''The Briar Cliff Review'' is a

literary journal A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters ...

based in

Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City () is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County, ...

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, home of

Briar Cliff University Briar Cliff University is a private Franciscan university in Sioux City, Iowa. History In March 1929, Mother Mary Dominica Wieneke, Major Superior of the Sisters of Saint Francis of Dubuque, Iowa, along with the Most Rev. Edmond Heelan, Bishop ...

. ''The Review'' was founded in

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and has awarded its well-renowned prizes in fiction and poetry since 1996. The current editors are Tricia Currans-Sheehan, Phil Hey (Fiction), Jeanne Emmons (Poetry) and Paul Weber (Nonfiction). Previous winners of the Briar Cliff Review fiction prize include Jacob M. Appel's "The Final Word in Bee Keeping" (2000), Jasmine Beach-Ferrara's "A Caveat" (2003), Rebecca Tuch's "Stop Saying My Name" (2006), and Scott H. Andrews's "A Brief Swell of Twilight" (2007). Winning poets include Elizabeth Volpe (2004) and Deborah DeNicola (2007) and Cris Miller (2011).

Jenna Blum Jenna Blum (born c. 1970) is an American writer who has written three novels, ''Those Who Save Us'', ''The Stormchasers'', and ''The Lost Family'' .Nancy Harris, The Boston Globe, 2014 Accessed Feb. 2, 2014 In 2013, she was selected by the ''Mode ...

's short story

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first appeared in the 14th issue of ''The Briar Cliff Review'' (2002). Siobhan Fallon won the 2010 fiction prize for her short story "Burning." She later included the story in her first book '' You Know When the Men Are Gone.''

Awards

*2002 Gold Crown Award *2000

Pacemaker Award The National Pacemaker Awards are awards for excellence in American student journalism, given annually since 1927. The awards are generally considered to be the highest national honors in their field, and are unofficially known as the "Pulitzer ...

*1999 Gold Crown Award *1998 Gold Crown Award *1997 Silver Crown Award *1995 Pacemaker Award *1994 Gold Crown Award *1993 Gold Crown Award *1992 Silver Crown Award

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Briar Cliff Review Awards

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