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The finest fiction, poetry, and essays since 1985. Paying market. www.boulevardmagazine.org

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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We've extended our nonfiction contest deadline! Emerging writers, send us your work by midnight on Wednesday, October 7. www.boulevardmagazine.org/nonfiction-c...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Like many deals with the devil, this one begins with an email from my agent. A feature, based on an unpublished short story about a little-known civil rights activist turned monster hunter." Read "Africa, Land of Romance," a short story by Cathy Kisakye: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/afric...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just one week remains to send in work to our Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers! www.boulevardmagazine.org/nonfiction-c...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"When I open my eyes, the music has stopped. Twilight has settled in fully, and through the blank grid of suburbia sprawling around us, crickets have filled the playing, dotting night with the small color of their sound." Read "The Wheel" by G.H. Plaag: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/the-w...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Nothing’s ever really gone, mom told me when, at 12, I started using the internet. She meant be careful what you post." From our latest issue, read "The Cloud" by Weston Morrow: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/the-c...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers is OPEN and accepting work through September 30. The winning entry will receive $1000! See our guidelines and submit here: www.boulevardmagazine.org/nonfiction-c...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"When I was four years old, I used to think that the entire world was a country called Iran." Read "Shadows on the Wall" by Mohammad Hakima, winner of our 2024 Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/shado...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"On the 5 just outside of Coalinga the cloud rose from the highway to surround him in the air-conditioned safety of his automobile." From our latest issue, read "Two Major Events With Intermission," a work of short fiction by David Nikki Crouse: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/two-m...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"The dead man touch’d me from the past. Well, he is dead, and where shall I find another? It takes years to train a man to love me." From our latest issue, read "Willow Song Sampling," a poem by Patrick Donnelly: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/willo...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"I saw the earth as similar to the frightened person above it: raw and reckless and ripe for chaos. I imagine the earth as a body unhinged." From our latest issue, read "The Shaking of the Earth," an essay by Emily Weitzman: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/the-s...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"I was eighteen, and my parents were being psychotic, so I moved to Albany to stay with this guy Donny from my World of Warcraft guild." Read Connor Greer's "Brad Jackson" in our latest print issue, or for free on our site: www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading...
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by Connor Greer
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"When at last the Professor retired from the university he made elaborate plans to revisit the cities of Europe which he’d first discovered as a young Fulbright scholar forty years before." From our archives: revisit "Blue Guide" by Joyce Carol Oates. www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/blue-...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"Shirley first came when I was seven, slithering through the window on the smell of burnt plastic." From our archives: read "Shirley," a work of short fiction by Hannah Williams. www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/shirley
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"When travelers ask what I write in the sand, I tell them I live inside the letters of your name." From our archives: read "Majnun" by Zeina Hashem Beck, after Qays Bin Al-Mulawwah. www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/majnun
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This summer, we're bringing you even more Boulevard! We're uploading pieces from our back issues to our website. With a digital subscription to Boulevard--$16 a year--you can have access to this expanding archive. Purchase a digital subscription here: www.boulevardmagazine.org/digital-subs...
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Subscribe to Boulevard literary magazine are $12/year. 
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We are delighted to announce that the winning story for our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers is "In America" by Sebastian Edward Bliss!
Fiction contest winner Sebastian Edward Bliss wearing a red jacket, standing in front of a walk sign at night.
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Our poetry contest is open for one more week, taking submissions until midnight on June 1. Send us your work for the chance to win $1000! www.boulevardmagazine.org/poetry-contest
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$1,000 and publication awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press. 
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
"That night, I got dressed in my trench coat and went out to the middle of town. The lights were buoyant and fresh, amazing slashes, amazing range. The moon was pinned against the skies like a cop’s badge." Read "Smear Frame (1992)" by Jasmine Ledesma: www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading...
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by Jasmine Ledesma
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Just one week remains to submit work to our general submissions categories!
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"I saw the stark grace of leaves unfurled like hands outstretched in benediction." New on our site are three poems by Zoe Boyer: "The trees, my god," "Autumn Rings the Bell," and November Sixth. Read them here: www.boulevardmagazine.org
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Since 1985, Boulevard's mission has been to publish the finest in contemporary fiction and poetry as well as definitive essays on the arts and culture, and to publish a diversity of writers who exhibi...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We close for submissions at midnight on May 1. Send us your work! www.boulevardmagazine.org/guidelines
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Boulevard magazine's writers guidelines. Accepting submissions from November 1 to May 1.
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
We are pleased to announce that our latest issue is HERE! Featuring new fiction from David Nikki Crouse, a craft interview with Aria Aber, the winners of our nonfiction and poetry contests, and much more. Pick up your copy here: www.boulevardmagazine.org/print-subscr...
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Boulevard Vol. 39, Nos. 2 & 3 (Spring 2026) — Boulevard
This issue includes 2024 Nonfiction Contest winner Mohammad Hakima, and 2024 Poetry Contest winner Rachel Stempel. It also features a Boulevard Craft Interview with Aria Aber and a symposium on the ...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We are here at AWP! Our deputy editor Molly Harris is selling issues and subscriptions all week at table T118. Come say hello!
