In honor of #VeteransDay here is a passage from Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried.

#VietnamVet #VeteranWriters

Submissions are closed, but you can still read digital issues of our review on our website:

www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-lit...

Check out our previous issues and get inspired to create and submit next year!

Photo is of our editors at our recent annual reading event.

#newwriting #emergingartists

Before you dress up as your fav artist or literary figure tonight, don't forget that the submission deadline for our 2026 issue is tomorrow, Nov. 1st!

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#submissiondeadline #Halloween #BookSky

The Nov. 1st deadline is quickly approaching!

Submit your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual art, and multi-genre pieces.

We can't wait to see your work!

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#opensubmissions #santafenewmexico #litandartreview

TODAY!! Thursday, October 23rd! Our annual reading is finally here!

Join us!

And submit your work for our 2026 issue, deadline on Nov. 1st. More info here: www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-lit...

#santafeNM #opensubmissions #BookSky

Meet our editor-in-chief, Kate McCahill!

From Kate: "My favorite thing about being an editor is the sense of community our journal manifests, year after year. Every contributor becomes a part of it..."

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Meet our CNF editor, Susan Griego!

From Susan: "As the creative non-fiction editor for the Santa Fe Literary Review, I view my role in two ways. One, as a conduit for writers who are engaged in their craft at an organic level; where genre isn’t forced, but instead the pattern of words . . .

Meet Aj Wood, our art editor.

From Aj: "I'm Aj Wood, our current art editor. I'm always impressed by the submissions from local New Mexicans and beyond. I'm especially drawn to art that fits our theme in unexpected ways . . .

Meet Maria Rodriguez, our poetry editor!

Wondering what she is looking for in the poetry submissions we are reviewing until November 1st?

Read her bio to learn more:

A/b Zoë Romans's “Stucco in Self-Observation” in the 2025 issue: “[This piece] grapples w/the realities of self-expression . . . by posing my dad, Russ, draped in my mom’s and my inherited jewelry, [and] the possibilities of communicating one’s identity w/o feeding into accessorized madness.”

An artist statement a/b your art will be published, too--your “literary” contribution to the literary review. Don’t overlook this part, assuming that the artwork speaks for itself. Your contextualization of your work illuminates and deepens its impact.

Photo: "The Grace,” Aaron Lelito, 2025 issue

The 2026 issue will be about Resistance: Grit, Rebellion, and Dissent.

All media are considered, including sculpture.

Keep in mind: we only published in black and white.

Anyone from anywhere can submit--you don't have to live in NM!

Photo: “Untitled,” Cynthia Hartling, from the 2025 issue

The Santa Fe Literary Review is not just about literature! Consider submitting your visual art pieces before the Nov. 1st deadline.

Photo: Daniel Joseph Combs's ”Gathering of Nations” in our 2025 issue.

#artsky #writingsky #submissioncall

These are a few of our favorite things: Jeweled buttons & gemstones & bundles of dried sage; daisies, cat brooches & our lit review, each page!

Now accepting submissions for poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and visual art until Nov. 1st.

#litmag #writingcommunity #submissionscall #writingsky