Blackbird

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, other work, and poetry.

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Blackbird is a literary magazine published by Virginia Commonwealth University and New Virginia Review, accepting poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and plays during its open reading period.

Response time info: Expect six months for a decision, longer if you submit just before the summer break.

Read the full guidelines at blackbird.vcu.edu↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryPays: Payment is after publication (amount not stated).

Primarily short stories, but self-contained novel excerpts accepted; double-space; no previously published work; simultaneous submissions allowed if notified; query before sending prose over 8,000 words.

nonfictionPays: Payment is after publication (amount not stated).

Primarily personal essays, but self-contained memoir excerpts accepted; double-space; unsolicited book reviews and criticism not considered; no previously published work; simultaneous submissions allowed if notified; query before sending prose over 8,000 words.

otherPays: Payment is after publication (amount not stated).

Plays accepted; query before sending a full-length play; video essays considered with prior query; unsolicited visual art not accepted.

poetryPays: Payment is after publication (amount not stated).

Send 2-6 poems in a single document; translations welcome with permissions; no previously published work; simultaneous submissions allowed if notified; query before sending a poem exceeding 10 pages.

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