"I saw the earth as similar to the frightened person above it: raw and reckless and ripe for chaos. I imagine the earth as a body unhinged." From our latest issue, read "The Shaking of the Earth," an essay by Emily Weitzman: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/the-s...

"I was eighteen, and my parents were being psychotic, so I moved to Albany to stay with this guy Donny from my World of Warcraft guild." Read Connor Greer's "Brad Jackson" in our latest print issue, or for free on our site: www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading...

Brad Jackson — Boulevard

by Connor Greer

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"When at last the Professor retired from the university he made elaborate plans to revisit the cities of Europe which he’d first discovered as a young Fulbright scholar forty years before." From our archives: revisit "Blue Guide" by Joyce Carol Oates. www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/blue-...

"Shirley first came when I was seven, slithering through the window on the smell of burnt plastic." From our archives: read "Shirley," a work of short fiction by Hannah Williams. www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/shirley

"When travelers ask what I write in the sand, I tell them I live inside the letters of your name." From our archives: read "Majnun" by Zeina Hashem Beck, after Qays Bin Al-Mulawwah. www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/majnun

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: www.boulevardmagazine.org/digital-subs...

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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!

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! www.boulevardmagazine.org/poetry-contest

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$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. 

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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: www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading...

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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We close for submissions at midnight on May 1. Send us your work! www.boulevardmagazine.org/guidelines

"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: www.boulevardmagazine.org

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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! www.boulevardmagazine.org/guidelines

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Boulevard magazine's writers guidelines. Accepting submissions from November 1 to May 1.

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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: www.boulevardmagazine.org/print-subscr...

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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 ...

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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!

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!

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.

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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$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. 

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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

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. 

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We are pleased to announce that the winner of our 2025 Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets is Inkyoo Lee!

"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 www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading...

Nikola — Boulevard

by Yulia Zepp

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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!

Tomorrow is the LAST day to submit work to our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers! boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...

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$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.

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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: boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...

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.

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Our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers is closing on December 31! Read our guidelines and submit: www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...

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$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.

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It's Giving Tuesday! Listen to Devin and consider making a tax-deductible donation to support the work we do: www.boulevardmagazine.org/donate

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Sales cover less than 20% of Boulevard's  annual budget, so your gift makes all the difference! Your tax-deductible  support will help us continue our 30-year tradition of publishing the f...

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Devin Thomas O’Shea@devintoshea.bsky.social · 8mo ago

hey for a mere sixteen bucks this year, you can give the gift a year's worth of beautiful Boulevard mags, with access to essays and fiction and poetry and essays about worker fiction www.boulevardmagazine.org/print-subscr... @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social

Our Short Fiction Contest is accepting submissions through December 31. Read our guidelines and submit! www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...

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$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.

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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:" www.boulevardmagazine.org/blvdrecs/lit...

Literature Is Good: Roxana Crisólogo's "Esta masa triste y gris de arena" — Boulevard

by Dana Delibovi

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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! www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...

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.

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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: www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading...

Our lives are hard to know — Boulevard

by Maya Muir

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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: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/we-wo...