Bellevue Literary Review

An independent literary journal of fiction, nonfiction, & poetry about health, illness, & healing. Issue 50, featuring the 2026 BLR Prizewinners, coming soon.

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What an honor to be featured on PBS @NewsHour with a feature about our 25th anniversary! It's a lovely segment that highlights our pioneering editor @danielleofri, along with writers whose work sits at the intersection of health and the arts.

https://t.co/I7Ma8fzu9t

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This week's featured issue — part of our 25th anniversary lookback— showcases winners of our annual contest and much more. The BLR Prizes for this issue were selected by judges Francine Prose, Cornelius Eady, and Susan Orlean.
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Tonight! 🔥 We're thrilled to host @Morgan_J_Talty for a BLR BookTalk about his riveting novel FIRE EXIT. Come if you love books, talking about books, and going behind the scenes with authors! (Free, 7pm ET)
https://t.co/6XT6yIfXwJ

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Get those final edits done! 📢 Both general & contest submissions will be closing July 1. Submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction on health, illness, & healing.

This year's contest judges are the remarkable Natalie Diaz, Daniel Mason, & Meghan O'Rourke.

https://t.co/TjIFfECJQu

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Fascinated by the writing journey? Love deep-diving into books and creativity? Join us this Thursday for a live, online conversation with author @Morgan_J_Talty and BLR editors @danielleofri & @doris_dwycheng

Free, RSVP: https://t.co/6XT6yIfXwJ

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Attention, book lovers! The next BLR BookTalk features @Morgan_J_Talty, the bestselling & award-winning author of FIRE EXIT, who will be joined in conversation by BLR's @danielleofri & @doris_dwycheng.

🗓️ Thurs, June 11, 7 p.m. ET
💻 Online, free
✨ RSVP: https://t.co/6XT6yIfXwJ

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Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. BLR was proud to partner w/ @NorthwellHealth Center for Gun Violence Prevention on a multimedia project exploring how we can bring the arts into the conversation when grappling with the enormity of gun violence https://t.co/ssa57v7Osr

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This week's featured issue of BLR takes us back to our 10th anniv, a milestone that was shared by Bellevue Hospital's 275th. The expanded issue contains "Illness as Muse" by Rafael Campo, highlighted here as part of our 25th anniversary lookback. https://t.co/F8v1AMzpvN

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And while books are on your mind, remember to RSVP for the next BLR BookTalk! We'll be talking with @Morgan_J_Talty, author of our first Book Club pick, FIRE EXIT (June 11 at 7pm ET, free, online) https://t.co/6XT6yIfXwJ

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Looking for your next literary escape? With Book Clubs on our mind — BLR's first one just wrapped! — here are some recommended reads from our editorial team, from memoir to poetry to fiction.

See more of our picks here: https://t.co/VLCNxHUd9e

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Writers: please note that our Submittable site appears to be down this morning. We've reached out to them and hope to have it back up as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience.

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Attention, book lovers! The next BLR BookTalk features @Morgan_J_Talty, the bestselling & award-winning author of FIRE EXIT, who will be joined in conversation by BLR's @danielleofri & @doris_dwycheng.

🗓️ Thurs, June 11, 7 p.m. ET
💻 Online, free
✨ RSVP: https://t.co/6XT6yIfXwJ

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Find your next favorite writers in these new magazine issues! Our May roundup features new works published in @AdiMagazine, @AfterDinnerCon, @beestungmag, @BLReview, @CincinnReview, @FabulistTales, @TheHudsonReview, @kenyonreview, and more: https://t.co/7s0Bp6KS6K

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Bellevue Literary Review Issue 50 celebrates the publication's 25th Anniversary! Enjoy reading the winning entries the 2026 BLR Literary Prize for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and more.

#litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity
@BLReview https://t.co/NJPOC2TRn1

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"Literature has always offered succor to patients, families, and caregivers with an intensity that far supersedes the mere scratches of ink on the page." This week's featured issue—part of our 25th anniv lookback—includes a very special dedication & more. https://t.co/ESY5WJYvg5

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Hope you'll join us tomorrow for a live online reading to celebrate BLR's new issue and meet the authors! 📖Hear from readers, including the winners of the 2026 BLR Prizes, as they read from their poems, stories, and essays.

RSVP for the link: https://t.co/OH3kqoybHQ

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"It’s okay if you’re late, they understand...” Amy Haddad’s "The Day After Memorial Day,” from BLR Issue 10.

https://t.co/rIB2qMHh6f
#poetry #poem #memorialday

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Literary journals help nurture writers' careers. This week's featured issue includes early writing by authors who went on to become national bestsellers: Kali Fajardo-Anstine & Celeste Ng, whose story is highlighted here as part of our 25th anniv lookback. https://t.co/qCj3fJ82Mu

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🎉25 years
📖10,000 pages
🖊️2,000 writers, editors, reviewers, and artists
👥Countless readers, audience members, community connections

Join BLR's $25 for 25 campaign to help celebrate this milestone and carry our work forward into the next 25 years!

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This week, we revisit an early contest issue. 📖 Three pieces from Issue 18 are highlighted here, as part of our 25th anniversary lookback. Fun fact: poet Amanda Auchter is the only prizewinner to be awarded 1st place & hon. mention in the same year! https://t.co/fmwOlO9YKZ

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The Bellevue Literary Review is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The journal has also grown into a larger literary arts organization with events, writing workshops and more. https://t.co/FyL7rtTKDq

[Seth Peterson @DrSethPT]

Cool to see @BLReview on PBS Newshour. A great journal I encourage those in healthcare to check out. Honored to have been published there back in 2024. Congrats on the anniversary!

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