to read these pieces—they are absolutely stupendous 👏

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@IHLR

7 months

ICYMI: Our submission gates are OPEN for our UNLAWFUL ACTS themed issue! We're looking for stories, poems, and essays—deadline Nov. 15! Submit here:

Iron Horse

@IHLR

7 months

We're now accepting submissions for our 2024 themed issue! Send us poems, stories, & essays that center around *UNLAWFUL ACTS*: misdemeanors to felonies, war crimes to white collar crimes, perpetrators in the home or at work 🕵️‍♀️🔎 Submit Here:

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@IHLR

1 year

Congratulations to former @IHLR Managing Editor, @brookleemc , whose book-length lyric essay, in the form of a glossary, has been named the winner of the @PermafrostMag Book Prize, judged by @_JoyCastro ! So proud of him! #nonfiction #amwriting #dictionaryofmodernconsternation

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@IHLR

1 year

Anyone want to party? We'd like to announce the contributors for our Party Issue. You can read their wonderful work and party with us in the fall of '23.

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@IHLR

5 months

It's our party & we'll brag if we want to 🙌 Here are just some of the guests of honor featured in our Party Issue, including Sue Brennan, @MCzyzniejewski , Melinda Goodman, Henry Hughes, @teresa_milbrodt , Andrew Miller, & @hmvanderhart ! Pre-order here:

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@IHLR

2 years

For all the #IHLR contributors and #AWP22 writers & readers who've told us how beautiful our journal is: my father was the designer who established our look & covers, & then taught me everything I know. Every time you tell us, you've made me remember him. Thank you! ❤

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@IHLR

4 years

If you're looking to read two fantastic collections of poetry during the holiday season, we recommend any book by @ilya_poet and @adalimon . #thankyou #standingwithyou #whitenoise #muteit #poetrycommunity #gifts

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@IHLR

4 months

Happy New Year to all of our followers, subscribers, submitters, and contributors. Thank you for a wonderful 2023! As we close the year, we hope you enjoy our annual PhotoFinish Issue. #Read and download it here for #free ! #amreading #HappyNewYear2024

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@IHLR

2 years

We're so excited to announce our finalists for the IHLR First Book Prize - we narrowed down our semi-finalist list to ten stellar manuscripts that we're thrilled to pass on to our final judge, Katie Cortese. Congratulations to these authors!

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@IHLR

1 year

Congratulations! @ShipAgarwal @caralynnalbert @CivitaVeritas @nsjamir11 @HadleyMoore10 Alice Templeton Danilo Thomas Amanda Doak @BooyTweets Bill Gaythwaite @SummerDHammond @dylondersnow @BhavikaSicka David Stevenson @emilyteitsworth @sfreligh

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@IHLR

8 months

📣 We are so excited to announce the winner of our 2023 Poetry Chapbook Contest: Maxwell Suzuki! @papasuzuki 's winning collection, BUST OF AN ATHLETE, will be available before the holiday season. It's powerful, entrancing, gorgeous, and we can't wait for you all to read it! ✨

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@IHLR

2 months

Congrats to 'Lucky Bodies' by Marianne Erhardt, our 2023 book prize winner! On the book, @TTUPress director @KatieCortese writes: "I loved the language and the moving depictions of parenthood, which felt true and full of sentiment without resorting to truisms or sentimentality."

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@IHLR

3 months

Congrats to Shelly Cato, winner of our 2024 NaPoMo contest! Her winning poem, I WILL CARRY HER HOME, centers the Warrior River in Alabama & grapples with the intersectionality of nature & generational trauma. We're excited to share this wonderful piece with everyone in April!

