Santa Barbara Literary Journal

There are presently no open calls for submissions.

Submitted work must follow this format: 

  • Double-spaced 12-pt Times New Roman, with a first line indent and 1” margins all around. We accept Word (.docx or .doc) or Acrobat (.pdf) files only. 
  • Our first reading is a blind review. Submit manuscripts anonymously, with all identifying information removed. 
  • Submit for one genre only per submission period. 
  • We do not accept memoir or AI generated work. Lyrics and reprints are by invitation only.

Your submission should include:

  • A short (3-4 sentence) biographical paragraph explaining who you are as an author. Include any websites/social media links.
  • The total word count and the genre (if it defies genre, note that too) for fiction and the total line count for each poem. 
Santa Barbara Literary Journal