Our Supporters
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 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
PATRONS ($5,000 – $9,999)
Aishvarya Sinha
Amy Lushing
Bettina & Michael Klein
Cynthia Cannell
Danielle Ofri
Francis Goldstein
Jacob M. Appel
Jeremy Nobel
Jodie Corngold
Katherine Mathews
Northwell Health
Robert Warshaw and Deborah A. Schmidt
MUSES ($2,500 – $4,999)
Cori Baill
Gerard Kirwan
Harry & Phyllis Manko Family Foundation
Michael Myers
Robert Oldshue & Anne Calabresi
PARTNERS ($1,000 – $2,499)
Andrew Berdon
Anyika Jordan
Ashley McMullen
Dwaine Rieves
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
Deborah Bayer, DO
Frank Clark
Gardner McFall
Helene Atwan
Jack Coulehan
John Froude
Kati Eisenhuth
Kevin Loughlin
Olberg McFall Family Foundation
Perri Klass
Thomas Andrews
SUPPORTERS ($250 – $499)
Allen Newman
Allie Nava
Ann Sacher
Caridad Hernandez
Chivon McMullen-Jackson
Cliff Manko
Dympna Lynch Weil
Janet Akman
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, Brittany Gambino, Carrie Wujek, Catharine R. Stimpson, Christina Robertson, Dan Shaham, David Quiroga, David Wollner, Deborah Tesler, Diana Nilsen, Dianę Levy, Dirk Frater, Doris Ullendorff, Doug Wolens, 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, Ian Baaske, Iris Cohen, Jacob Weber, Jan Laskowski, Jane Mushabac, Jason Baum, Jason Heuer, Jill Harris, Jill Muhrer, John Grundhauser, John Starrs, John Shaw, Judith Fox, 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, Lynne Mijangos, Marcia Ofri, Margot Wizansky, Marian J. Anderson, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, 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 Ruest, Paul Zeltzer, Philip Gold, Rachel Hadas, Randi Berman, Rebecca Sloane, Robert Kamm, Robin Freedberg, Ruth Guyer, Sander Mendelson, Sharon Cote, Sheryl Katta-Charles, Sue Ellen Thompson, Susan Dworkin, Susan Podolsky, Susan Wyatt, Terri Wonder, Terry Tierney, Theresa Brown, Therese & Daniel Wolpaw, Theta Pavis-Weil, Tim Suermondt, Tina Foster, Toni McLaurin, Victor Ferrari, Vicki Sparks, Wes Ely