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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

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

  • Files should be submitted as .doc, .otd, .txt, or .rtf files (we currently cannot accept .docx)

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.

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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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 2023 Featured Creatives

 

Art/Design

  • Editors' Choice: Manhattan by Harshal Pilania

  • fractals self portrait by Hannah Plishker

  • linoleum print 13  by Hannah Plishker

  • Winchell's by Will Schrant

 

Photography

  • Editors' Choice: Sound View Cafe by Ameer Mohammed

  • Late Summer by Henry Coddington

  • Tending by Henry Coddington

  • A Musical in the lake by Mohit Gupta

  • A City filled with Fog by Mohit Gupta

  • River Reflections by Ameer Mohammed

  • Limbo by Reese Roberts

  • Digital Portraits of Grace Choi by Gwen Saunier

  • The Lighthouse by Lillie Tynch

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Poetry

  • Editors' Choice: There's a Southern Magnolia by Lena Mahyoub

  • Seasonal Elegies by Grace Daniels

  • men's deodorant by Emelia Delaporte

  • Sting by Emelia Delaporte

  • Refraction by Benjamin Epling

  • Apple by Savannah Gentry

  • How the Grass Grows Blue by Adison Moore

  • Our Handprint Sofa by Adison Moore

  • Aubade by James O'Brien

  • Day in the Life by James O'Brien

  • wintering and stubborn will by Seferina Olivo

  • crossroads by Mark Postovalov

  • velvet spikes by Mark Postovalov

  • Victus by Eva Snaith

 

Prose

  • Editors' Choice: My Desert Ramble by James O'Brien

  • Grandfather at the End of Mind by Sofie Anderson

  • Lazy Ass Lazy Eyes by Isaac Maxey

  • What Do I Wear to My Friend's Funeral by Zach Murphy

  • The Next Great Atomic Road Trip by James O'Brien

*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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