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. Please format your submission using double spacing and 12 pt font. Submissions are limited to 10 pages, and poems should be kept to one poem per 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 all kinds of artwork: paintings, illustrations, architectural drawings, sketches, sculpture, and more. Please make sure that photographs of your piece are appropriately cropped. Additionally, 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. We will accept up to 10 submissions from each person.
We prefer to receive submissions via our online submissions uploader. However, if the uploader is ever inaccessible, you can email your submissions to us at 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 labled "Rain." We will not accept files labeled "untitled" or something similar to "DSC_0000."
Please do not put your name on your submission (either in the document or in the file name). If you have to submit by email, include your contact information in the body of the email and make sure your file size does not exceed 2MB.
Fall 2018 Featured Creatives
Art/Design
Revelation, Emily Harris
In Recovery, Emma Crim
Lost in Translation, Tony Lin
Sleep, Natalie Jackson
Janis Joplin, Natalie Jackson
Wire Sculpture, Natalie Jackson
Water&Oil, Natalie Jackson
Mono10122018, Alex Cejka
HONNE, Alex Cejka
Static, Tim Cox
Self Portrait, Tim Cox
Photography
Sheep 2, Megan Nilsson
Leaving the Church, Dylan Fraley
Backroad Burn, Dylan Fraley
Off the Grid, Dylan Fraley
Ran Tong, Allison Lee Craft
Matterhorn at Sun Down, Allison Lee Craft
Iceland 5, Justus Darby
Iceland 9, Justus Darby
Iceland 12, Justus Darby
Clear, Yibin Yang
Asante Sana, Chiravi Patel
Jump, Genevieve Munch
Symmetry, Leina Greenwalt
Colors in the Desert, Leina Greenwalt
Jambo, Chiravi Patel
Karibu, Chiravi Patel
The Fog, Jianlin Qi
We Were Birds, Allison Lee Craft
Horse Culture, Ethan Candelario
Poetry
Lifelike, Victoria Vaughan
The Captain’s Ballad, Taylor Thackaberry
Sacrilege, Abigail Mameghani
If my father died, Chera Longfritz
Bird Talons, Chera Longfritz
Visitation, Amy Burke
Enough, Emma Crim
Juxtaposition, Michelle Garcia
A Glance, Amy Burke
Not an Aubade, Allison Lee Craft
Prose
Bewitched, Madison Sweezy
Slow Movement, Jayne Ross
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