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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
RULE 23C-2 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO REDEEM SECURITIES
 
of
 
BlackRock Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc.
100 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
(888) 825-2257
 
under the
 
Investment Company Act of 1940
 
Investment Company Act File No. 811-21286
 
________________

1.
Title of the class of securities of BlackRock Preferred Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") to be redeemed:
 
Auction Market Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, as identified by series and CUSIP in Annex A hereto (the "Shares").
 
2.
The date on which the securities are to be called or redeemed:
 
See Annex A for the dates on which Shares of each series are to be redeemed (the "Redemption Date").
 
3.
The applicable provisions of the governing instrument pursuant to which the securities are to be called or redeemed:
 
The Shares are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) of the Fund's Articles Supplementary.
 
4.
The principal amount or number of shares and the basis upon which the securities to be redeemed are to be selected:
 
See Annex A for information concerning the number of Shares of each series and the aggregate principal amount of Shares of each series to be redeemed.  The Depository Trust Company (DTC), holder of record of the Shares, determines by lottery how the redemption will be allocated among each participant broker-dealer account that holds Shares and each participant broker-dealer determines how to allocate each redemption among the holders of the Shares held by it.
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirement of Rule 23c-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has duly caused this Notice of Intention to Redeem Securities to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned on this 24th day of February, 2009.


 
BLACKROCK PREFERRED INCOME STRATEGIES FUND, INC.
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Neal J. Andrews
 
Name:
Neal J. Andrews
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
 

 
 
 
 
 
Annex A

Series
CUSIP
Redemption Date
Total Shares to be Redeemed
Aggregate Principal Amount to be Redeemed
M7
09255H204
March 17, 2009
203
$5,075,000
T7
09255H303
March 18, 2009
203
$5,075,000
W7
09255H402
March 19, 2009
203
$5,075,000
TH7
09255H501
March 13, 2009
203
$5,075,000
F7
09255H600
March 16, 2009
203
$5,075,000
W28
09255H709
April 9, 2009
292
$7,300,000
TH28
09255H808
March 27, 2009
292
$7,300,000