Take Note.
Lila V. Singh encourages creation as a medium to experience and converse with the world around us.
Spectrum Blog
This is An Essay About Aesthetic Value
Luc Le contemplates the subjective value of art and authenticity – that je ne sais quoi – taking the bombastic CATS movie musical adaptation as its blueprint.
Vol. 66 | Call For Submissions
Editor-in-Chief Lila V. Singh invites your weird and wonderful for the 66th edition of Spectrum.
Announcing the Spectrum Vol. 65 Launch Party
Dear Spectrum Readers,
On behalf of the Spectrum Literary Journal editorial staff, we'd like to cordially invite you to the launch party of Spectrum's Volume 65!
Come join us on June 3rd from 5–7 pm in the College of Creative Studies Old Little Theater (located on the UCSB campus) or virtually on Zoom for an evening of literature, snacks, and community. The event will feature a selection of readings from Spectrum contributors, as well as the announcement of the winners of the 2022 CCS Writing Contests.
Robert Krut Only Sees Ghosts
Spectrum's Luc Le examines how the poet and UCSB lecturer's "Watch Me Trick Ghosts" finds the strange and surreal within the mundanity of pandemic life.
To Create — And Not Just for a Paycheck
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.
On Clarity and the Role of Editors
Spectrum Editor-in-Chief Kat Yuen muses on the role of editors, and on one of the most important elements for any piece under consideration: clarity.
Introducing Spectrum Summer Edition
Editor-in-chief Kat Yuen invites current undergraduate writers and artists at UCSB to submit to the first-ever edition of Spectrum Summer.
Observations From a Spectrum Reader: Advice for Short Fiction Writers Looking to Submit
Spectrum Reader Solomon Rios gives his advice for fiction writers submitting to Spectrum.
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Volume 65 Call for Submissions
Our new Editor-in-Chief, Kat Yuen, invites you to submit your art, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for consideration for Spectrum Volume 65, which will be published in Spring 2022. Our reading period opens on July 1 and closes on December 31, and we will respond to all submissions by March 2022 (we apologize for the wait). To find our full submission guidelines and to send us your work, visit our Submit page.