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Issue 84 | Bellingham Review Letter from the Editor-in-Chief 2021 Contest Winners Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Keya Mitra Immigrant Delay Disease Lisa Nikolidakis Whale Song For The Weary Andrea Hollander The Thinking Fiction Farha Mukri Breathless Marc Vincenz … Continue Reading →

We want to send out a huge congrats to the following winners of our annual contest!

For the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction, Nandini Lal won with the story “Anaadi’s Smile.”

For the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction, Jamila Osman won with the essay “Street View.”

For the 49th Parallel Award for Poetry, Kenzie Allen won with the poem “even the word Oneida/ can’t be written in Oneida.”

Congrats for this incredible work, which we can’t wait to publish in spring of next year!

And, of course, thank you to all who submitted!

A fun & surprisingly effective prompt from the editor-in-chief:

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On Confession Albums and Taking the Proust Questionnaire — Susanne Paola Antonetta I don’t know how I went through so much of my life not knowing about the Proust Questionnaire. It’s one of those things that shows up everywhere once you know about it. People during writer Marcel Proust’s time filled out personality questionnaires as an amusement (then called, charmingly, “...

What it's like behind the scenes at the small but scrappy BR. What we're thinking about & how to help us help you.

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I get so many queries on author platform--here are some answers from your Editor-in-Chief.

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Reading & talk about launching a writing career from your Editor-in-Chief!

"How Do I Become You?" Webinar discussion with Science Writer and Essayist Susanne Paola Antonetta - Stories That Count Join Director of the Polk School, Robin Hemley, and Co-Director of the MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing, Rita Banerjee, as they engage in a lively discussion in the third of the 2021 season’s Polk Professional Series, “How Do I Become You?” The series highlights the career path and accom...

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We are thrilled to share a wonderful interview with Issue 82 contributor Sam Roxas-Chua! Sam’s asemic work is included in the feature To Those Whose Eyes Wander in Issue 82, curated by guest editor and artist, Christopher Patton, and our EIC, Susanne Paola Antonetta. In this conversation between managing editor Stephen Haines and Sam Roxas-Chua, read about Sam’s unique art, process, and insights into expression and experience. And go check out his work immediately in all its diverse and stunning forms!

The Paper Drinks the Ink: A Conversation with Sam Roxas-Chua | Bellingham Review I let my feelings guide me. There’s no calculation. I remain open and trust my memories to show me an image related to what I am working on. Here’s a quick explanation of what I do: I locate an area of my body where I feel a strong emotion. I press my non-dominant hand to that area and begin to ...

Read our latest Contributor Spotlight from writer Joshua Hilderbrand! Josh’s stunning poem “Not A Scratch on You” is part of Bellingham Review’s Spring Issue 82.

Contributor Spotlight: Joshua Hilderbrand | Bellingham Review My life is full of stories. I look for them everywhere and find inspiration from within and from without.

We are pleased to announce the winners of Bellingham Review‘s 2021 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 Jessica Jacobs, Sarah Einstein, and Kristiana Kahakauwila, respectively. The winners will each receive an award of $1,000 and will be published in the Spring 2022 print issue of Bellingham Review!

Congratulations to Andrea Hollander for her poem "The Thinking," to Lisa Nikolidakis for her essay "Whale Song for the Weary," and to Keya Mitra for her story "Immigrant Delay Disease." All of our finalists this year were fantastic!! Thank you, as always, for trusting us with your work!

Announcing the Winners of Bellingham Review’s 2021 Literary Contests | Bellingham Review We are pleased to announce the winners of Bellingham Review's 2021 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 Jessica Jacobs, Sarah Einstein, and Kristiana Kahakauwila, res...

The editors of Bellingham Review could not be more pleased to announce the publication of Issue 82, our first ever Spring online release and eleventh online issue!!!

Inside you will find an extraordinary collection of work. Our feature on asemic writing highlights the talents of artists working in an imaginative, stunning field of expression that you truly must see to experience. This issue likewise includes our amazing 2020 contest winners, as well as a robust collection of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and hybrid work. Our cover features Susan Bennerstrom’s beautiful piece, Bluster and Calm.

