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The finest fiction, poetry, and essays since 1985. Paying market.
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We are pleased to announce that our latest issue is HERE! Featuring new fiction from David Nikki Crouse, a craft interview with Aria Aber, the winners of our nonfiction and poetry contests, and much more. Pick up your copy here:
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Boulevard Vol. 39, Nos. 2 & 3 (Spring 2026) — Boulevard
This issue includes 2024 Nonfiction Contest winner Mohammad Hakima, and 2024 Poetry Contest winner Rachel Stempel. It also features a Boulevard Craft Interview with Aria Aber and a symposium on the ...
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/print-subscriptions-1/boulevard-vol-39-nos-2-3-spring-2026
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This summer, we're bringing you even more Boulevard! We're uploading pieces from our back issues to our website. With a digital subscription to Boulevard--$16 a year--you can have access to this expanding archive. Purchase a digital subscription here:
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digital subscriptions — Boulevard
Subscribe to Boulevard literary magazine are $12/year.
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We are delighted to announce that the winning story for our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers is "In America" by Sebastian Edward Bliss!
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Our poetry contest is open for one more week, taking submissions until midnight on June 1. Send us your work for the chance to win $1000!
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poetry contest — Boulevard
$1,000 and publication awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press.
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/poetry-contest
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"That night, I got dressed in my trench coat and went out to the middle of town. The lights were buoyant and fresh, amazing slashes, amazing range. The moon was pinned against the skies like a cop’s badge." Read "Smear Frame (1992)" by Jasmine Ledesma:
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Smear Frame (1992) — Boulevard
by Jasmine Ledesma
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Just one week remains to submit work to our general submissions categories!
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2 months ago
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"I saw the stark grace of leaves unfurled like hands outstretched in benediction." New on our site are three poems by Zoe Boyer: "The trees, my god," "Autumn Rings the Bell," and November Sixth. Read them here:
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Boulevard
Since 1985, Boulevard's mission has been to publish the finest in contemporary fiction and poetry as well as definitive essays on the arts and culture, and to publish a diversity of writers who exhibi...
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We close for submissions at midnight on May 1. Send us your work!
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guidelines — Boulevard
Boulevard magazine's writers guidelines. Accepting submissions from November 1 to May 1.
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/guidelines
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We are pleased to announce that our latest issue is HERE! Featuring new fiction from David Nikki Crouse, a craft interview with Aria Aber, the winners of our nonfiction and poetry contests, and much more. Pick up your copy here:
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Boulevard Vol. 39, Nos. 2 & 3 (Spring 2026) — Boulevard
This issue includes 2024 Nonfiction Contest winner Mohammad Hakima, and 2024 Poetry Contest winner Rachel Stempel. It also features a Boulevard Craft Interview with Aria Aber and a symposium on the ...
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/print-subscriptions-1/boulevard-vol-39-nos-2-3-spring-2026
3 months ago
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We are here at AWP! Our deputy editor Molly Harris is selling issues and subscriptions all week at table T118. Come say hello!
4 months ago
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We're pleased to be co-hosting an AWP offsite reading with Bear Review and Laurel Review on Friday, March 6 at Max's Taphouse!
4 months ago
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We are happy to announce the results of the 2025 Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers. We received many excellent entries this year, and the editors selected Annalisa Bolin’s essay “The Bones of the Ocean” as the winner.
4 months ago
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NOW OPEN: Our Poetry Contest for Emerging Writers is accepting submissions until June 1! The winner will receive $1000, and all entries are considered for publication. Find more info and submission guidelines here:
www.boulevardmagazine.org/poetry-contest
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poetry contest — Boulevard
$1,000 and publication awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press.
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/poetry-contest
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NOW OPEN: Our Poetry Contest for Emerging Writers is accepting submissions until June 1! The winner will receive $1000, and all entries are considered for publication. Find more info and submission guidelines here:
www.boulevardmagazine.org/poetry-contest
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poetry contest — Boulevard
$1,000 and publication awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press.
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/poetry-contest
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We are pleased to announce that the winner of our 2025 Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets is Inkyoo Lee!
5 months ago
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"The unending grayness of this past winter, I must admit, made me quite homesick." Online now is "Nikola," the short fiction debut of Yulia Zepp. Read it for free at
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Nikola — Boulevard
by Yulia Zepp
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading/nikola
5 months ago
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Deadline extended! We are now accepting submissions to our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers through January 8. The winning entry will receive $1500. Head to the link in our bio to submit your work!
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Tomorrow is the LAST day to submit work to our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers!
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short fiction contest — Boulevard
$1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
https://boulevardmagazine.org/short-fiction-contest
6 months ago
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Just three days remain to submit work to the Boulevard Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers! The winning entry will receive $1500. Check out our guidelines and submit:
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short fiction contest — Boulevard
$1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
https://boulevardmagazine.org/short-fiction-contest
6 months ago
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Our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers is closing on December 31! Read our guidelines and submit:
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short fiction contest — Boulevard
$1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fiction-contest
6 months ago
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It's Giving Tuesday! Listen to Devin and consider making a tax-deductible donation to support the work we do:
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7 months ago
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Our Short Fiction Contest is accepting submissions through December 31. Read our guidelines and submit!
