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

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fictionLiteraryCloses Dec 31Fee: $5 per general submission; waived for current subscribersPays: $150 for prose

Character-driven fiction with original voices and strong settings, broadly related to health, healing, illness, the mind, or the body; genre fiction such as romance, science fiction, and horror is not accepted. Word maximum is 5,000.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Dec 31Fee: $5 per general submission; waived for current subscribersPays: $150 for prose

Essays related to health, healing, illness, the mind, or the body that move beyond the standard illness narrative in an engaging and original manner; no academic discourse or works with footnotes. Word maximum is 5,000.

poetryLiteraryCloses Dec 31Fee: $5 per general submission; waived for current subscribersPays: $75

Poetry related to health, healing, illness, the mind, or the body, with vivid writing, compelling voice, and accessible treatment of the familiar; submit up to three poems in one document.

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