Winners of the 2016 Short Story Award
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2016 Voorheesville Short Story Contest! They are: Amanda Bache ’16, $500 Grand Prize, “Dear Detective” Sara Gannon […]
From the Editors
Contest Deadline Extended!
The deadline for the 2016 Voorheesville Short Story Contest has been extended to midnight, Monday, March 21. Submission guidelines and contest details can be found […]
Announcing the 2016 Short Story Contest!
What to Submit: an original short story of no more than 5,000 words. Who Can Submit? all current eleventh and twelfth graders currently enrolled at […]
BBR and The Book House Join Forces for Book Reviews
The Blackbird Review and The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza are teaming up to review highly anticipated YA books. Starting this winter, BBR staffers will […]
The 2015 Fall/Winter Edition, On Sale 12/23/15
We are all very excited here to announce the publication of our Fall/Winter edition! On sale on December 23, 2015, the Fall/Winter edition highlights writing […]
“Mockingjay: Part Two” Review
On occasion we will publish movie and music reviews. Jimmy Connolly, a Blackbird Review staff writer, weighs in today with his take of the latest […]
How To Improve Your Writing
Everyone who writes, no matter their experience or skill, can always improve upon their writing. Though this may seem too big a task, there are […]
Welcome to the 2015-2016 Blackbird Review
Hello and welcome to the Blackbird Review! Submissions are officially open, and as you can see we are posting to the website. As in years […]
Library of Souls Book Review
In light of recent events (the third book of the Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children series, Library of Souls, being sold and the upcoming […]
Overcoming Writer’s Block
As a writer, I can honestly say that the hardest part of writing is writing. A blank sheet of paper or a blank computer screen […]