From Our Authors

In the interview that follows, Clare Needham talks with TMR interns Persy Clark and Kim Potthast about her essay “Cover Up.” In that essay, the author describes her time spent living…    read more

In the interview that follows, Daphne Kalotay talks with TMR intern Angela Horina about her story “Heart Scalded” (TMR 44:2). Viv, the story’s protagonist, is a terminally ill cancer patient…    read more

Thomas Dodson, Winner of the 2020 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize in Fiction for “Keeping” What has winning the Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize meant to you? When I was…    read more

Our June 4 prose feature, “Bewilderness,” was adapted from Karen Tucker’s short story “Anklewood,” which appeared in TMR 40:4. Tucker’s recently published novel from Catapult is a story of female…    read more

Tim Loc’s “If You’re so Smart” captivated us with its sharp writing and  fresh subject: homelessness on college campuses. Recently, TMR staff member Eric True talked with the author about…    read more

Sahar Mustafah is the talented author of our featured fiction, “Triumph,” which first appeared in the summer 2020 issue (43.2) of the Missouri Review. Recently, TMR staff member Vivian Herzog…    read more

We are down to the final days for the 30th Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize. As you know, each year we accept entries in three genres—fiction, poetry, and nonfiction—and…    read more

This craft essay by Katey Schultz is proof that inspiration doesn’t follow a particular timeline. In her case, a story percolated for over decade before she saw it take shape.…    read more

You know by now that winning the Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize means receiving $5000, publication in the Missouri Review, and travel to a gala and reading in Columbia, Missouri.…    read more

Jillian Weiss is the author of our featured nonfiction prose piece “Awakening to Jake.”  You can find the essay here.  We recently had the pleasure of talking with Jillian about the…    read more