Please read the following guidelines before you submit.

• Send up to six poems at a time; send at least two poems, minimum.
• Set your poem as you want it to appear on the printed page.
• Put all poems into one document.
• Query before you send a poem exceeding 10 pages.

General Guidelines

• Blackbird does not accept previously published work.
• Simultaneous submissions are acceptable so long as they are indicated as such and we are immediately notified upon acceptance elsewhere. To withdraw individual poems from a submission, please send a message in Submittable notifying us of the poems that are no longer available.
• Translations are welcome so long as permissions have been obtained from the author.
• Please submit a cover letter, either in the box provided or as the first page of your submission; if you have previously published with Blackbird or received encouragement on a previous submission, please include that information as well.

If you are a currently-enrolled student, please email blackbird@vcu.edu for a link to a waived-fee submission form.