| Magazine Name: | Blackbird |
| Website: | http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/ |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/#!/VCUBlackbird |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/blackbird.journal |
| Editor: | Gregory Donovan and Mary Flinn |
| Mailing Address: | Blackbird Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English PO Box 843082 Richmond, VA? 23284-3082 |
| Email: | blackbird@vcu.edu |
| Circulation: | |
| Submission Guidelines: | http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v10n1/submissions.shtml |
| Approximate Response Time | Six months |
| Publishes: | Twice a year, fall and spring |
| Year Founded: | 2002 |
| Online Submissions? | Yes |
| Information about your publication: | While online media are still experimental tools for literary publication and no one can be certain exactly what kinds of differences they will make in linking writers and audiences, it is our assumption that one fundamental editorial principle applies in this realm as it does in the print realm. That sole principle is excellence. Writing published by this journal will be the very best available, and it is the first responsibility of the editors—by selective solicitation, and by intelligent winnowing—to make certain that this is always the case. Each issue of Blackbird will be permanently archived online. We are also committed to the principle that writers should be paid for their work. |
| What type of submissions you are looking for: | Poetry: send up to six poems at a time. Single-space, please; set your poem as you want it to appear on the printed page. (If submitting online, put all poems into one document, as the submissions software will not allow you to submit individual poems separately.) Fiction: Double-space, please. We primarily look for short stories, but novel excerpts are acceptable if self-contained. Nonfiction: Double-space, please. We primarily look for personal essays, but memoir excerpts are acceptable if self-contained. Unsolicited book reviews and criticism are not considered. Gallery: Plays are accepted. We do not accept unsolicited visual art work, but if you produce video essays, please query us about your work. |
| Information on Contests: | The Rebecca Mitchell Tarumoto Short Fiction Prize is sponsored by the family of Rebecca Mitchell Tarumoto in her memory to honor her devotion to the art of writing fiction, to expand the audience for outstanding short stories, and to encourage literary excellence among writers early in their careers.? $2,000 will be awarded annually to the best work of short fiction published by Blackbird in a given calendar year, with a particular emphasis on work by an emerging or previously unpublished writer. No application form or fee is required; all short fiction submitted to the journal is eligible. |
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