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Skyline Magazines have no theme.  Although we publish quarterly, every winter, spring, summer and fall, we do not necessarily seek out seasonal material.  An occasional holiday story or poem will be considered, but on the whole, we look for interesting, quality literature and art of all styles and genre.

Short Story Guidelines:

• Please submit stories in block style without tabs. Use Verdana 8 point font style and size.
• ASTERIKS *** must enclose any text that should be italicized. ALL THOUGHTS SHOULD BE ITALICIZED.  I wish all manuscripts were submitted this way, she thought.  Would be *I wish all manuscripts were submitted this way,* she thought. 
• EXAMPLE .  Double space your manuscript. Skip an extra space between paragraphs and dialogue.  We will indent, do the formatting and email the story back to you on a pdf galley for approval.  This is important, as we cannot always remove document formatting/tabs, which interferes with our document programs. Adhering to our guidelines will avoid print errors when your story is published in Skyline Magazine.
• Manuscripts not submitted in this manner will be returned.

• We consider 'shorts' and essays of 1500 words.
• Short Stories: 4000 word maximum is the norm, however, for exceptional material we'll publish up to 5000 words. 
• We accept simultaneous submissions, and for our E-Magazines prefer stories that have not been previously published on the Internet.
• Skyline PRINT Magazine will not publish previously published material.

• Skyline reserves the right to correct errors and restructure sentences if necessary, but we won't re-write a story.  Submitting a clean manuscript is the author's responsibility.
• Include a brief, third person bio not to exceed 50 words, and a brief synopsis of the story you are submitting.
• A short synopsis will help us get back to you more promptly. 100 words would be fine.
•  We will reply to submissions at our earliest convenience, usually within 4 - 6 weeks.   Thank you for your patience.

Skyline seeks all genre of fresh, well written, new story concepts.  Please send your original creations edited for grammar and sentence structure - ready for publication. If our editors like a story, but feel a bit of tweaking is necessary, we'll contact the author with constructive suggestions.  We do not critique, but rather offer our opinion on story improvement and author revisions, so it may be accepted for our publications.  Please submit clean, edited manuscripts. We suggest you have someone proof your manuscript, such as an editor or a friend, to check grammar and punctuation.  Although we do edit stories, "clean" manuscripts receive priority consideration.

• Skyline considers Special Features and Articles.  We look for interesting, unique, previously unpublished, original literature.  1500 words maximum. Please use same submission instructions as for stories.

• Submit stories on Submission Form

Poetry Guidelines:  submit HERE for Skyline Magazine, Poet Express, A Hudson View Poetry Digest, SpinningS...intense tales of life magazine.  All publications are quarterly. All submissions will be considered for all of our publications, print and online.

• All styles and poetic themes will be considered.  Poems can be of any length.  Poems should be edited and ready for publication, typed in a combination of lower and upper case or lower case only. Please don't submit poetry typed in all upper case.  We will have to return it.  In some cases, due to the page layout of our print magazines, we may not be able to retain all poetic formatting.  Galleys are emailed prior to publication, for author and artist approval.
• Please submit at least 4 to 6 poems in each submission using ONE Submission Form.
• Include a brief bio of about 50 words.

Although we may archive some poems, all poetry remains the sole property of the poets who submit them. Poets reserve all rights to their work, at all times.  Read our COPYRIGHT  info.

Artists and illustrators retain sole rights to their art, at all times.

• Please query before submitting art, with a brief description of your style of work and url of a web site where you art is currently displayed.  Our space is limited to 3 pieces of art per issue.  Art will not be archived.

Submit poetry HERE

Submit short stories HERE

Problems submitting or questions, email Victoria: skywriterr@aol.com

Please refer to our CALENDAR  for submission and publication dates. 

*All submissions of stories and poetry will be considered for the publication we feel it would best fit. 

To further describe our magazines and our mission:  Questions and Answers.

A letter from a poet. An interesting read.

Skyline Magazine is published three times a year in print, featuring stories, poetry and art/photography.  Should we not produce a lovely print quarterly issue for any reason, we will provide our readers with a beautiful EMagazine which will be available online.

Although we try to reply to every email, due to lack of resources, it's not always possible. If your story or poetry is accepted, you should hear back from us within 4 to 6 weeks. We appreciate your understanding and patience.

A note about Skyline Print Magazines for Contributors and our Readers:  If  would like to purchase copies of Skyline print magazines, the cost is $15.75 a copy, shipped in the continental USA. 

Print magazines are elegant and lovely publications of 80 pages with full color covers. Skyline Magazine will provide hours of reading pleasure for mature readers ages 18 and up.

Without funding, grants or advertising revenue, Magazine and Digest purchases will help keep our publications in print!  While electronic publication is a lovely outlet for everyone to enjoy, there is nothing like 'holding' us in your hands.  Words are Forever, Art the unspoken Word.  Our magazines are timeless. 

Create and Share within the circle of Skyline Literary Community, where we are devoted to small press publication, and will do everything possible to uphold the tradition.  We thank our author and artist contributors for helping us produce three of the most brilliant and elegant small press magazines on the market today. 

Thank you for being a valued part of the Skyline Literary Arts Community.

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