Blue Mesa Review: Fiction Contest

Blue Mesa Review announces their 2009 Fiction Contest

ENTRY DEADLINE: POSTMARKED BY MARCH 1, 2009

The magazine was founded in 1981 by the University of New Mexico’s Rudolfo Anaya, Gene Frumkin, David Johnson, Patricia Clark Smith, and Lee Bartlett as a way to bring national recognition to writers from the American Southwest. A quarter of a century later, Blue Mesa Review remains committed to publishing regional writers alongside nationally recognized artists and exceptionally talented newcomers. Authors previously featured in Blue Mesa Review include: Joy Harjo, Robert Creeley, Sherman Alexie, Leslie Marmon Silko, Paula Gunn Allen, Michael Palmer, Floyd Skloot, Denise Chávez, and Alberto Ríos. Distinguished by the multi-ethnic and diverse cultural heritage of its contributors, Blue Mesa Review strives to combine personal vision and aesthetics with a high degree of intellectual curiosity.