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Meet the Winners and Honorable Mentions of the 2026 BLR Literary Prizes.
Hal Sirowitz somehow managed to unearth the irony and wit embedded in even the weightiest of topics.
One of the ways we’ll be celebrating BLR’s 25th anniversary is with a new Narrative Arc event… which means another opportunity to share your voice with our community!
Watch the launch celebration of BLR’s special issue, “Animalia,” featuring writing that explores how health and healing both transcend and interconnect species, and what this can teach us about being human.
BLR is excited to collaborate with Writers Read on an upcoming storytelling event in which writers get to read their tales live on stage.
Watch Crafting a Story of Illness, which brought together four best-selling authors whose work spans the worlds of literature and healthcare for a rich conversation on writing about the body, illness, and healing.
Watch a fascinating conversation with Danielle Ofri and Pria Anand, discussing Pria’s debut book “The Mind Electric”, where she delves into the wonder and the brilliance of our brains.
Watch the writers and editors behind BLR’s Issue 48, our latest contest issue featuring the winners and honorable mentions of the 2025 BLR Prizes, discuss and read from their prize-winning essays, stories, and poems.
Meet our 2026 BLR Literary Prize judges! Submit your best poetry, fiction and nonfiction from March 1 to July 1, 2025.