Advisory Board
        Catherine Ingrassia, English Department chair
        David Wojahn, MFA Director of Creative Writing
        
        
		
        Clint McCown, MFA faculty
        representative
      Hanna Pylväinen, MFA faculty representative
      Jennifer Rhee, faculty representative
      Rivka Swenson, faculty representative
      Mary Flinn, senior editor
      M.A. Keller, senior online editor
      
      
Sponsors
      Virginia Commonwealth University, Michael Rao, 
        President
      The College of Humanities & Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University
      
Founding Sponsors
    The Virginia Commission for the Arts
  The National Endowment for the Arts
Design
      
        Special thanks to Ronnie Sampson and Nancy Martin 
        of Viridian for the original logo and site design. Thanks to Stella Reinhard for the 2008 reworked logo as it now appears on items for sale at Cafe Press. And finally, to Patrick Vickers, Ryan Cales, Greg Krull, and Bri Spicer, our thanks for design variations in conversation with both logos above. Special thanks to Bri Spicer for her work on the logo and for her design of the 10th anniversary logo.
Technology Support, Virginia 
        Commonwealth University
        Humanities and Sciences Technology Services 
    John Skaritza, John Seo, Mike Dunham, Ramont Reed, James Archer, &  staff.
Virginia Commonwealth University Technology Services
      especially the help provided  in support of the Blackbird Submission Manager software.
    












