A biannual review, IR publishes essays, fiction, graphic arts, interviews, poetry, and reviews. IR is funded mainly by subscriptions, contests, grants, and partially by university support.
Works by contributors to IR have been awarded the Pushcart Prize and reprinted in The Pushcart Prize Anthology: Best of the Small Presses, as well as in the O. Henry Awards, Best American Short Stories, Best American Poetry, and Best New American Voices.[1][2][3][4] In addition, Indiana Review is recognized as one of the top 50 fiction markets by Writer's Digest and in 1996 was selected as the first-place winner of the American Literary Magazine Award.[3]