Bellevue Literary Review

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Bellevue Literary Review publishes high-caliber, unpublished work broadly related to health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Response time info: within five months

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Submission calls

fictionLiteraryOpens Sep 1

Character-driven fiction with original voices and strong settings, leaning toward classic short stories; no genre fiction (romance, sci-fi, horror); up to 5,000 words (most published are 2,000-4,000); submissions open September 1, 2026.

nonfictionLiteraryOpens Sep 1

Essays that creatively and engagingly explore topics related to health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body; up to 5,000 words (most published are 2,000-4,000); no academic discourses or works with footnotes; submissions open September 1, 2026.

poetryOpens Sep 1

Up to three unpublished poems per submission, any length (shorter poems preferred); accessible, vivid, strong narrative poems related to health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body; submissions open September 1, 2026.

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