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 Oliver Sacks Foundation
Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust
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 ($10,000+)

Amy Lushing
Northwell Health

PATRONS ($5,000 – $9,999)

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

MUSES ($2,500 – $4,999)

Allie Nava
Anonymous
Danielle Ofri
Gerard Kirwan
Jacob M. Appel
Michael Myers

PARTNERS ($1,000 – $2,499)

Andrew Berdon
Anyika Jordan
Ashley McMullen
David and Jacqueline Weill
Lesmah J. Fraser
Linda C. Lombardi
Marit Vagstad
Martin J. Blaser
Michael R. Yeaman
Pamela Ann Lange Charitable Fund
Ruth Oratz
Sig-Linda Jacobson

ADVOCATES ($500 – $999)

Connie Zuckerman
Frank Clark
Gardner McFall
Helene Atwan
Jack Coulehan
Jerome Lowenstein
John Froude
Marie Myung-Ok Lee
Maureen Miller
Olberg McFall Family Foundation
Perri Klass
Robert Oldshue & Anne Calabresi
Thomas Andrews

SUPPORTERS ($250 – $499)

Allen Newman
Ann Sacher
Arlene Kossoff
Bruce and Kathi Campbell
Caridad Hernandez
Carla Fine
Chivon McMullen-Jackson
Cliff Manko
Cori Baill
David Ferris
Jane Webster
Janet Akman
Kevin Loughlin
Marguerite and Peter Gelfman
Serena J. Fox
Stephen A. Geller

FRIENDS  (UP TO $250)

Aaron Akman, Adena Batterman, Amy MacDermott, Andrea Eisenberg, Andrew Milano, Anna Levendel, April Ondis, Barron Lerner, Betty Reed, Betty Rogers, Carrie Wujek, Catharine R. Stimpson, Christina Robertson, Cynthia Cannell, Dan Shaham, David Quiroga, Deborah Tesler, Diana Nilsen, Dirk Frater, Doris Ullendorff, Doug Wolens, Dympna Lynch Weil, Edward McCann, Eileen Allman, Elizabeth Duthie,  Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, Emma Marciano, Erika Goldman, Fazlur Rahman, Felice Aull, Francesca Smith, Gene Morris, Geoffrey Kashdan, Gilbert Tauber, Helen Sitler, Helene Weintraub, Iris Cohen, Jacob Weber, Jan Laskowski, Jason Baum, Jason Heuer, Jill Muhrer, John Grundhauser, John Starrs, John Shaw, Judith Weiss, Juliet Faithfull, Juliet Konvisser, Katherine O’Hare, Kathleen Weed, Keith Byler, Kevin Scollan, Kevin Stewart, Lauren Latessa, Leonard Appleman, Leonard Post, Lois Lowenstein, Lorinda Klein, Lorraine Mesagna, Lucille Lester, Marcia Ofri, Margot Wizansky, Marian Anderson, Mary Alice & William Houghton, Melissa L. White, Michael and Judy Pillinger, Michaelyn Burnette, Millie and Alan Fell, Mimi Feinstein, Nadine Bendycki, Nicholas Birns, Nila De La Rosa, Paul Zeltzer, Philip Gold, Rachel Hadas, Randi Berman, Rebecca Sloane, Robert Kamm, Robin Freedberg, Ruth Guyer, Sander Mendelson, Sharon Cote, Sue Ellen Thompson, Susan Dworkin, Susan Podolsky, Susan Wyatt, Terry Tierney, Theresa Brown, Therese & Daniel Wolpaw, Theta Pavis-Weil, Tim Suermondt, Tina Foster, Toni McLaurin, Victor Ferrari, Wes Ely