The Santa Clara Review is thrilled to announce that Volume 113.1 will feature writing and art focused on California. As one of the oldest literary magazines in California, we invite you to consider the vast geographic, cultural, political, and technological landscapes of the world’s fourth largest economic region. From Hollywood to the Mojave, from the redwoods to Silicon Valley, from migrant workers to tech bros, California offers dreams and illusions for everyone. We prompt you with this: What are your perceptions, your dreams, your experiences of California? Any and all works about The Golden State—past, present, and future—will be considered.
Submissions will open for Volume 113.1 on September 1st and close on October 30th.
The Santa Clara Review is a biannual literary magazine published by undergraduate students at Santa Clara University. Previous contributors to the Review include Frederick Luis Aldama, Thomas Lux, Reyna Grande, Alexandra Teague, Amer Kobaslija, Carolyn Forché, Vladimir Kush, Arisa White, and Tongo Eisen-Martin
We accept:
- Poetry
- Fiction (including drama/screenplays)
- Non-Fiction (including essays)
- Visual Art (including photography, sculpture, etc.)
Simultaneous Submissions
You may submit your work to the Review and to other publications simultaneously. If your work is selected by another publication, please notify us of your withdrawal as soon as possible.
SCU Student Submissions
If you are currently a student at Santa Clara University, you are eligible to submit to the Review without paying a submission fee. Please email your work to santaclarareview@gmail.com with the subject line "SCU Student Submission".
Please note that your work will not be considered if you do not use your official SCU email address to submit in this manner.
Please limit your submission to 6,000 words or less. Most pieces we publish are between 2,000-4,000 words.
Please limit your submission to 6,000 words or less. Most pieces we publish are between 2,000-4,000 words.
Please submit up to three poems for consideration.
Please limit your submission to five pieces. Please submit at least two works of art.
Image Quality
- Use the best quality your camera or scanner has, like "Extra Fine" or similar
- Please submit in the least lossy format possible with as little image compression as possible
- If scanning your piece, please scan at a resolution of 600 DPI or greater. Images with a DPI lower than 266 will not be published.
The Owl is Santa Clara University’s undergraduate-only, student-run literary arts magazine. Poetry, prose, music, visual art, film, and photography are presented via a multi-modal platform—from publication on our website, to a short chapbook at the end of the academic year.*
Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis from October 1, 2024 through February 16, 2025. Whatever you create, we hope to publish!
*Note: Materials published in The Owl may not be reprinted, in whole or part, without the written permission of the editors or originators. Publication on the website does not guarantee publication in the end-of-year chapbook.
Please see our website for more extensive submission guidelines: https://santaclaraowl.com/submit
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