Issue 82 | Bellingham Review Letter from the Editor-in-Chief To Those Whose Eyes Wander A Feature on Asemic Art 2020 Contest Winners Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Danny Thiemann Venegas Echolocation for Mixed Race Runaways Traci Brimhall Possession Esther Ra A Bouquet… Continue Reading →

Very excited to share two brand new Resilient Pieholes with you today! One is from drea brown, a piece entitled “new years’ ghosts,” and the second is by Gail Dottin, a piece entitled “Fishcakes R Us,” along with a recipe accompaniment.

http://bhreview.org/resilient-pieholes/

Read. Cook. Muse. Enjoy!

Thanks from Poets & Writers & here's to contests & Pieholes!

Upcoming Contest Deadlines After a dreary winter, spring is finally on the horizon. With deadlines of March 14 or March 15, these contests include opportunities for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers alike. One awards a monthlong residency in Slovenia. All offer a cash prize of $500 or more.Airlie Press Airlie Pri...

We have two wonderful new Pieholes for you today from the talented Marame Gueye and Sreedhevi Iyer! Check them through the link below and prepare yourself for some truly beautiful work!

Resilient Pieholes | Bellingham Review Musings on cooking in the time of social isolation “Person Holding Scoop” by Gaelle Marcel Letter from the Editor Marame Gueye Cooking Yassa with Ami Sreedhevi Iyer Tadka Dhal, or What Goes into The Goop Kay Ulanday… Continue Reading →

In case you wonder what your editor's been up to! Time, consciousness, spirits named Simon.

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The Terrible Unlikelihood of Our Being Here A meditation on the legacy of family, Christian Science, thought and being, and the nature of reality.

In case you all find it useful, I have a new blog post with a literary awards list--deadlines, links, who-can's (like you can self-nominate for the Pulitzer!). Enjoy! Maybe give your book some Valentine love today.

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The great Raymond Luczak has a new book & we think you will love it.

ONCE UPON A TWIN: "9 months" When Raymond Luczak was growing up deaf in a hearing Catholic family of nine children, his mother shared conflicting stories about having had a miscarriage a...

Our friends at Ni**od International Journal are accepting submissions for their 43rd annual Literary Awards! Judged by Rilla Askew and Geffrey Davis, the Awards feature prizes of $2,000 and $1,000 for fiction and poetry, publication in Ni**od, and a virtual reading at an Awards Ceremony with the judges. Finalists and selected semi-finalists will also be published at a rate of $10/page.

For more information and to submit, visit

https://artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/nimrod/nimrod-literary-awards/.

Today is an exciting day! Not only do we have two new, wonderful Resilient Pieholes from the talented Joanna Eleftheriou and Kay Ulanday Barrett, we likewise have a new Contributor Spotlight from Issue 81’s Saba Waheed!

http://bhreview.org/resilient-pieholes/

http://bhreview.org/2021/02/01/contributor-spotlight-saba-waheed/

Check out the links above and happy reading!

Resilient Pieholes | Bellingham Review Musings on cooking in the time of social isolation “Person Holding Scoop” by Gaelle Marcel Letter from the Editor Chaya Babu Bourbon Milk Punch and Gold Dresses for the Revolution Stacie Evans Golden Turmeric Sipping Broth… Continue Reading →

? I get from authors & others, answered (sort of). How do I write the stuff that scares me? That feels vulnerable for others to know or just might p**s people off?

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Just spent New Year's Eve nominating our authors Marame Gueye, Boubacar Boris Diop, & Ayesha Harruna Attah for the Caine prize for short fiction from Africa. (We do go the extra mile for our authors, I'll say that.) So deserving.

Congrats to our awesome two-time contributor, David Lazar!

Announcing the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists PEN America is honored to announce the longlists for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards.

We wish our Bellingham Review fam the best of all the holidays, whatever they are! (Hint: Festivus counts too). And happy Pieholes.

