Spectrum Literary Journal

Spectrum Literary Journal

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SPECTRUM is an annual journal of literature & art published by UC Santa Barbara's College of Creativ Submissions will close Dec. 31. Guidelines:
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Founded in 1957, Spectrum is the longest-running literary magazine in the UC system. We frequently receive and accept submissions from several other distinguished universities outside of the UC system, such as Sarah Lawrence College and Cornell University. Over the years, Spectrum has published work by luminaries like Barry Spacks, Alex Ortolani, Jervey Tervalon, Teddy Macker, Louisa Hall, William

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Hot off the press: Mikayla Buhbe asks author Oliver Nash our burning questions about their fiction piece, "The Maggot," published in the most recent volume of Spectrum.

Click the link in our bio to read it!

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Newest on the blog: Madeline Holl encourages us to reread and love poetry like we would a friend or a lover in her illustrated guide, "How to Know A Poem."

Read it at the link in our bio!

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In our latest post, Lila V. Singh encourages creation as a medium to experience and converse with the world around us.

Read more at the link in our bio!

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Check out our latest blog post where Luc Le discusses the subjective value of art, authenticity, and of course, the CATS musical film adaptation!

Read more at the link in our bio!

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Spectrum invites you to submit your writing, art, or anything in between to be considered for inclusion in our 66th volume.

Visit the link in our bio to learn more and submit your work!

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You're invited to the Spectrum Vol. 65 Launch Party! Join us June 3rd from 5-7 PM at the CCS Old Little Theater or over Zoom for readings by our contributers, the reveal of the CCS Writing Contest winners, and much more...

RSVP here: https://spectrum.ccs.ucsb.edu/spectrum-blog/announcing-spectrum-vol-65-launch-party

04/05/2022

Join us this Friday for a celebration of California literature at the second annual Cross Campus Virtual Gala! The event will feature curated readings from literary publications at UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC Davis, as well as from Spectrum contributors Marley O'Connor, Carson Young, Pierre Thibodeaux, and Celine Pun.

For more information visit:
openceilingsmagazine.com/events

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Today is the LAST DAY to submit to Volume 65 of Spectrum Literary Journal!

All submissions must be sent in via the link on our website by Midnight PST.

Learn more and submit here: https://spectrum.ccs.ucsb.edu/submission-guidelines

12/31/2021

Today is the LAST DAY to submit to Volume 65 of Spectrum Literary Journal!

All submissions must be sent in via the link on our website by Midnight PST.

Learn more and submit here: https://spectrum.ccs.ucsb.edu/submission-guidelines

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In our latest blog post, Spectrum's Luc Le examines how poet and UCSB lecturer Robert Krut's latest collection, "Watch Me Trick Ghosts" finds the strange and surreal within the mundanity of pandemic life.

Read "Robert Krut Only Sees Ghosts" here:
https://spectrum.ccs.ucsb.edu/spectrum-blog/robert-krut-only-sees-ghosts

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In our latest blog post, Spectrum copyeditor Levin Fetzer unpacks the way that capitalism fuels the often suffocating pressure for artists to create — and how we can overcome it within our own writing.

Read "To Create — And Not Just for a Paycheck" here:
https://spectrum.ccs.ucsb.edu/spectrum-blog/create-and-not-just-paycheck

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The inaugural issue of Spectrum Summer Edition is NOW AVAILABLE!

See all-new prose, poetry, nonfiction, scripts, and art from UCSB undergraduates here:
https://spectrum.ccs.ucsb.edu/summer-edition

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