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“...how do I humble myself cosmically, and please, god, how do I still find time to write?” - Makenna Arase

Writing in the Time Of—Oh, There Is No Time

On Having No Time and Also a Desire to Get Outta Here

Vol. 68 | Call For Submissions

Editor-in-Chief Amitha Bhat invites you to submit work navigating the artistry in embracing failure.

Letter to Future Managing Editor

Mikayka Buhbe, Managing Editor for Vol. 65, shares advice with future Managing Editors.

Good writing, meaningful writing, to me, is sincere. - Jasmine Liang

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...

"After all, the worst thing that could happen is rejection."

Submission Burnout: Taking the 100 Submissions Challenge

Sophie Najm launches a student writer's organization at UCSB.

second person generally serves one of two purposes: in nonfiction, it instructs; in fiction, it immerses. - Phoebe Pineda

You and Yours: In Defense of the Second Person

Phoebe Pineda makes her case in a recent Spectrum interview.

I was already immersing myself in the professional literary publishing world as a student who was still learning the ins and outs of her own writing. -Tia Trinh

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.

'A Liminal Creature'

Mikayla Buhbe in conversation with Oliver Nash, author of "The Maggot."

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