Blue Mesa Review

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Blue Mesa Review is a biannual literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art, with a focus on work from or about the Southwest and marginalized communities.

Response time info: two to six months (can be longer)

Read the full guidelines at bmr.unm.edu↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryCloses Oct 31Pays: $25 per story during general reading period; contest issue: $500 (1st), $100 (2nd), $25 (3rd)

Fiction submissions up to 6000 words; reading periods are July 1–October 31 (Fall issue) and December 1–February 28 (Spring contest issue); contest issue awards $500/$100/$25 for 1st/2nd/3rd place.

nonfictionCloses Oct 31Pays: $25 per essay during general reading period; contest issue: $500 (1st), $100 (2nd), $25 (3rd)

Nonfiction submissions up to 6000 words; reading periods are July 1–October 31 (Fall issue) and December 1–February 28 (Spring contest issue); contest issue awards $500/$100/$25 for 1st/2nd/3rd place.

poetryCloses Oct 31Pays: $25 per poem during general reading period; contest issue: $500 (1st), $100 (2nd), $25 (3rd)

Submit up to three poems per packet; reading periods are July 1–October 31 (Fall issue) and December 1–February 28 (Spring contest issue); contest issue awards $500/$100/$25 for 1st/2nd/3rd place.

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