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short fiction contest — Boulevard
$1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fiction-contest
7 months ago
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Here at Boulevard, we strongly believe that Literature is Good. In our series of the same name, we share a little bit about why we love the pieces that we've published. In this installment, read Dana Delibovi, poetry reader, on "This sad grey lump of sand:"
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Literature Is Good: Roxana Crisólogo's "Esta masa triste y gris de arena" — Boulevard
by Dana Delibovi
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/blvdrecs/literature-is-good-roxana-crislogos-esta-masa-triste-y-gris-de-arena
7 months ago
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Our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers is open and accepting work until December 31. The winning entry will receive $1500. Read our guidelines and submit!
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short fiction contest — Boulevard
$1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fiction-contest
7 months ago
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"Do we aquiesce from enthusiasm or blackmail, estrogen or amour?" New on our site, read "Our lives are hard to know," a poem by Maya Muir:
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Our lives are hard to know — Boulevard
by Maya Muir
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading/our-lives-are-hard-to-know
8 months ago
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"God, sometimes I still flinch when you see me naked. I want to believe you are not here to harm me." From our latest issue, read "we would rather be away from the body," a poem by Carrie Beyer:
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https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/we-would-rather-be-away-from-the-body
8 months ago
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8 months ago
New story up at
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‘s Natural Bridge online. It’s about kids and parents and faith and convalescence sword wielding maniacs. Big thanks to bossman Bud Smith for his help on this one.
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Animal Games — Boulevard
by David Williamson
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading/animal-games
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We are now open for submissions in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry!
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We are now open for submissions in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry!
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"There was trouble, he heard, in the Senate, and with his father he couldn’t speak to." From our latest issue, read "Cathedral" by Colby Cotton:
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8 months ago
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"I don’t think there’s anything pathological about my interest in Thea’s life. In fact, quite a respectable hiatus of seven or eight months had passed before I absentmindedly typed her name in the Google search bar last night." Read "Such Lush, Lyrical Prose" by Zehra Nabi:
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8 months ago
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"I steal faces and keep them in the branches." From our latest issue, read "Childhood" and "It Comes to Me" by Luciana Jazmín Coronado, translated from the Spanish by Allison A. deFreese:
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https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/childhood
8 months ago
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Gabriel Rogers' "68091" from our Winter 2024 issue has been listed as a Notable Essay of 2024 in this year's Best American Essays collection! Read the piece online at
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8 months ago
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Congratulations to Boulevard contributor Trent Lewin, whose short story "The Reach" was honored as a Distinguished Story of 2024 in this year's Best American Short Stories Anthology! Read "The Reach" online at our site:
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8 months ago
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"Weeping women in us all. I spit Three times every day To keep the war from coming back." Read "For the Superstitious," a poem by Tiara Dinevska-McGuire:
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8 months ago
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"Time is constantly dwindling, the breadcrumbs slipping through fingers into oblivion. Time is just. Life is partisan. And life plays favorites." Read "A Critical Conversation with Moten and Glissant," an essay by Brandi Ocasio:
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https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/a-critical-conversation-with-moten-and-glissant
9 months ago
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Deadline extended! Our Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers is now accepting submissions through Tuesday, October 7. Head here to read our guidelines and submit your work:
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nonfiction contest — Boulevard
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/nonfiction-contest
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Deadline extended! Our Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers is now accepting submissions through Tuesday, October 7. Head here to read our guidelines and submit your work:
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nonfiction contest — Boulevard
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/nonfiction-contest
9 months ago
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Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to submit to our nonfiction contest! See details here:
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nonfiction contest — Boulevard
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/nonfiction-contest
9 months ago
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"soaring silent road over crescent fires, with violent love, this migrant love" Read "Lotus Leaves" by Sammy Lê for free on our site:
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Lotus Leaves — Boulevard
by Sammy Lê
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading/lotus-leaves
9 months ago
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Five days remain to submit to our Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers!
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nonfiction contest — Boulevard
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/nonfiction-contest
9 months ago
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"Before, I’d imagined a thousand tiny streaks of light crisscrossing the sky like scratches on a car bonnet. Instead, it appeared above like an angel, like how an angel would come down out of fire." Read "The Disenfranchised" by Jude Whiley:
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9 months ago
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"The city is all freeway and falling light, spitting my beloved back out long after sunset..." From our latest issue, read "Back From the Underworld," a poem by Anna Tomlinson:
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9 months ago
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Emerging writers! Ten days remain to submit work to our nonfiction contest. The winning entry will receive $1000!
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9 months ago
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"All around you, the world has been offering itself, growing, fruiting, waiting to be consumed." Read "Transition to Morningness," an essay by Riley Rockford:
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9 months ago
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"wagers—a murmuration of light / the ghostly glow of test tube votives..." From our latest issue, read "color follows light" by Lucinda Trew, winner of our 2023 Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets:
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10 months ago
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"The hunger strike, begun as moral opposition, became instead a de facto practice for teachers and their families, since no one was being paid." From our latest issue, read "El Esfuerzo," a work of short fiction by Emerson Henry:
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Calling all nonfiction writers! Our nonfiction contest is closing on September 30. The winning entry will receive $1000! To learn more and to submit your work, visit
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nonfiction contest — Boulevard
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/nonfiction-contest
10 months ago
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"The Story of America is just an idea; a malleable set of words in a 'make-work' project that took years and years to complete..." Read Devin Thomas O'Shea on "Lamps at High Noon," a long overlooked novel by St. Louis author Jack Balch:
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10 months ago
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"I have a friend who kills people. A friend who says I’ll see you in the summer —Inshallah." From our latest issue, read "Manhunt," a poem by Claressinka Anderson:
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Calling all nonfiction writers! Our nonfiction contest is closing on September 30. The winning entry will receive $1000! To learn more and to submit your work, visit
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