Bellevue Literary Review

Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States, has been witness to nearly 275 years of human drama. In this tradition we have created the Bellevue Literary Review, a forum for illuminating humanity and human experience. BLR is published by the Department of Medicine at New York University. We invite submissions of previously unpublished works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that touch upon relationships to the human body, illness, health and healing. We encourage creative interpretation of these themes.

"No human thing is more universal than illness, in all its permutations, and no literary publication holds more credibility on the subject than The Bellevue Literary Review." New Pages.com Read the full review.

Hot off the Press!

2010 BLR Literary Prize deadline August 1st, 2009. Judges are Phillip Lopate (nonfiction), Tony Hoagland (poetry) and Gail Godwin (fiction).
Abilities and Disabilities: The Range of Human Function: This special issue on disability is now available.

2009 BLR Literary Prize winners have been announced. Congratulations!
The Best of the BLR published by the Bellevue Literary Press. Anthology is accompanied by a free BLR Curriculum for teaching.

The BLR is supported by public funds from
the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

The BLR is a proud member of
the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses.