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Blue Mesa Review’s Spring Contest open in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry!

Deadline: February 28, 2025

Blue Mesa Review‘s annual spring contest is open for submissions now until February 28th! We publish writing that dreams, hopes, despairs, renews, dissents, disturbs, and does everything else that exceptional writing dares to do. Our guest judges are Sara Daniele Rivera in poetry, Fernando Flores in fiction, and Jenn Shapland in nonfiction. Submissions are $15, and prizes include $500 for first place, $100 for second place, and $25 for third place in all three categories, with all winners being published in the Spring 2025 issue. Learn more at bmr.unm.edu/submissions/.