Submission guidelines
General
Silver Leaves is intended for all audiences. We will not accept material containing explicit violence or sexual references. Articles, essays and creative submissions may be up to 2,500 words in length. An author who wishes to submit more than 2,500 words is welcome to contact the Publication Manager about a possible accommodation in this matter. Please submit your file in Word format (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf). You may submit a text file (.txt) but you will lose any formatting you have applied to the document.
We will send you a confirmation once your submission has been received. We will notify you if your work has been selected for publication. Please note that we may request amendments during the editing process. We will forward you a Publishing Agreement and it is necessary for you to sign it before your work is published in Silver Leaves.
Non-fiction
Please follow the Modern Language Association (MLA) referencing style (www.mla.org/style)
Fiction
Creative writing must not contain any material protected by copyright. This includes character and place names from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, including, but not limited to, names in Tolkien’s Middle-earth. For more information on copyright laws and infringement see:
- Copyright Office Basics (US Copyright Office)
- A Guide to Copyrights: Copyright Protection (Canadian Intellectual Property Office)
- Copyright information at Wikipedia
Artwork
Silver Leaves can accommodate artwork up to 8”x10”. The cover will be full colour. Artwork for the cover will be selected by the Publications Committee. Fantasy- and mythology-inspired images will be accepted, including those from various fan communities.
You may submit your artwork as a colour (CMYK) file but please note that we may contact you to request a black/white version for publication. Please submit image files in a JPEG (.jpg) or GIF (.gif) format, no larger than 130dpi for viewing.
If your work is accepted for publication we will require a print resolution image of 230dpi to 300dpi in either colour (CMYK) or black/white format. The following file formats will be acceptable for print: JPEG (.jpg), GIF (.gif), EPS (.eps), Illustrator (.ai), TIFF (.tif/.tiff) or PNG (.png).
