The Briar Cliff Review
| Discipline | Literary journal |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Tricia Currans-Sheehan |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1989-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Briar Cliff Rev. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1550-0926 |
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The Briar Cliff Review is a literary journal based in Sioux City, Iowa, USA, home of Briar Cliff University. The Review was founded in 1989 and has awarded its well-renowned prizes in fiction and poetry since 1996. The current editors are Tricia Currans-Sheehan, Rich Yates (design), Jeanne Emmons (Poetry), Jeff Gard / Amelia Skinner Saint (Fiction), Jeff Baldus (Art), and Paul Weber / Ryan Allen (Nonfiction).
The final issue of the Briar Cliff Review is to be Volume 35 (2023).
Previous winners of the Briar Cliff Review fiction prize include Jacob M. Appel's "The Final Word in Bee Keeping" (2000), George V. Tucker's "Norman, Oklahoma" (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), Deborah DeNicola (2007) and Sarah Sousa (2011).
Jenna Blum's short story Those Who Save Us 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.