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
We're pleased to be co-hosting an AWP offsite reading with Bear Review and Laurel Review on Friday, March 6 at Max's Taphouse!
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
We are happy to announce the results of the 2025 Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers. We received many excellent entries this year, and the editors selected Annalisa Bolin’s essay “The Bones of the Ocean” as the winner.
A photo of nonfiction contest winner Annalisa Bolin wearing a black shirt.
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
NOW OPEN: Our Poetry Contest for Emerging Writers is accepting submissions until June 1! The winner will receive $1000, and all entries are considered for publication. Find more info and submission guidelines here: www.boulevardmagazine.org/poetry-contest
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$1,000 and publication awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press. 
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
NOW OPEN: Our Poetry Contest for Emerging Writers is accepting submissions until June 1! The winner will receive $1000, and all entries are considered for publication. Find more info and submission guidelines here: www.boulevardmagazine.org/poetry-contest
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$1,000 and publication awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press. 
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We are pleased to announce that the winner of our 2025 Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets is Inkyoo Lee!
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
"The unending grayness of this past winter, I must admit, made me quite homesick." Online now is "Nikola," the short fiction debut of Yulia Zepp. Read it for free at www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading...
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by Yulia Zepp
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Deadline extended! We are now accepting submissions to our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers through January 8. The winning entry will receive $1500. Head to the link in our bio to submit your work!
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Tomorrow is the LAST day to submit work to our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers! boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...
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$1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Just three days remain to submit work to the Boulevard Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers! The winning entry will receive $1500. Check out our guidelines and submit: boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...
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short fiction contest — Boulevard
$1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers is closing on December 31! Read our guidelines and submit: www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...
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$1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
It's Giving Tuesday! Listen to Devin and consider making a tax-deductible donation to support the work we do: www.boulevardmagazine.org/donate
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Sales cover less than 20% of Boulevard's  annual budget, so your gift makes all the difference! Your tax-deductible  support will help us continue our 30-year tradition of publishing the f...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Our Short Fiction Contest is accepting submissions through December 31. Read our guidelines and submit! www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...
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$1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Here at Boulevard, we strongly believe that Literature is Good. In our series of the same name, we share a little bit about why we love the pieces that we've published. In this installment, read Dana Delibovi, poetry reader, on "This sad grey lump of sand:" www.boulevardmagazine.org/blvdrecs/lit...
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Literature Is Good: Roxana Crisólogo's "Esta masa triste y gris de arena" — Boulevard
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Our Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers is open and accepting work until December 31. The winning entry will receive $1500. Read our guidelines and submit! www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fictio...
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$1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
"Do we aquiesce from enthusiasm or blackmail, estrogen or amour?" New on our site, read "Our lives are hard to know," a poem by Maya Muir: www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading...
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by Maya Muir
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
"God, sometimes I still flinch when you see me naked. I want to believe you are not here to harm me." From our latest issue, read "we would rather be away from the body," a poem by Carrie Beyer: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/we-wo...
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David Williamson @williamsonism.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
New story up at @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social ‘s Natural Bridge online. It’s about kids and parents and faith and convalescence sword wielding maniacs. Big thanks to bossman Bud Smith for his help on this one. www.boulevardmagazine.org/free-reading...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
We are now open for submissions in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry!
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
We are now open for submissions in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry!
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
"There was trouble, he heard, in the Senate, and with his father he couldn’t speak to." From our latest issue, read "Cathedral" by Colby Cotton: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/cathe...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
"I don’t think there’s anything pathological about my interest in Thea’s life. In fact, quite a respectable hiatus of seven or eight months had passed before I absentmindedly typed her name in the Google search bar last night." Read "Such Lush, Lyrical Prose" by Zehra Nabi: bsky.app/profile/boul...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
"I steal faces and keep them in the branches." From our latest issue, read "Childhood" and "It Comes to Me" by Luciana Jazmín Coronado, translated from the Spanish by Allison A. deFreese: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/child...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Gabriel Rogers' "68091" from our Winter 2024 issue has been listed as a Notable Essay of 2024 in this year's Best American Essays collection! Read the piece online at www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/68091
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Congratulations to Boulevard contributor Trent Lewin, whose short story "The Reach" was honored as a Distinguished Story of 2024 in this year's Best American Short Stories Anthology! Read "The Reach" online at our site: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/the-r...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
"Weeping women in us all. I spit Three times every day To keep the war from coming back." Read "For the Superstitious," a poem by Tiara Dinevska-McGuire: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/for-t...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
"Time is constantly dwindling, the breadcrumbs slipping through fingers into oblivion. Time is just. Life is partisan. And life plays favorites." Read "A Critical Conversation with Moten and Glissant," an essay by Brandi Ocasio: www.boulevardmagazine.org/read-1/a-cri...
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Boulevard Magazine @boulevardlitmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Deadline extended! Our Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers is now accepting submissions through Tuesday, October 7. Head here to read our guidelines and submit your work: www.boulevardmagazine.org/nonfiction-c...
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