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@IHLR

7 months

We told you @sfreligh 's long story is good, and this is just the beginning 😉 Read the full thing here:

Heaven: A Story by Sarah Freligh

Winner of the 2023 IHLR Long Story

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Robin "Defend Democracy & read books" Kirk

@RobinKirk

7 months

#1linewed #shortstory @sfreligh @ihlr

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@IHLR

6 months

TOMORROW is the free submit day for our UNLAWFUL ACTS issue! Don't stay out too late trick-or-treating, as we'll share the secret FREE SUBMIT LINK here at MIDNIGHT CT and take up to 25 submissions total. Until then, all of us at Iron Horse wish you a HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🎃🍬

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@IHLR

1 year

It's our 25th anniversary. Come by Office 210 in English and Philosophy for free cookies, free issues, & our book sale (nothing over $2!). We'd love to see you! #amreading #booksale #cookies @CWatTexasTech @TTUArtsSciences @TTUEnglish

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@IHLR

7 months

Meet one of our new Managing Editors: Emma Aylor! Her poetry considers place, memory, and family, often through the lens of haunting. Her debut collection, Close Red Water (winner of the Barrow Street Poetry Book Prize), releases this Sunday! Order here:

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@IHLR

1 year

We met NAOMI SHIHAB NYE! She loved our @IHLR horses and helped us pitch them to passersby! Just hours after her #AWP23 tribute. ❤❤❤ #generous #famouswritersliftingusup

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@IHLR

1 month

Our hearts go out to all the presses impacted by SPD's sudden closure, many of which are friends of Iron Horse 💔 We're rooting for you during this incredibly tough time, and we hope this session by @CLMPorg helps.

CLMP

@CLMPorg

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We're hosting an emergency session tomorrow, March 29, at 12 PM ET for presses previously distributed by SPD to hear advice and discuss next steps. We'll be joined by Nicole Baxter of @BookmobilePrint . Learn more and register:

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5 years

We're bursting with pride for all the @IHLR folks awarded NEA grants this year! Congratulations to @chenchenwrites (former managing editor), Jennifer S. Cheng (19.2), @TianaClarkPoet (19.2), @GeffreyDavis (poetry editor), and Ilya Kaminsky (6.2) @mooncake @ilya_poet

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4 years

@mystywtrs @JudyJudyinTexas @wk3003wk @donchartier @bessbell Yay for you. Must be nice to find a pandemic entertaining.

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6 months

Meet one of our new Managing Editors: @BibianaOssai ! Her work examines loss, oppression, religion, and gender through the lenses of history, trauma, haunting, and myths. She draws inspiration from her Nigerian roots. Read some of her recent work here:

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@mystywtrs @JudyJudyinTexas @wk3003wk @donchartier @bessbell If you think what I'm saying is funny, then you are entertaining yourself with a pandemic. Nothing I'm saying is humorous. It's deadly serious. Key word: deadly.

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Our submission gate for the 2024 NaPoMo prize is now open! 🥳 Send packets of up to 5 poems to our contest. Winner's prize is $1000, and we pay and publish ten finalists! Submit here:

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2 years

In addition to our NaPoMo contest, we're also opening for our annual Long Story contest on 8/15 as well! Send us your LONG work - in nonfiction and fiction - manuscripts that run between 20 and 40 pages. Winner receives $1000! Read past winners here:

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@IHLR

3 years

We're so excited to release our 23.1 Feast Issue! featuring work by @chloepoet @doctorVpoetry @MFADayJob @Joe_Betz_ @GPisMe @GabrielleBates , @Fianigian , Emily Pegg, Zane Biebelle, Josh Myers, and Anthony Thomas Lombardi! Purchase for just $5 at

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6 years

Thanks to our readers, contributors, & submitters who voted for us! We had a good time, connecting with many #RedRaiders , new readers & followers, & other great magazines, especially @thearkint and @TouchstoneKSU . And thanks, @LitMagMadness , for the great PR opportunity!

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We're throwing a party, and you're all invited 🎉🎊 Our Party Issue is now available for pre-order. We can't wait for you all to see the incredible poems and stories in this one! Pre-order here:

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@IHLR

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Prose Writers: We're officially accepting submissions for our Long Story 2024 contest! 👏 We want your 20-40 page essays or stories. The winner gets $1000 and solo publication as an e-issue of Iron Horse! Submit here:

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@IHLR

8 months

We're accepting submissions for our 2024 NaPoMo contest! Send poems to — winner's prize is $1000, and we pay and publish ten finalists! You can read last year's winning poem by the incredible @lily_greenberg online right now:

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1 year

Issue 25.1 is packed, delivered, and in the mail! ps. We've had the same mailman for all 25 years of IHLR.

