Our Supporters

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

BLR receives foundational support from the following grantors and funders:

AARP Foundation
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
The Whiting Foundation
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
The Oliver Sacks Foundation
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Amazon Literary Magazine Partnership
LitNYS

BLR is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

And from generous individuals and businesses:

BLR LITERARY PRIZE SPONSORS

Buckvar Family
Goldenberg Family
Lesmah J. Fraser and Linda C. Lombardi

BENEFACTORS

Amy Lushing

PATRONS

Andrew Berdon
Bettina & Michael Klein
David W. Bloom
Jeremy Nobel
Jodie Corngold
Katherine Mathews
Robert Warshaw

MUSES

Allie Nava
Anonymous
Danielle Ofri
Jacob M. Appel
Gerard Kirwan

PARTNERS

Anyika Jordan
Ashley McMullen
David and Jacqueline Weill
Helene Atwan
Lesmah J. Fraser
Marit Vagstad
Martin J. Blaser
Michael Myers
Michael R. Yeaman
Ruth Oratz
Sig-Linda Jacobson

ADVOCATES

Connie Zuckerman
Jack Coulehan
Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Jerome Lowenstein
Maureen Miller
Olberg McFall Family Foundation
Robert Oldshue & Anne Calabresi
Thomas Andrews

SUPPORTERS

Arlene Kossoff
Bruce and Kathi Campbell
Carla Fine
Chivon McMullen-Jackson
Cori Baill
David Ferris
Jane Webster
Janet Akman
Kevin Loughlin
Marnie Gelfman
Perri Klass
Wes Ely

FRIENDS  (UP TO $250)

Aaron Akman, Adena Batterman, Adrian Dannhauser, Andrea Eisenberg, Andrew Milano, Ann Sacher, Anna Levendel, Betty Reed, Carrie Wujek, Catharine R. Stimpson, Christina Robertson, Claire Zoghb, Dan Shaham, David Quiroga, Deborah Tesler, Dirk Frater, Doug Wolens, Duke Stewart, Eileen Allman, Erika Goldman, Felice Aull, Francesca Smith, Frank Clark,  Gene Morris, Geoffrey Kashdan, Gilbert Tauber, Helen Sitler, Jacob Weber, Jan Laskowski, Jason Baum, Jill Muhrer, Juliet Konvisser, Kathleen Weed, Keith Byler, Kevin Scollan, Lauren Latessa, Leonard Appleman, Leonard Post, Lisa S. Berger, Lois Lowenstein, Lorraine Mesagna, Lucille Lester, Marc Snyder, Marcia Ofri, Margot Wizansky, Marian Anderson, Melissa L. White, Michael and Judy Pillinger, Michaelyn Burnette, Mimi Feinstein, Nadine Bendycki, Nicholas Birns, Nila De La Rosa, Rachel Hadas, Randi Berman, Rebecca Sloane, Robert Kamm, Sally Lovell, Sander Mendelson, Stephen A. Geller, M.D., Sue Ellen Thompson, Susan Dworkin, Susan Wyatt, Terry Tierney, Theresa Brown, Therese & Daniel Wolpaw, Theta Pavis-Weil, Tina Foster, Toni McLaurin, Victor Ferrari