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Bellevue Literary Review publishes high-caliber, previously unpublished fiction, nonfiction, and poetry related to health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body.

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fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 31Fee: $5 per general submission, waived for current subscribers; hardship waivers may be available.Pays: $150 for published prose, plus two issue copies and a one-year subscription.

Open to: Work must be previously unpublished, original writing not created or materially shaped by generative AI tools; authors must omit identifying information.

Accepts character-driven, classic short stories with original voices and strong settings related to health, illness, healing, the mind, or the body; no genre fiction, including romance, science fiction, or horror. Word maximum is 5,000 words. Fall 2026 submissions also consider the Migrations theme.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 31Fee: $5 per general submission, waived for current subscribers; hardship waivers may be available.Pays: $150 for published prose, plus two issue copies and a one-year subscription.

Open to: Work must be previously unpublished, original writing not created or materially shaped by generative AI tools; authors must omit identifying information.

Seeks engaging, original essays related to health, illness, healing, the mind, or the body that go beyond the standard illness narrative; no academic discourses or footnotes. Word maximum is 5,000 words. Fall 2026 submissions also consider the Migrations theme.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Dec 31Fee: $5 per general submission, waived for current subscribers; hardship waivers may be available.Pays: $75 for published poetry, plus two issue copies and a one-year subscription.

Open to: Work must be previously unpublished, original writing not created or materially shaped by generative AI tools; authors must omit identifying information.

Accepts up to three poems in one submission, with each poem on a separate page; poems may be any length and should offer vivid writing, compelling voice, and fresh rendering of the familiar. Fall 2026 submissions also consider the Migrations theme.

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