Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Contest: Bellevue Literary Review

$1000 Marica and Jan Vilcek Prize for Poetry ~ Judged by Marie Ponsot

$1000 Goldenberg Prize for Fiction ~ Judged by Andre Dubus III

$1000 Carter V. Cooper Memorial Prize for Nonfiction ~ Judged by Jerome Groopman

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Bellevue Literary Review Prizes: Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction

BLR Prize awards outstanding writing related to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. First prize is $1000 (in each genre) and publication in the Spring 2011 issue of the BLR.

  

Prose limited to 5000 words. Up to 3 poems (maximum 5 pages). Submissions that exceed these limits will be disqualified. 

 

Deadline July 1, 2010. Winners will be announced by December 31, 2010. 

 

Entry fee is $15 per submission. For an additional $5, you will receive a one-year subscription to the BLR. (Maximum: two submissions per person). 

 

Manuscripts are submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word document. (Save with a *.doc extension). Please combine all poems into one document and use first poem as title. 

 

Do not put your name on the manuscript document. (This will be entered separately on our website.) No cover letter needed. 

 

Work previously published* in print or electronically will not be considered. (Please see footnote below for specific definition of “published.”) 

 

Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but we ask that you notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. (This will avoid potentially awkward situations.) We regret that there can be no refunds or substitutions for withdrawn work. 

 

Students/friends/colleagues/relations of a judge are not permitted to enter submissions to that judge's genre. 

 

BLR acquires first-time North American rights. After publication, all rights revert to the author and the work may be reprinted as long as appropriate acknowledgment to BLR is made. All entries will also be considered for regular publication. 

 

Due to administrative costs, if no entry fee is received, manuscript will be placed with general submissions.  The entry fee may be paid online through our secure site. You may also send payment by check, or call during business hours to pay by credit card over the phone. 

 

To pay by mail, send check and printout of confirmation email to: 

Bellevue Literary Review

Dept of Medicine, Rm OBV-612

NYU School of Medicine

550 First Avenue

New York, NY 10016

To pay by phone: 212-263-3973 

Submit manuscript online. Thank you!!