Spectrum Blog
Peek behind the scenes into production of the journal, meet the Humans of Spectrum, read contributor interviews, and more.
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Editor-in-Chief Amitha Bhat invites you to submit work navigating the artistry in embracing failure.
Spectrum Across Time: A Young Writer’s Encounter With a Decades-Long Legacy
As a student, and as a young writer, I am often battling time. I transferred to the College of Creative Studies’ Writing and Literature major in the spring of my freshman year and instantly felt that there was much catching up I needed to do. So when the opportunity to join Spectrum presented itself, I was sure to seize it.
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Writing in the Time Of—Oh, There Is No Time
On Having No Time and Also a Desire to Get Outta Here
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Vol. 68 | Call For Submissions
Editor-in-Chief Amitha Bhat invites you to submit work navigating the artistry in embracing failure.
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Letter to Future Managing Editor
Mikayka Buhbe, Managing Editor for Vol. 65, shares advice with future Managing Editors.
Reflections on an Increasingly A.I.-Reliant World
No matter what online platform I turn to for mindless entertainment, I can’t escape the persistent fear-mongering concerning A.I.'s effect on job security. If you have a job, chances are there is an article claiming that A.I. will replace you...
Submission Burnout: Taking the 100 Submissions Challenge
Sophie Najm launches a student writer's organization at UCSB.
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You and Yours: In Defense of the Second Person
Phoebe Pineda makes her case in a recent Spectrum interview.
Spectrum and Imposter Syndrome
Tia Trihn enters the world of literary publishing.
Just Another Unknown - A Self Interview
Maya Johnson introduces herself to other writers and invites them to do the same.
Vol. 67 | Call For Submissions
Editor-in-Chief Sasha Senal invites you to submit work observing and transgressing binaries.