Belmont
Story Review
Belmont
Story Review
We seek to exemplify Belmont University’s mission in engaging with a broad audience while venturing into literary arts and honing our skills as readers, writers, editors, etc. within a Christian community of learning. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Belmont University is renowned for its college of entertainment, music business and social entrepreneurship programs.
Belmont Story Review is produced through the university's publishing program, which is one of the nation's only undergraduate majors in publishing. The magazine was founded by former Program Director Richard Sowienski, a 30-year publishing veteran, which included a five-year stint as managing editor of The Missouri Review. It is now edited by the current Director, Sara Wigal.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
REALM First Class
2022
TAC GRANT
Recipient
2021
Belmont Vision, the award-winning student run newspaper for Belmont University, covered BSR in 2022. Click here to read the article.
The National Council of Teachers of English designates Belmont Story Review as a REALM First Class publication.
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Belmont Story Review Volume 7: Witness has received the rank of REALM First Class in the 2022 NCTE Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) contest.
In summer 2021, Belmont Story Review (via Editor Sara Wigal’s efforts) received state funding through a Tennessee Arts Commission grant for the purpose of a logo/brand overhaul/other marketing needs and a rise in honorarium amounts we award contributors. We are grateful for the support of TAC.
THE VISION
Featured Article
2022
Best American Honors: Belmont Story Review
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Belmont Story Review Volume IV: Out of Place was named a Notable Special Issue of 2019 in the Best American series. An essay from V4, “Mirror,” by David Armand, was included in The Best American Essays 2020 anthology.
BEST AMERICAN HONORS
Belmont Story Review
2019
PAST ISSUES
Belmont Story Review is honored to showcase established and emerging writers from across the United States and the world.
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Rights of Accepted Authors​
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2. Under United States copyright law, you will retain the copyright of the Work, subject to the rights you have granted to BSR. BSR will include a copyright notice in its name on the issue or issue in which the Work appears. You sharetain all rights to the Work other than those conveyed herein; however, provided that on any occasion you republish the Work, you agree to include suitable credit, indicating that the Work first appeared in BSR.
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