Bellevue Literary Review (Deadline July 2011)

• $1000 Marica and Jan Vilcek Prize for Poetry ~ Judged by Cornelius Eady
• $1000 Goldenberg Prize for Fiction ~ Judged by Francine Prose
• $1000 Burns Archive Prize for Nonfiction ~ Judged by Susan Orlean

Judge Bios

BLR Prize Guidelines :

1. The BLR Prizes award outstanding writing related to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. First prize is $1000 (in each genre) and publication in the Spring 2012 issue of the BLR.
2. Prose limited to 5000 words. Poetry limited to 3 poems (maximum 5 pages). Submissions that exceed these limits will be disqualified.
3. Deadline July 1, 2011. Winners will be announced by December 31, 2011.
4. Entry fee is $15 per submission. For an additional $5, you will receive a one-year subscription to the BLR. (Maximum: two submissions per person).
5. Manuscripts are submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word document. Please combine all poems into one document and use first poem as title.
6. Do not put your name on the manuscript document. (This will be entered separately on our website.) No cover letter needed.
7. Work previously published in print or electronically will not be considered. (Please see footnote below for specific definition of “published.”)
8. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but we ask that you notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. We regret that there can be no refunds or substitutions for withdrawn work.
9. Students/friends/colleagues/relations of a judge are not permitted to enter submissions to that judge's genre.
10. BLR acquires first-time North American rights. After publication, all rights revert to the author and the work may be reprinted as long as appropriate acknowledgement to BLR is made. All entries will also be considered for regular publication.
11. Due to administrative costs, if no entry fee is received, manuscript will be placed with general submissions. The entry fee may be paid online, by check, or by phone.

Online :
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By mail :
Send check and printout of confirmation email to :
Bellevue Literary Review
NYU Langone Medical Center
Department of Medicine
550 First Avenue, OBV-A612
New York, NY 10016
By phone : 212-263-3973

Submit manuscript here. Thank you!

Please note that there are separate systems for submission and payment. The account/login information that you set up in one does not automatically transfer to the other system. You will need to register in both. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions : info@BLReview.org or 212-263-3973

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Deadline : July 1, 2011

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