We have a brand new format for our online edition. Issue 65 includes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, book reviews, artwork by our featured artist, Nancy Canyon, and audio section with recordings of live readings and an interview with poet Elizabeth Austen! A big thanks to all of our contributors! Check it out here. Spread the word!
The following awards are offered once a year by the Bellingham Review. The 49th Parallel Award for Poetry 1st Prize: $1,000 Final Judge: Kevin Clark The 49th Parallel is the nickname for the US/Canada border that stretches from Washington State to Minnesota. Bellingham, Washington, the home of Western Washington University and theBellingham Review lies just shy of …
Nancy McCabe 1. Which best describes your reasons for marrying him? a. You have no idea. You were only twenty, too young to know what you were doing. b. You have no idea. You were twenty, old enough to know better. c. This is what you’re trying to figure out. You weren’t in love …
Submissions to our annual literary contests will open Dec.1. We offer three $1,000-dollar first-place prizes for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. The final judges for the 2020 literary contests are: Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction: Aimee Parkison 49th Parallel Award for Poetry: Philip Metres Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction: Sue William Silverman Dedicated to forming …
The Bellingham Review is pleased to announce Winners of the 2012 Literary Contests The Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction Final Judge: Sheila Bender First Place: Anittah Patrick “The Math” Runner Up: Aaron Alford, “Dead Man’s Land” Finalists: Natalie Vestin, Kate Washington, Sharon Carmack, Gina Troisi, Cathy Warner, The 49th Parallel Award …