Genres & Theme
Literary Mainstream THEMED: health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. BLR is published by the Department of Medicine at New York University. We invite submissions of previously unpublished works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that touch upon relationships to the human body, illness, health and healing. We encourage creative interpretation of these themes. Prose should be limited to 5000 words. Poetry submissions should have no more than 3 poems.	Go To: Website Support this Publisher: Subscribe Report: Submission/Response Correction/Update New Cover
Lengths
Poetry (varies, read guidelines) Flash Fiction (< 1,000 words) Short Story (1,000 - 5,000 words)
Media
Print Publication
Payscale
Does Not Pay in real-world money for Short Fiction Does Not Pay in real-world money for Poetry
Other Info
Accepts postal submissions and electronic submissions
Allows simultaneous submissions (always follow proper simultaneous submission etiquette)
No reprints accepted
No multiple submissions allowed
Published 2 x per year
USA
Response Times
Show Overall Short Fiction Poetry Electronic Subs Postal Subs   Note: These statistics are compiled from response reports sent to us anonymously and through our submissions tracker for registered users. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's staff. Accuracy We have received 101 reports within the past 12 months, not including 30 pending responses (with an avg. wait of 47 days) and not including 1 ignored report (reports are ignored when the submitter has an unrealistic overall acceptance/rejection ratio). The more responses reported, the more accurate the info. Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most markets have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here. Days Reported 10 | 102 | 468 (min | avg | max) Responses (93.1%) Acceptances: 2% (182 days avg. per acceptance) Rejections: 90.1% (100.6 days avg. per rejection) | 4.4% personal, 83.5% form, 12.1% unspecified Rewrite Requests: 1% (248 days avg. per rewrite request) Non-Responses (6.9%) Assumed Rejections: 1% (248 days avg. per assumed rejection without response) Author Withdrawals: 5.9% (46.3 days avg. per withdrawal by author) Other Information Submissions are acknowledged within 18 days on average. Most recent response reported was received on: 07 May 2008 Responses have been received for submissions sent as late as: 13 Mar 2008 Do not query before 180 days have passed. (10.9% of the responses reported to us for this market have taken longer than 180 days.)
Awards, "Best of" Annuals, etc.
Work published has been awarded, nominated for, or received honorable mention in the following: Pushcart Prize
Market Added: 24 Aug 2005 Last Updated: 18 Feb 2006 Last Checked: 04 May 2008

Before Submitting
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