We are excited to announce the 2016 Blue Mesa Review Summer Contest judges! Send us your best work in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction. Our Poetry judge is Ocean Vuong! Vuong is the author of Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Copper… Continue Reading
Drum Roll Please….here are the winners of the 2015 Summer Writing Contest! FICTION WINNERS, judged by Antonya Nelson: First Place: “What We Are Doesn’t Have a Name Yet” by Ellen Scheuermann Antonya said: “This piece admirably introduces and marries two… Continue Reading
It’s June 1st and that means our 2015 Summer Contest is now open for submissions! We are really excited for this year’s contest because for the first time we’re including nonfiction. You have until August 31st to get your best… Continue Reading
We are excited to announce the 2015 Blue Mesa Review Summer Contest judges! Also, we are adding Nonfiction to the contest this year! Get those poems, stories, and essays ready summer contest seekers, because we want to publish you! And… Continue Reading
We are delighted to announce our 2014 Fiction Contest Winners. Thank you for you patience with the unexpected delay. Fiction judge Roxane Gay has selected the following short stories: 1st Place: “Vox Clamantis” by Jennifer Down “Everything falls apart while a broken… Continue Reading
It is with great pleasure that we have the opportunity to announce our 2014 Poetry Contest Winners. Poetry judge Carmen Giménez Smith has selected the following poems: 1st Place: “Half-Elegy for My Mother’s Voice” by Sara Borjas “This is a classic elegy… Continue Reading
Today is the big day! June 1st – the opening of Blue Mesa Review’s Annual Writing Contest. Submit your best fiction and poetry all the way through August 31st. For more details, see the contest portion of our website.… Continue Reading
We are so happy to announce the judges for the 2014 Summer Contest in Fiction and Poetry. This year, the fiction judge will be Roxane Gay! Roxane Gay is the author of a novel, An Untamed State, which was published… Continue Reading
Here are the final results of our 2013 Summer Contest, straight from the desks of Sherman Alexie, who was the fiction judge and Michael Dickman, who judged poetry. We can’t wait for you to read these pieces in our… Continue Reading
We are so excited to announce our judges for this year’s contest in Fiction and Poetry! Judging fiction is Sherman Alexie! Sherman Alexie has been awarded many honors, such as a PEN/Faulkner Award for War Dances, a National Book Award… Continue Reading