Editor Interview: Silenced Press Online Journal

Quality and innovation.

Rattle. Flatmancrooked. Publications with better taste in taste. Those who are willing to take chances and don't publish based on a name, degrees or awards. Diverse publications. Publications that survive.

The work takes precedent over the name.

We publish work that isn't being published elsewhere. We can publish any online work along with audio. The work we publish makes you smarter- similar to the effects of classical music. It also improves your relationships with others and alleviates depression. You will become a better person. Everything will start to make sense.

Read the submission guidelines and then follow them. Seriously. If you still have a question try researching an answer first. Someone wrote me the other day to ask what I meant by "third-person bio". I almost didn't respond.

The particular submission guidelines for the particular submission have been followed entirely. As I begin reading, I instantly know I want/have to publish it. It reminds me of why I am doing what I am doing.

Putting their submission in the body of an email. A bio that's ridiculously long. Emailing print submissions.

Cover letters are a formality and really are not necessary. Previous publications do not matter. The most important part is the work.

I've had submissions fail on the first sentence. Basically, there is no point in reading the entire submission if there are too many careless errors (especially in the beginning of the piece) or it's not interesting. Accepted work is read multiple times.

It needs to be memorable. It must be something I want to share and there needs to be a very good reason for me to share it. I want to say- People need to read this.

I'm entirely disorganized so I basically try to remember what I'm supposed to do, what shipments I need to ship et cetera. Catch up on submissions. Then I try to catch up on our print schedule. Copy edit. Work with my designer on covers. Then I usually have a little chat with the armored guards that pick up all our cash.