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Submission Guidelines:
- The BLR seeks high-caliber, unpublished work, broadly and creatively related to our themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. (See footnote below for specifics about the definition of “published.”)
- Prose should be limited to 5000 words. Poetry submissions should have no more than 3 poems.
- BLR acquires first-time North American rights. After publication, all rights revert to the author and may be reprinted as long as appropriate acknowledgement to BLR is made.
- We read submissions year-round, but make most editorial decisions in October and May. We strive to provide several readers for each manuscript in order to offer maximum exposure, but this takes time. We respectfully ask for your patience and forbearance in this matter. We will consider simultaneous submissions, but request that you inform us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. If you have not heard from us within six months, feel free to inquire about your manuscript.
- Someday soon we hope to pay lavish stipends, but for now we will thank you with two copies of the issue in which your work appears, an additional 1-year subscription to the BLR, as well as a gift subscription for a lucky friend. You will also be eligible for an author discount when you purchase extra copies.
- To submit your manuscript (or to check on the status of a previously submitted manuscript) click here.
*For the BLR , “published work” means published in print in North America, or published on the Internet in electronic journals, e-zines, academic websites, and other “public” or “official” websites. Works posted on personal blogs or websites will be considered on a case-by-case basis. We ask that authors be honest about web postings. (If a work is discovered to have been posted or published elsewhere--and not openly acknowledged by the author in advance--we will remove it from consideration.)
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