“Buckshot” by Suzanne Martin – Original Version
PDF – “Buckshot” by Suzanne Martin, from Issue 44. 1st Place Nonfiction – 2021 Summer Contest, selected by Kim Barnes.
Nonfiction
Make It Weird
Ruben Miranda-Juarez, BMR’s new Fiction Editor, introduces our new Non-Fiction Editor, Cyrus Stuvland Cyrus and I met through one of our courses at the University of New Mexico. In reflecting on our fledgling relationship, I thought about how grateful I… Continue Reading
How Mary Karr’s The Art of Memoir Changed the Way I Think About Writing
As a nonfiction writer, I oftentimes *dream* about my finished memoir, face-out in chain bookstores across the globe. Then I start thinking of the people who I’m writing into my work who will read said book, and I’m crushed by… Continue Reading
The Strange Beating Heart of the Thing
I was a reader long before I became a writer. Diving into a book an entire pile of books—ok my house is full of books—has always been the animating factor in my life. Whether I’m reading poetry, a history of… Continue Reading
Announcing Our 2018 Summer Contest Judges!
As we make our final selections for the spring issue, we’re excited to announce our summer contest details for 2018! Beginning June 1, contest submissions will be open on Submittable. We’re proud to share our awesome judging line up for… Continue Reading
Announcing our 2017 Pushcart Nominees
Congratulations to these wonderful writers: From Issue 35: Nonfiction –vibe [Fragments from a Notebook] by Marcos Gonsalez From our upcoming Issue 36: Poetry egungun by Aurielle Lucier Fiction Around the Parking Lot by David Connor Nonfiction On Playing… Continue Reading
Move Aside, NYC. The 505 is Your New Short Story City.
By Alice Yang Dear New York Publishers, Out here in the West, we continue to consume short stories set in New York, chronicling the melodrama of humanity against the all too familiar backdrop of skyscrapers, subways, and large bodies… Continue Reading
Our Best of the Net Nominations. Drum Roll Please…
Blue Mesa Review is proud to announce our nominees for Best of the Net: Nonfiction Ghosted Image of a Naked Girl By Anne Riesenberg —vibe By Marcos Gonsalez Poetry McDonald’s By Anders Carlson-Wee The Boat I’m Building You By Robin Cedar… Continue Reading
The Role of a Nonfiction Writer
If you’ve read the past few blog posts (and you should!), you’ve heard a similar message from each of my fellow editors about what they hope to publish in the coming year: Steve, our EIC, wrote about finding new and… Continue Reading
Which Came First: Alcoholism and Mental Illness or Writing?
As a writer, but even more so as an indigenous writer, I’ve always been plagued by the pervasive image of the self-destructive, mentally ill, alcoholic writer. Think Hemingway, Faulkner, Edgar Allan Poe. And these are just a few on… Continue Reading