Website
Type Of Publisher
Online
Genres Published
Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Reviews, Visual Art
Year Established
1989
Address
Albuquerque, NM
Primary Contact
Marisa Clark
Primary Contact Title
Faculty Advisor
Email
Mission Statement / Editorial Focus
Blue Mesa Review was founded by Rudolfo Anaya in 1989. Anaya, a Creative Writing instructor at the University of New Mexico at the time, wanted a space for New Mexican and Southwestern writers to publish their work. As a landscape of intersectionality and diversity, the Southwest is the perfect place for beautiful intersectional art to grow, and Anaya charged Blue Mesa Review with tending those roots in our community. Today, we strive to continue to support and publish voices of the Southwest and the world at large, and to foster connections between our academic circle and the rich literary traditions of Albuquerque and New Mexico. Blue Mesa Review is run by graduate students at University of New Mexico’s MFA program and assisted in our work by a faculty advisor and a team of graduate and undergraduate readers. In our thirty-four years and 40+ issues, our contributors have included Jimmy Santiago Baca, Sandra Cisneros, Joy Harjo, Sherwin Bitsui, and countless other exceptional writers. We are grateful to the diverse voices who have brought their identities, cultures, and creativity to an international arena.
Accepts Unsolicited Submissions
yes
Submission Guidelines URL
Reading Period
From 7 / 1 / 10 -1
Response Time
3 - 6 months
Author Payments
cash, copies
Contests
yes
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