Our Mission
Literature of palpable quality: poems, stories, and essays so beguiling they invite us to touch their essence. The Bellingham Review hungers for a kind of writing that nudges the limits of form, or executes traditional forms exquisitely.
Announcements
2009 Contest Winners 
The Bellingham Review is excited to announce the 2009 literary Contest Winners.
Issue #61 has Arrived!
The 2009 Issue of the Bellingham Review is now available. View our Current Issue page to find sample writing and photography.
Ona Gritz's essay, "On the Whole," from the current edition of Bellingham Review will be reprinted in its entirety in the Sept./Oct. edition of Utne Reader.
2010 Contest Judges Announced
The 49th Parallel Award: Allison Joseph
The Annie Dillard Award: Rebecca McClanahan
The Tobias Wolff Award: Jess Walter
Book Review
Review of Alissa Torres's American Widow "Public Terror, Personal Tragedy" by Ian Denning
Getting Noticed!
NewPages Blog on the Spring 2008 Issue
Bellingham Review Adapts (read more...)
Testimonial from Rae Gouirand
"Every issue of the Bellingham Review offers writing that is not just of palpable quality, but of true interest. I can't count the number of BR essays I have ended up teaching in my creative nonfiction workshop over the last five years - they inspire introspection of the most enduring variety, and feed the efforts and investments of all my students. I am never surprised by how much I learn reading it - just grateful, both as a teacher and as a writer."
NewPages.com reviews Spring/Fall 2007
The Bellingham Review celebrates its thirtieth anniversary (read more...)
NewPages.com praises Spring 2005 Issue
Sima Rabinowitz writes, "An incredibly strong awards issue with work that is funny, moving, surprising, and memorable, and, though I mean this in the most positive way imaginable...strange."