Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2010(2010), No. 148, pp. 1-8. Title: An iteration method for controllability of semilinear parabolic equations Author: Bo Sun (Changsha Univ. of Science and Tech., Hunan, China) Abstract: We present a method based on Picard's idea to construct a sequence of controls and a sequence of solutions of linearized systems such that their limits form a solution to the control problem. By doing this, we simplified the works in the references, and deduced the controllability for semilinear coupled parabolic systems. Submitted May 30, 2010. Published October 20, 2010. Math Subject Classifications: 35K61, 93B05. Key Words: Semilinear; parabolic equation; controllability; iteration method; coupled systems