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Submission Guidelines

 

  1. The BLR seeks high-caliber, unpublished* work, broadly and creatively related to our themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. (Please see footnote below for specific definition of “published.”) 


  2. Prose should be limited to 5000 words.
    Poetry submissions should have no more than 3 poems. Please include all poems in one document. 


  3. BLR acquires first-time North American rights. After publication, all rights revert to the author and may be reprinted as long as appropriate acknowledgement to BLR is made. 


  4. We strive to provide several readers for each manuscript in order to offer maximum exposure, but this takes time. We respectfully ask for your patience and forbearance in this matter. If you have not heard from us within six months, feel free to inquire about your manuscript.


  5. We will consider simultaneous submissions, but request that you inform us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.


  6. We are closed to submissions in July and August.


  7. Payment is in the form of copies. Published authors will receive two copies the issue in which their work appears, an additional 1-year subscription to the BLR, as well as a gift subscription for a friend. There is an author discount for purchasing extra copies.


  8. Submit your manuscript here. (http://tools.med.nyu.edu/BLROnline)



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  2. Keep file name short and simple (one word, no spaces/symbols). This is just referring to how the file is saved on your computer. You'll be able to type your title on the submission page.
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For the BLR, “published work” means published in print in North America, or published on the Internet in electronic journals, e-zines, academic websites, and other “public” or “official” websites. Works posted on personal blogs or websites will be considered on a case-by-case basis. We ask that authors be honest about web postings. (If a work is discovered to have been posted or published elsewhere--and not openly acknowledged by the author in advance--we will remove it from consideration.)


Questions? Please contact us: info@BLReview.org