Inner Weather

Inner Weather is published annually, highlighting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and artwork. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to submit as many pieces of work as they’d like. A team of contributing editors works diligently through the year, supervising every stage in the publication process: from initial publicity and selection to layout, editing, proofing, printing, and distribution.

The magazine is roughly 70 pages, featuring anywhere from 10 to 30 writers. Since 1997, Inner Weather has also published the winner of the Roberta S. Tamres Award, a science fiction contest established by Provost Aaron Podolevsky in honor of his mother, an avid sci-fi reader.

Each year, Inner Weather is created by UNI students who collect, select and compile the artwork, creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry published in the journal, lead by an editor, assistant editor, art director, and layout artist. The faculty advisor is the current coordinator of the creative writing program.  The deadline for submission is in the late fall semester, and the printed magazine is available in the late spring semester.

Students interested in volunteering for Inner Weather are encouraged to contact the editor at inner-weather@uni.edu. Those who would like to send submissions may do so at any point from the beginning of fall classes to the announced deadline, usually in the late fall semester. Contributors may send submissions via email to inner-weather@uni.edu (in Microsoft Word format, please) or may drop them off in the English department, Baker 117. Contributors may submit as often as they’d like, but each submission should include the author's name, phone number, and email address.

Questions? Comments? Email us at inner-weather@uni.edu.