Vibe
Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok
Response Time
Average acceptance rate
Need to know for submitting
Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Payment
Yes
Fee
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provide contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
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Important stuff
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
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Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
Types of Submissions Accepted
Poetry
Max pieces: 6
No less than two poems
Translations
No specific limitations
Nonfiction
We are able to publish long works in all genres, but query Blackbird before you send a prose piece over 8,000 words. 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.
Fiction
We are able to publish long works in all genres, but query Blackbird before you send a prose piece over 8,000 words Double-space, please. We primarily look for short stories, but novel excerpts are acceptable if self-contained.
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Play
No specific limitations
Magazine
Founded in 2002 | United States
Masthead
We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)
Mary Flinn
Editor-in-Chief
Rebecca Poynor
Managing Editor
M.A. Keller
Online and Founding Editor
Gregory Donovan
Founding Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)
Total tracked
7
Average acceptance rate
0% (so far)
Average response time
729 days
Average acceptance/rejection time
-/729 days
Fastest response time
111 days
Slowest response time
2283 days