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Resilient Pieholes | Bellingham Review Musings on cooking in the time of social isolation “Person Holding Scoop” by Gaelle Marcel Letter from the Editor Chaya Babu Bourbon Milk Punch and Gold Dresses for the Revolution Stacie Evans Golden Turmeric Sipping Broth… Continue Reading →

Go check out our latest Contributor Spotlight featuring the talented Sreedhevi Iyer, whose beautiful piece, “The Mother is Dead, Long Live the Mother.” is part of Issue 81!

Contributor Spotlight: Sreedhevi Iyer | Bellingham Review My life is full of stories. I look for them everywhere and find inspiration from within and from without.

So excited to share that Bellingham Review is featured in The New York Times today for our newest feature, Resilient Pieholes!!!!! Go check out incredible writing from Stacie Evans, Chaya Babu, Ana-Maurine Lara, and Quincy Scott Jones! Special thanks to Jai Dulani and Susanne Paola Antonetta for this wonderful idea and all their hard work in helping to bring it into the world!

P.S. our contests remain open for submissions, so send us all of your best work!!! 🙂

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What to Cook This Weekend Good morning. Everything’s lists for me, these days. Lists of gifts to buy, yes, and lists of tasks to complete around the house, lists of ingredients I need for the tiny Christmas feast I’m planning, but also work lists: our most popular recipes of the year, along with our most popular desserts...

Bellingham Review is thrilled to announce today the publication of a brand new online feature called Resilient Pieholes! Spearheaded by our Editor-in-Chief, Susanne Paola Antonetta, and last year’s Assistant Managing Editor, Jai Dulani, Resilient Pieholes is a feature focused on pieces that discuss the complicated nature of food and cooking in a socially isolated, pandemic-dominated world.

Resilient Pieholes | Bellingham Review Musings on cooking in the time of social isolation “Person Holding Scoop” by Gaelle Marcel Letter from the Editor Chaya Babu Bourbon Milk Punch and Gold Dresses for the Revolution Stacie Evans Golden Turmeric Sipping Broth… Continue Reading →

Bellingham Review’s Issue 81 has arrived! We are so thrilled to share with the extraordinary work of 16 deft writers in this, our 10th online edition. Please follow the link to check it out!

http://bhreview.org/issue-81/

We got the wonderful news that our author Sheikha Helawy won the Al-Multaqa prize for Arabic short fiction. We were this poet's first US publisher & now we're working to help get her book of stories placed here. We so admire & value our authors here at the BR.

https://arablit.org/2019/12/03/palestinian-sheikha-hussein-helawy-wins-almultaqa-prize-for-order-c345/

Palestinian Sheikha Hussein Helawy Wins Almultaqa Prize for ‘Order C345’ Organizers of AlMultaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story yesterday announced the winner of the 2019 prize was the collection “Order C345,” by Palestinian writer Sheikha Hussein Helawy.…

Go check out our latest Contributor Spotlight with the extremely talented Landa wo!! Landa wo is a featured writer in Bellingham Review’s Issue 80, which is still available for purchase via Submittable!

Contributor Spotlight: Landa wo | Bellingham Review I've been writing since I was a kid but really studying, writing, and thinking about it since I was an undergraduate in the 90s. As a writer and person, I love Adrienne Rich's idea that truth is "an increasing complexity," and I'm very interested in layering histories

Stop everything you are doing and go read two absolutely stunning pieces from last year’s Managing Editor, Allie Spikes, and Assistant Managing Editor, Jai Dulani!

While you’re at it, be sure to read all of the wonderful work on this page from previous MEs and AMEs at Bellingham Review! And don’t forget to check out Issue 80!

Read Who's Reading You | Bellingham Review GET TO KNOW THE WORK OF OUR TALENTED EDITORS 2019-2020 Allie Spikes Managing Editor Because I Can’t Not: Ars Poetica Jai Dulani Assistant Managing Editor Abundance 2018-2019 Bailey Cunningham Managing Editor End Times Joanna Gordon Assistant Managing Editor A Survivor’s… Continue Reading →