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.