Bellerive

Bellerive is an annual literary publication from the Pierre Laclede Honors College, produced and published by students of the Honors College each fall.  Students, faculty, and staff campus wide submit previously unpublished creative works each year for possible inclusion in the book; the class then reviews submissions, edits accepted submissions, and lays out and publishes the book.  Selections, editing, layout, and design are all done by students enrolled in the Bellerive seminar.

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Submit to Bellerive

All UMSL students, faculty, staff, and alumni are invited to submit original creative works that have not been previously published. Submissions are accepted from March 1 thru October 1. Bellerive accepts:

Poetry: Submit up to 5 poems 
Prose: Submit up to 2 pieces (each piece 4,000 words or less)
Photography/Art: Submit up to 5 digital images (with titles)

Original Music: Submit 2 original works as audio files (for additional information email us at bellerivesubmit@umsl.edu).

Please send all submissions to BelleriveSubmit@umsl.edu.  Before submitting, please review our submission guidelines, and fill out our submission form.

Submissions review is a “blind” process. Submitters’ names are not disclosed during review.

Editions of Bellerive

For table of contents and featured authors and artists in each issue, click on the cover image for the issue. 

Purchasing Copies of Bellerive

Current and past copies of some Bellerive editions are available for purchase. Copies are $7 each, or two for $12. To purchase, please contact Geri Friedline at (314) 516-7874, or via email at friedlineg@umsl.edu. Cash or check only, please.

Please note that limited copies are available for each edition, and once they've all been sold no further copies will be produced.  Currently, the following editions are available:

71 ft till the ground
Fathom
Sonder
Solipsist
Chimera
Penumbra
Synesthesia
A Welcome Crisis
Archipelago
49 Pieces
Sometimes Touching
Everything Can Change
Illumination
Out Of The Void
Transcendence
Altered States