We know you’re all waiting impatiently for us to release Issue 39–in the meantime, take a look at our Summer Contest Judges! Submission Guidelines can be found below the judge profiles. FICTION Lesley Nneka Arimah was born in the UK and grew up in Nigeria and wherever...
That’s a whole lot of acronyms, so suffice to say the Blue Mesa Review staff is about to hit the airways for the Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference in Portland that starts next Thursday. In anticipation of AWP, the BMR staff has been scoping out...
A year ago, at the age of 23, I came out as non-binary. If you’re expecting a long story about the hardships of my adolescence, how hard it was to come out, this may disappoint you. It’s true that I struggled with my identity. I was so scared of coming out that the...
Hello, my name is Laura Schoenfelder, and I am guilty of not proofreading my work. Whether essays or creative writing, for pleasure or business, I rarely give anything I write a second read. Ever since middle school, I’ve been procrastinating. Back then it was book...
