The Bellingham Review is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue under the editorship of S. Paola Antonetta, Issue 72, which includes a special section of new writing from Hong Kong titled “Hong Kong After Occupy,” the winners of our annual literary contests, as well as a remarkable collection of stories, poems, and essays from US and international writers.
No matter how many mirrors are arranged together When you turn away, do they? Are they always following you like that? Or perhaps the opposite is true – The loss that roots within every gain Roots grown deep below the parties Of Florida mangroves In fractured nocturnal wonder She doesn’t want to participate in the …
We have decided to extended our deadline for our 2016 contests to April 1st! We offer three $1,000-dollar first-place prizes for fiction, poetry and nonfiction.
Maya Jewell Zeller completed her undergraduate degree in English and Education from Western Washington University. She taught high school English for three years before attending Eastern Washington University’s Inland Northwest Center for Writers, where she received an MFA in creative writing with a focus on poetry. Alongside her graduate studies, Zeller worked as assistant acquisitions …
In celebration of the just-released Rose Metal Press’ Family Resemblance: An Anthology and Exploration of 8 Hybrid Literary Genres, we have extended our deadline for Hybrid submissions to January 1st! The Bellingham Review defines a hybrid work as one which possesses more than one meaning-making mode (language, genre, art, anything visual, and/or surprise us!), in which each mode …
The editors of the Bellingham Review are pleased to announce the publication of Issue 71, which features an exquisite collection of new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from 17 writers, as well as photography from David Scherrer, whose Cape Flattery is our cover art. This, the second Fall issue published on our new website, marks the first issue released under the …
Although again printed by Write Bloody Publishing, and classic, powerhouse Gibson in nature, this newest collection includes an unexpected dose of heavy race-class social justice commentary—leaving readers floundering amidst layers of inspiring activism, sadness, and hope.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Bellingham Review 2015 literary awards— the 49th Parallel Award for Poetry, the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction, and the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction—selected by contest judges Bruce Beasley, Suzanne Paola Antonetta, and Kristiana Kahakauwila, respectively. The winners will each receive an award of $1,000 …
The Bellingham Review will celebrate the publication of Issue 70, which includes the winners of its annual literary contests, by co-hosting a literary double-header at the Honey Moon on Saturday, May 16. Join us as the evening kicks off at 7:00 pm with the Issue 70 release party, featuring readings of Issue 70’s contest winners and readings by graduate students enrolled in the English …