Blackbird Journal
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An online journal of literature and the arts at @VCU. We publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, & more. Submissions are open!
Richmond, Virginia
Joined September 2009
Blackbird’s latest issue, Flight v23n3, is out now! Read it at linked in bio. 🐦⬛. Cover image: "The South, where we live," by Roberto Jamora, Acrylic and Pumice Medium on Canvas over Wood Panel, 2025
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Blackbird contributor @jhoppenthaler has two new poems in the current issue of TriQuarterly! Read them here:.
🚨✨ BIG NEWS! ✨🚨 Issue 167 of TriQuarterly Magazine is here, featuring incredible work from amazing writers, poets & creatives! PLUS, we’re excited to welcome our new managing editor, @JessMasi_ ! 💫🔥 Don’t miss it—read now: #LitMag #TriQCommunity
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RT @daybreakjung: A fresh new translation of Kim Bok Hui's poem from her third collection "Sweet Porosity" (스미기에 좋지/봄날의 책). "Free Heart" (자….
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RT @SaraFarag: With a heart full of fear I share this poem for @alaa, for Laila Soueif, published today in @VCUBlackbird. You can read it….
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RT @Poetry_Daily: Today's Featured Poem:. "The Gaze" by YE Hui, trans. by Dong Li (@PoetDongLi), from Issue 23 Vol. 1 of Blackbird (@VCUBla….
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RT @SaraFarag: Thank you to @VCUBlackbird for publishing this dream-poem so dear to me, after Ada Limón <3
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We’re so pleased to share that Blackbird’s latest issue, Flight v23n2, is out now! Flight v23n2 is available to read online at or through the link in our bio. 🐦⬛ . Cover image: “Handy" by Erin Wohletz, 2024, Lithography, Mezzotint and Screenprint
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Calling all fiction writers! Blackbird will be closing our fiction submissions on Friday, February 7th. Submission guidelines at the 🔗 in bio.
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Blackbird is now open for video essay submissions—send us your best! Head to Submittable for the full guidelines:
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Editor Spotlight: Get to know our Faculty Editor, Kathleen Graber!
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Editor Spotlight: Meet our Art Editor, Josh Galarza! Head over to our Instagram (@blackbirdjournal) to read the full spotlight.
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✨Contributor news!✨ @jessievaneerden has a new book out! Two of her essays published in Blackbird are featured in her essay collection, "Yoke and Feather." Check out it from Dzanc Books.
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RT @simeonberry: “Louise recommended analysis because in analysis / you’re not supposed to look at the person you’re talking to. / Isn’t th….
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We asked our Blackbird interns about their favorite places to read and write in Richmond. What are your favorite places to write around town?
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Congrats to contributor @BySarahLayden! Her short story collection "Imagine Your Life Like This" made the 2024 Indiana Authors Awards shortlist for fiction and was on the Wisconsin Library Association's 2024 Honored Fiction List. Check out her work!
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The cover image for Flight v23n1 is Bernice, Oil on Canvas, 2020, by Cliff Tisdell. View and read more about Tisdell's poignant body of work, which pays homage to the Southern Gothic writer Carson McCullers, in the new Flight.
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RT @SFWP: Don't miss out on reading Jenn Blair's review of HORSE SHOW by @prettyminotaur, over on @VCUBlackbird! .
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RT @splitlipthemag: Need some poetry in your life on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? We got you covered 😊 Assistant Poetry Editor CD Eskilson has a….
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RT @poetalicewhite: Honored to have a poem in Blackbird. Let’s keep singing in the dead of night.
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