Our Supporters

BLR is grateful to all of our supporters. Thank you for being part of the BLR community.

BLR has received foundational support from the following grantors and funders:

AARP Foundation
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
The Whiting Foundation
The Oliver Sacks Foundation
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust
Amazon Literary Magazine Partnership
LitNYS

BLR’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

And from generous individuals and businesses:

BLR LITERARY PRIZE SPONSORS

Buckvar Family
Goldenberg Family
Leslin Healthcare Leadership Foundation

BENEFACTORS ($5,000 – $9,999)

Amy Targan Lushing
Anyika Jordan
Cliff Manko
Cynthia Cannell
Danielle Ofri
Francis Goldstein
Jacob M. Appel
Jeremy Nobel
Jodie Corngold
Lesmah J. Fraser
Linda C. Lombardi
Northwell Health
Robert Warshaw and Deborah A. Schmidt
Ruth Oratz

CHAMPIONS ($1,500 – $2,499)

David Hackney
Donna Marino
Helene Atwan
Jack Coulehan
Michael R. Yeaman
Sig-Linda Jacobson

PATRONS ($1,000 – $1,499)

Aishvarya Sinha
Bruce & Kathi Campbell
Dwaine Rieves
Kevin Loughlin
Marit Vagstad

MUSES ($750 – $999)

Dympna Lynch Weil
Ted Geier

ADVOCATES ($500 – $749)

Caridad Hernandez
Connie Zuckerman
Deborah Bayer, DO
Dina & Ron Borzekowski
Doris Ullendorff
Gardner McFall
Kati Eisenhuth
Michael & Mary Brabeck
Paul Rockey
Perri Klass
Thomas Andrews

SUPPORTERS ($250 – $499)

Allen Newman
Allie Nava
Catharine Clark-Sayles
Chivon McMullen-Jackson
David Ferris
Diana Mason
Frank Clark
Janet Akman
Kevin Scollan
Lee Briccetti
Linda Dove
Lynne Mijangos
Marilyn Mazur
Nandini Anandu
Sandeep Jauhar
Serena J. Fox
Shanda McManus
Stephen A. Geller
Tim Suermondt

FRIENDS (UP TO $250)

Alexandra Sifferlin, Amy MacDermott, Antonio Dajer, Barbara Felton, Barbara Landreth, Barron Lerner, Benjamin Akman, Beth Aviv, Brittany Gambino, Candace Wayne, Claire Berman, Darilyn Moyer, David & Catherine Patterson, David Waters, David Wollner, Diane Davis Davey & David Wiebe, Dianę Levy, Eileen Allman, Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, Emma Marciano, Erika Goldman, Felice Aull, Gilbert Tauber, Glenn Vanstrum, Harriet Wallsh, Ian Baaske, Jane Mushabac, Jason Baum, Jill Harris, Jill Muhrer, Jill O’Sullivan, Joan Flynn, John Shaw, Joseph Becker, Judith Fox, Julia Spring, Kate Edgar, Laura Johnsrude, Lauren Latessa, Lois Lowenstein, Marian J. Anderson, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Marie Schaffner, Marjie Alonso, McKaye Pixley, Michael and Judy Pillinger, Nicholas Birns, Nisha Sajnani, Paul Ruest, Rachel Hadas, Rachel Hall, Robert Kamm, Robin Freedberg, Samuel Autman, Sheri Fink, Sheryl Katta-Charles, Sue Ellen Thompson, Susan Breen, Susan Land, Susan Wyatt, Suzanne McConnell, Terri Wonder, Toni McLaurin, Vicki Sparks

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