Submissions closed as of April 30th and will re-open on August 1st for all genres. Please DO NOT send submissions over the summer; they will not be read until August.

Blue Mesa Review congratulates Al Riske, winner of the 2008 Fiction Contest.

Blue Mesa Review, the literary magazine of the University of New Mexico creative writing program, publishes outstanding and innovative fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, along with interviews and book reviews.

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.