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@IHLR

3 years

Hey, #editors , we should be better than this and deserve it when we get called out. This is all kinds of unprofessional & power-over garbage. Let's try hard to give helpful feedback, not cruelty or arrogant insults.

laurellit

@laurellit1

3 years

I just got a SUPER MEAN rejection letter for a flash fiction piece. It was mocking and condescending and they misinterpreted my story, which may be a flaw in the writing, but still... I didn't know rejections could be so harsh. #amwriting #writercommunity

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3 years

We're coming up on your last week to submit to IHLR's Open Issue! We're reading poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for this issue and we want to see what you've got up your sleeves! Submit until March 15th at

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@IHLR

4 years

We just sent the issues to the post office, so the day is here! Release day for IHLR 22.2, our NaPoMo issue! Purchase today, only $5! Featuring work by @TaylorByas3 @OurLadyOfNod @rmennies @GeorgeBilgere @CAGerardPoet @JaniceNortherns @sj_nance and more!

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3 years

We're so excited to announce the semi-finalists for the @TTUPress and IHLR Prize for a First Book of Prose! We've loved reading these manuscripts! Stay tuned in the coming weeks for our finalists and (eventually) our winner! Thanks to all who submitted to this inaugural contest!

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Writers: you only have 3 DAYS LEFT to catch the culprit (aka submit to our themed issue)! We want to read your poems, essays, & stories centered around UNLAWFUL ACTS, so make sure to submit them by the Nov. 15 deadline via

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3 years

In one week, submission gates for IHLR's first book prize in partner with Texas Tech University Press will OPEN! Prize is $1000 and publication by TTU Press. Submission guidelines and more information here:

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1 year

So @Twitter disabled our ability to follow people. If you follow us & we don't reciprocate, thank @Twitter . We don't meet any criteria for "following violations," & they claim to reverse these blocks in less than 72 hours. It's been a WEEK. Is anyone manning the ship, @Twitter ?

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5 years

Our managing editor, Nancy Wayson Dinan, has sold her novel, THINGS YOU WOULD KNOW IF YOU GREW UP AROUND HERE, about the 2015 Texas floods, to Bloomsbury, at auction, for publication in summer 2020. Congratulations, Nancy!

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2 months

The latest issue of Iron Horse is officially in our office, complete with a brand new cover format 🤩 Subscribers, expect it in your mailbox soon! If you're not subscribed and want a copy, you can order one at

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@IHLR

2 months

Writers: you only have 5 DAYS LEFT to submit to our prose chapbook contest (with a $1000 prize) and open issue! We want to read your poems, essays, & stories, so make sure to submit them by the Mar. 15 deadline via

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3 years

Today is our free submission day for our Bliss Issue! Send us your poems, stories, and essays that address ideas of joy, thrill, pleasure, delight! Submit at the following free-submission link, only available on social media and our website:

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2 years

Congrats to our chapbook semi-finalists! We're so excited to choose our winner and finalists from this stellar batch of prose chapbook manuscripts! Stay tuned! @ShulyCawood @swissbooks @jackiecraven @dustinmhoffman @JMcJohnson @ingrid_keenan @ecplouffe @SaulLemerond @weoleson

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2 years

If you missed our midnight posting, here it is again! Today is the free submission day for IHLR's First Book Prize in Prose! First 25 manuscripts submitted through this link are free! Submit here:

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6 months

We're officially closed for submissions to our Unlawful Acts issue! Thanks, super sleuths, for giving us so much evidence to read through 🔍 We'll open for submissions again in early 2024, so start preparing your work for our unthemed issue & our prose chapbook contest!

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