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We're Looking For...

We welcome submissions from any undergraduate and graduate student at Virginia Tech. Submitting to the magazine is a great way to get your creative work out into the world, and "published" makes a great line on your resume! Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

 

Poetry & Prose

We accept:

  • poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, humor columns, and more

Format:

  • double spacing and 12 pt font

    • for poetry, if stylistic spacing is necessary, use best judgement on how much space it'll take up​

  • Prose submissions are limited to 7 pages, and poems should be kept to 2 pages

  • Most file formats will work

    • do not send .pages​

  • If you need to send a piece via email

    • do not send it as a sharepoint link

    • do not send it as a google drive link

    • an attachment is the appropriate method.

We will accept up to 5 pieces from each person.

 

Art & Photography

We accept:

  • paintings, illustrations, architectural drawings, sketches, sculpture, and more

Format:

  • Make sure that photographs of your piece are appropriately cropped

  • All submissions must have a resolution of at least 300dpi and dimensions of at least 4x6 inches

  • pdfs are preferred, but we also accept .tif, .jpeg, .esp, .bmp, .psd, and .ai files

  • If submitting art, please inform us of the medium with your submission.

  • See above comment about file format.

We will accept up to 10 submissions from each person.

How to Submit...

Please use our submissions uploader, if this is not working then email submissions to  silhouettemag.vt@gmail.com.

 

Some Technical Stuff

All files must be named with the title of the work. For example, a photo titled "Rain" should be labeled "Rain."

We will not accept files labeled "untitled" or something similar to "DSC_0000."

 

Do not put your name on your submission (either in the document or in the file name). If you submit by email, include your contact information in the body of the email and make sure your file size does not exceed 2MB.

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If you are submitting multiple pieces you should submit one piece at a time (i.e. one submission per piece).

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Please indicate upon time of submission what category your submission falls into (poetry, prose, photography, or art). 

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We do not accept AI-generated submissions.

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Fall 2023 Featured Creatives

 

Art/Design

  • Editors' Choice: Outside My Window by Rupabali Samanta

  • void carousel by Lucie Cho

  • what are you doing here? by Lucie Cho

  • i was the first by Samantha Cho

  • cold sweat cold sweat cold sweat by Samantha Cho

  • The Crossroads by Reece Parrish

  • autumn windows by Alexis Walker

  • Cat's cake by Mylo Murphy

  • Fire Graphic by Daphne Longmire

  • You Are My Missing Pieces by Mia Wolfe

 

Photography

  • Editors' Choice: Smoke Break by Gianfranco Vivanco

  • Crowded by Gianfranco Vivanco

  • Appalachian Wheat by Henry Coddington

  • Drifting by Henry Coddington

  • Tails Akimbo by Henry Coddington

  • Onlooker by Daphne Longmire

  • mi amor! by Nanami Nishimoto

  • Ordonnance by Rupabali Samanta

  • star trails by the lake by Zonghao Lu

  • In the Fjords by Naheda Nassan

  • Dorm Room Flowers by Claire Vander Haagen

  • Look Me in the Eye by Robbie Potter

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Poetry

  • Editors' Choice: clara by Emelia Delaporte

  • to the VPI Sanitation Authority by Emelia Delaporte

  • canines by Samantha Cho

  • dreams 1 by Samantha Cho

  • LOVE ME by Caroline Blöm

  • For Wayne by Caroline Blöm

  • September Wildflowers Bloom in Odd Places by Adison Moore

  • Plant a Sunflower Seed When I'm Gone by Adison Moore

  • Becoming You by Naheda Nassan

  • Come Morning by Njeri Jackson

  • Death is a bird by Riley Petersen

  • memories of grandfather by Mark Postovalov

 

Prose

  • Editors' Choice: International House of Pancakes by Safyque xRichardson

  • An Intermission / Wound Tight by Hunter Craig

  • A Series of Self Portraits by Amanda Roberson

  • Your Writer by Riley Vinluan

Spring 2024 Featured Creatives

 

Art/Design

  • Editors' Choice: Nine Lives by Mackenzie Rose

  • Every Which Way by Alexis Walker​

  • Soepardi by Almira Kusuma

  • Death Dive by Avery Peacock

  • ourobouros and other things by Samantha Cho

  • neon by Samantha Cho

  • Sitting On Couch by Will Schrant

  • Smile by Will Schrant

  • Swampfish by Madeline Carver

  • Medusa by Mia Wolfe

 

Photography

  • Editors' Choice: Cannon Beach by Naheda Nassan

  • ​Columbia River Gorge by Naheda Nassan

  • Varlaam by Henry Gaines Coddington

  • Companions by Henry Gaines Coddington

  • Floating by Katie Webster

  • Glass Cities by Katie Webster

  • Flower Girl by Gracie Gosier

  • Better Days by Gianfranco Vivanco

  • Seattle Gull by Jayne Beth Martin

  • 161 Bay St, Toronto, ON by Rupabali Samanta

  • Serenity by Nanami Nishimoto

  • Birders' baptism by Emelia Delaporte

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Poetry

  • Editors' Choice: hey sis, don't forget about me by Samantha Cho

  • chocolate chip mini muffins by Samantha Cho

  • Red by Mia Wolfe​

  • On religion by Mia Wolfe

  • milhurst st., blacksburg by Emelia Delaporte

  • bollo's, under the ceiling leak by Emelia Delaporte

  • Rib/Womb by Hallie Foran

  • Bride of Murder by Isabella Graef

  • Allah? by Naheda Nassan

  • His Room by Mackenzie Rose

  • Inside Out by Kai Dankwa

 

Prose

  • Editors' Choice: late july by Riley Vinluan

  • ​yellow, yellow by Samantha Cho

  • Seedling by Greta Lunsford-Poe

*If your file is too large or you have difficulty with the submissions form, send content to silhouettemag.vt@gmail.com

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