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.
Submissions for Volume 112.2 are currently open. They will close on February 15th, 2025.
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 Images with a DPI lower than 266 will not be published.