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Deadline

Oct 31, 2023

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"Silver Blade Magazine is an all-volunteer publication of Silver Pen. "

"Silver Blade Magazine is an all-volunteer publication of Silver Pen. "

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Response Time

79 days

Acceptance Rate

0%

  • Payment

    Yes

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    Yes

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    No

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    No

Accepted genres

4 genres

Fiction

Max words: 20000

Short Stories 1000 to 7500 words; Novellas 7500 to 20000 words

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Flash 250 to 1000 words;

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

2 to 5 unpublished poems. We prefer free verse poetry between 10-100 lines with a keen eye on line breaks, prose poems (Robert Bly school) o...

Translation

We always seek previously unpublished English translations of literary quality poems with speculative elements that have been previously pub...

Fiction

Max words: 20000

Short Stories 1000 to 7500 words; Novellas 7500 to 20000 words

Flash Fiction

Max words: 1000

Flash 250 to 1000 words;

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

2 to 5 unpublished poems. We prefer free verse poetry between 10-100 lines with a keen eye on line breaks, prose poems (Robert Bly school) o...

Translation

We always seek previously unpublished English translations of literary quality poems with speculative elements that have been previously pub...

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Track submission

5

Total submissions tracked

79 days

Average response time

0%

Average acceptance rate

50 days

Fastest response time

107 days

Slowest response time

How to submit

Process

-

Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirements

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

Cutting edge Science Fiction, Slipstream, Classic and Modern Fantasy. Romance might be accepted, provided it has a strong fantasy element to it. Wow us. We want characters and stories readers will remember long afterward. Payment. For previously unpublished works, Silver Pen pays a flat fee of $15 for novellas, $3 for flash fiction, $8 for short stories, $8 for single poems and $15 for Featured Poets (by invitation only). Silver Pen will pay half of these rates for previously published works. Multiple submissions are welcome, but we will not publish more than one piece by an author in any single issue (exception: Poetry submissions to SB).

About the Magazine

Founded in ? | United States

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Karl Rademacher

Editor-in-Chief

John C. Mannone

poetry editor

Sue Babcock

fiction editor

Examples

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