We are happy to announce the results of the 2023 Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers. We received many excellent entries this year and are delighted to announce that the winning story is Mary Elizabeth Dubois's "To Believe in the Ubiquity of Animation." Congratulations also to our runner-up, "Saints of Missouri" by Cole Chamberlain and honorable mention "Such Lush, Lyrical Prose" by Zehra Nabi. All stories will appear in the Spring 2024 issue ..read more

We are happy to announce the results of the 2023 Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets. We received many excellent entries this year, and guest judge, Aaron Coleman, selected Lucinda Trew. Lucinda’s winning group of three poems will appear in an upcoming issue. Congratulations also to runner-up Tiara Dinevska-McGuire ..read more

Photo courtesy of Doug Van Gundy We are happy to announce the results of the 2022 Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers. We received many excellent entries this year, and the editors selected Gabriel Rogers’s essay “68091.” Congratulations also to the runner-up “Frisson” by Maddie Jones and honorable mention “Diving in the Dark” by Susan Sugai. These essays will appear in the upcoming issue ..read more

Occasionally, a member of the Boulevard staff wishes to celebrate particular aspects of a piece we’ve published and share their reflections with our readers, in hopes of giving some insight into our editorial considerations when selecting new work. We are calling this feature “Literature Is Good.” by Haley Harris, Editorial Assistant Alicia Byrne Keane’s “Natural State” (Boulevard Vol. 37, p 83), is an intricately-crafted sonic universe, a patchwork that seamlessly and associatively links potent images and personal locales from the speaker’s life across time. Within a single stanza, the poem ..read more

Occasionally, a member of the Boulevard staff wishes to celebrate particular aspects of a piece we’ve published and share their reflections with our readers, in hopes of giving some insight into our editorial considerations when selecting new work. We are calling this feature “Literature Is Good.” by Havilah Barnett, Intern Alpay Ulku’s prose poem, “Bouillabaisse”—the name of a seasoned fish soup—is just that: a mix of poetic craft and technique stewed together to create a flavorful piece. I was immediately reeled into the poem by Ulku’s purposeful sentence structure, vocabulary, and tone th ..read more

We are happy to announce the results of the 2022 Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets. We received many excellent entries this year, and our editors selected Danielle Lemay. Danielle’s winning group of three poems will appear in an upcoming issue.   Congratulations also to our runner-up Yun Wei and honorable mention Auden Eagerton ..read more

In art, where is the line between appropriation and a thoughtful, meaningful usage of preexisting art? To what extent does copyright offer protections for creators, and when does it inhibit creativity? In answering the question, please use specific examples. Please email your pitches (not completed essays) telling us a little bit about yourself and your idea to nonfiction@boulevardmagazine.org by December 23rd. Length for the final piece is 1,000 words and pays $100. We will be accepting up to seven pitches. Final deadline for the finished piece is January 31st ..read more

In art, where is the line between appropriation and a thoughtful, meaningful usage of preexisting art? To what extent does copyright offer protections for creators, and when does it inhibit creativity? In answering the question, please use specific examples. Please email your pitches (not completed essays) telling us a little bit about yourself and your idea to nonfiction@boulevardmagazine.org by December 23rd. Length for the final piece is 1,000 words and pays $100. We will be accepting up to seven pitches. Final deadline for the finished piece is January 31st ..read more

We are happy to announce the results of the 2021 Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers. We received many excellent entries this year, and the editors selected Lee Anne Gallaway-Michell’s essay “The Devil’s Balls.” Lacy’s story will be published in Boulevard issue no. 112. Congratulations also to the runner up: “The Sniper’s Rifle” by Jessica Smith ..read more

We are excited to announce that we’re launching an editorial assistantship at Boulevard. Every semester, we’ll have space for one editorial assistant, a position that can be renewed once for a maximum of two semester. For each semester-long position (13 weeks), we will provide a stipend of $500 and expect editorial assistants to work 10 hours a week.  Editorial assistants will be responsible for reading and reviewing submissions, helping create social media marketing campaigns, proofreading issues, and communicating with authors as part of our small, laidback, and supportive team. Th ..read more