Thursday, December 2, 2021

pacificREVIEW 2022 is open for submissions

ATLANTIS and other lost places

pacificREVIEW 2022 is now open for submissions (12/1/2021-2/1/2022)

THEME

We- as a collective- have lost much these past few years. There has been lost time, lost lives, lost connections and so many other losses that have impacted our lives. But loss as a concept is something different for everyone. Where the things we lose go, how we can hope to find them, if we can ever find them? This is something that each of us must define on our own.

This year’s pacificREVIEW asks a deceptively simple question: How do you understand loss? We want to hear about the littlest of losses, and the biggest. Let your mind wander into the abstract idea of loss. Whether this exploration takes you into the whimsical or the mundane, the nihilistic or the hopeful, the way loss shapes us or destroys us; that is up to you, the artist. All we ask is that you take a path into a deeper understanding of the concept, and let yourself get lost from there.

Submit to pacREV here ---> https://bit.ly/pacREV2022 

Submission will be accepted from December 1st 2021 through February 1st 2022

GUIDELINES

Three previously unpublished submissions per person. You may submit something that you have submitted to another journal but please refer to that in your submission; if you are accepted to be published in another journal please contact pacificREVIEW to withdraw your submission.

Prose

  • Any written short fiction, prose, etc.
  • Limit: All submissions under or at 5,000 words (Submitted double spaced unless the formatting is a stylistic choice)
  • Format: Microsoft Word Document (.doc or .docx files)

Poetry

  • Limit: Two typed-pages per poem
  • Format: Microsoft Word Document (.doc or .docx files)

Visual Art

  • Photography, traditional art mediums (pencil, ink, paint, etc.), graphic narratives (that do not exceed two pages) mixed media, and digital art
  • Format: High resolution (300 dpi) PDF


Pacific Review is committed to publishing work that is diverse in its storytelling and artistic expression.

To learn more about pacificREVIEW, visit pacificreview.sdsu.edu or follow us on our social media accounts (Insta: @pacificreview; FB: @PacRev).

Questions? Email info.pacrev@gmail.com

Monday, August 2, 2021

Now on Sale! THE MIRROR MAZE, pacificREVIEW 2021

 2, August 2021


Now available! THE MIRROR MAZE, pacREV2021, edited by Nayeli CastaƱeda-Lechuga and crew! Featuring writers and artists from all over the planet! Click the image opposite to snap up a copy via Amazon.com or click the add-to-cart button below to get a copy direct from pacREV & SDSU Press. 

Order Direct from SDSU Press and pacREV, $16.95 + 99¢ shipping! Go HERE and look for the ADD TO CART button!

MORE INFO:

When you are forced to confront your own image, what is it that you see? Our 2021 edition of pacificREVIEW, “The Mirror Maze,” explores the complexity and fluidity of identity. Over fifty contributors, all of unique and diverse backgrounds, offer a response to the question posed above--a small glimpse at what it means to be human in the 21st century and in the 2020’s. Whether through poetry, short story, creative nonfiction, or visual art, “The Mirror Maze” showcases pieces that speak of ethnicity and culture, mental illness, familial relationships, trauma, sexual orientation, and more. Curated by four graduate-student women dedicated to inclusivity, “The Mirror Maze” provides a platform to writers and artists from across the U.S. and from various international regions. 

Editors: Nayeli CastaƱeda-Lechuga - Abigail Hora - Shekinah Kifer - Sara Schulke 

Contributors: Elizabeth Boquet - Masha Lisak - Paul Bufis - Matt L. Hall - Eric Rawson - Ciera Lloyd - Micaela Accardi-Krown - Jeanette C. Vigliotti - Rachele Salvini - Takwa (Tee) Sharif - L. Kardon - Labdhi Shah - Emily Rankin - Kateryna Bortsova - KWONG Kwok Wai, Walter - Karyna Aslanova - Janice Fried - Marcie Wolf-Hubbard - doris e. rubio - Travis Stephens - Juan Cortez - Vanessa Rodriguez - M.A. Dubbs - Polchate (Jam) Kraprayoon - LeShun Smith - Mario Loprete - Guilherme Bergamini - Carrie Albert - Ali Headley - Coco Spencer - Nick Lamia - Katlin Marisol Sweeney - Keily V. Maldonado - Gregory Francis Royse II - Matty Penner - Ernst Perdriel - Shannon Steinkamp - Robert Bear - Tomas Nieto - Andres Enrique Mendoza - Dale Stromberg - RC deWinter - Allison Whittenberg - Jeffrey H. MacLachlan - Madi Giovina - Aimee Lowenstern - McKenna Themm - Emily Joy Oomen - Eric Odynocki - David Radavich - Evelyn Burd - Obinna Chilekezi - Kaylianne Chaffee