We stand with the literary community to demand safety and the release of beloved poet, writer, and translator Ali Asadollahi, who was violently arrested on January 25th by security forces in Iran. We are sharing his translation work in BR, which you can read more of in Issue 87. ❤️❤️❤️
Our contests are now open! We’re excited to share our guest judges for our 2026 literary contests in poetry (Anastacia-Reneé), fiction (Kim Fu), and nonfiction (AJ Romriell). Please visit our website to learn more about our judges.
Welcome to the year of the fire horse! The editorial team at BR is thrilled to share with you Issue 91, which features stunning new writing and art.
I'm excited to have a new poem published in Issue 90 of Bellingham Review. Thank you for all your work, @bellinghamreview.bsky.social !
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While we work vigilantly at getting Issue 90 ready for you all, here's a little appetizer-a new piece in our Resilient Pieholes feature!
Enjoy "The Elusive Taste of Xetery" by C S Mee.
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Want to help shape the future of Adroit? We’d love to hear from you. Head to the link in our bio for details on our open staff positions! ⭐️
me: *blowing my nose as I finish sobbing*
Alexis: are you crying or do you have allergies
me: I am writing
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Printed books: a cheap form of entertainment and enrichment that doesn’t surveil you back.
Tell your kids.
AWP may be over but we have lots of wonderful contest submissions to read and a spring issue to get out.
Thanks to everyone who said hello last week.
Pictured: Editor in Chief Jane Wong and Staff Member @word-nuggets.bsky.social working the BR booth at #AWP2025
It was such a pleasure meeting @andrea-imdacha.bsky.social today! Check out her short story "Any Thursday After The Apocalypse." bhreview.org/articles/any...
#AWP2025
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It's so fun meeting our contributors! Nik Chang Hoon stopped by to say hello, pictured with Assistant Managing Editor Abby and Reader Sam. Check out Nik's poem, which won the 2024 Annie Dillard prize. bhreview.org/articles/aba...
Happy AWP week! As you’re planning out which conference sessions you will be attending, consider placing some of these River Teeth events on your schedule as well!
#AWP25 #AWP2025 #RiverTeeth #CreativeNonfiction #LiteraryJournal #WritingCommunity #BookSigning #ConferencePanel #BookReading
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We have seed paper bookmarks. See what grows! Booth T463. #AWP2025
Come see us! Booth T463 #awp2025
Fat, Flawed, & Fabulous: Writing Fat & Queer Narratives in Fiction & Nonfiction C. Adán Cabrera, Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini, Samantha Puc, Miguel M. Morales, and August Grimm Trans and queer fats are waiting for their “moment,” as it’s still radical to include characters that positively represent us in fiction and nonfiction. This panel explores the challenges and rewards of writing while fat, creating fat characters, how to create positive narratives for fat readers living at the intersection of their queer identities and fatness, and other craft issues. Panelists will offer ways to transform negative narratives around fatness and queerness into positive ones.
Calling all #AWP2025 attendees! Our virtual panel 'Fat, Flawed, & Fabulous: Writing Fat & Queer Narratives in Fiction & Nonfiction' is live on the conference website! I had a blast recording this panel with C. Adán Cabrera, Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini, and August Grimm.
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Bellingham Review presents coast to coast: an evening of poetry. Jane Wong, Angel Garcia, Kim Young, MT Vallarta, Alina Nguyen OxyArts 4757 York Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90042 March 26th 7pm-9pm OxyArts. Oxy. Edu/events
Tonight! #awp2025
Come see us at #AWP2025 booth T463. We will have hats with our cute otter logo, postcard poetry, and raffles!
From "Attempt with a Gap in It" "eggs, flour, gleaming hands interlaced, jam jars kept loose-lidded. Muster nectar. Open piquant quinces." Read more: bhreview.org Anna Lena Phillips Bell
New poem up on our Resilient Pieholes feature!
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