Blackbird (online journal)

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**Blackbird**
URL	http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/
Commercial?	non-profit
Type of site	An online journal for literature and the arts
Registration	Optional registration to receive free newsletter.
Owner	Hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University
Created by	Jointly by the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University and New Virginia Review, Inc.

Blackbird (an online journal of literature and the arts) is an internet journal publishing fiction, poetry, plays, interviews, and reviews by Pulitzer winners as well as promising young artists, including audio and video features, always presented free of charge. Its founding editors include Gregory Donovan, Mary Flinn, Michael Keller and Jeff Lodge. Blackbird is published jointly by the Creative Writing Program of the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University in partnership with New Virginia Review, Inc., a nonprofit literary arts organization based in Richmond, Virginia. Blackbird was one of the first electronic journals to be included in the LOCKSS international archive.

In a Library Journal article concerning vital resources for celebrating National Poetry Month ("A Rhyme A Day," April 1, 2004), Ron Antonucci mentioned only one electronic journal, Blackbird, describing it as "one of the most successful, well-assembled online literary magazines available... it is graphically attractive and has attracted writers of stature such as Norman Dubie, Reginald Shepherd, and Gerald Stern." [1]

Blackbird had the unique opportunity to publish a previously unreleased poem of Sylvia Plath in their Fall 2006 issue. The sonnet is entitled Ennui and was composed during Plath's early years at Smith College.