Blue Mesa Review

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Blue Mesa Review is an online literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, with particular interest in writing connected to the Southwest and work by marginalized writers.

Response time info: two-to-six months, though responses can take longer

Read the full guidelines at bmr.unm.edu↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 31Pays: $25 per published short story during the general reading period; annual contest issue prizes are $500 for first place, $100 for second place, and $25 for third place.

Open to: Authors previously published by Blue Mesa Review must wait two years before submitting; individuals previously affiliated with the University of New Mexico must wait five years after affiliation ends.

Fiction submissions must be no more than 6,000 words and are accepted during the July 1–October 31 general reading period and the December 1–February 28 contest-issue reading period. Pays $25 per published short story during the general reading period; contest winners receive $500, $100, or $25.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 31Pays: $25 per published essay during the general reading period; annual contest issue prizes are $500 for first place, $100 for second place, and $25 for third place.

Open to: Authors previously published by Blue Mesa Review must wait two years before submitting; individuals previously affiliated with the University of New Mexico must wait five years after affiliation ends.

Nonfiction submissions must be no more than 6,000 words and are accepted during the July 1–October 31 general reading period and the December 1–February 28 contest-issue reading period. Pays $25 per published essay during the general reading period; contest winners receive $500, $100, or $25.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 31Pays: $25 per published poem during the general reading period; annual contest issue prizes are $500 for first place, $100 for second place, and $25 for third place.

Open to: Authors previously published by Blue Mesa Review must wait two years before submitting; individuals previously affiliated with the University of New Mexico must wait five years after affiliation ends.

Accepts no more than three poems per packet during the July 1–October 31 general reading period and the December 1–February 28 contest-issue reading period. Pays $25 per published poem during the general reading period; contest winners receive $500, $100, or $25.

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