The NAR will hold its second annual writing festival on November 14, 2011 at the Cedar Falls Public Library. For more information, please visit the NAR Writing Festival web page linked above.

There are only two weeks left to enter this year's James Hearst Poetry Prize. All entries must be submitted by Midnight Oct. 31.  For more information, please go to the link above.

North American Review has now set up a Twitter where we will keep our followers updated about events, prizes, publications. Watch for quotes from older issues and discuss the state of publication and literature with us. Follow us and we'll follow you!  Find us under NorthAmerReview.  Follow us!

The Summer 2011 issue was released today.  The summer issue is our annual fiction issue and contains stories by Nora Bonner, Kathy Flann, Dianne Benedict and a host of others.  You can order this issue or subscribe through our online store.

The North American Review is happy to announce the opening of this year's annual James Hearst Poetry Prize. This year we are moving the prize to an online system that should simplify the contest. To learn more about the James Hearst Poetry Prize, the rules, or how to submit your entry, follow this link.

The 2011 Spring issue has been shipped.  This is our annual poetry issue and contains the winners of last year's James Hearst Poetry Prize and many other authors. The issue is available for purchase in our online store.  To buy this issue or subscribe click here. 

The NAR is hosting a table at the 33rd annual College Hill Arts Festival which will be held July 15-16, 2011 on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa at the corner of College and 23rd Streets. Come out and meet the editors, get a free magazine, or have a poem written for you by one of our poets.

The 2011 Winter issue has been released.  This issue contains pieces by Charles Conley, Angela Mears, January Gill O’Neil and many others.  The issue is available for purchase in our online store.  To buy this issue or subscribe click here.