Susurrus Literary Journal

04/02/2020

Dear Susurrus Contributors and Supporters,

By now you are likely aware that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as of March 18, all campuses in the Los Rios Community College District have suspended all on-ground operations and that classes are now being conducted remotely. The Los Rios Chancellor's Office recently sent out a message that our campuses will remain closed for the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester and that classes will be offered solely online in the summer. This means that, regrettably, our Susurrus release event scheduled for May 9 will have to be postponed until a later date.

While this is not news we had ever wanted to have to give you, there IS good news: The 25th Anniversary Edition of Susurrus WILL be published, and we WILL hold our release event, just perhaps a few months later than originally planned. The book is currently in the later design stages, and it will go to print as soon as we are able to get it printed. Once it's printed, we'll find a way to give you a little sneak peek into it, just so you can all see how wonderful a publication it is. In the meantime, we will be sending out a message to all of the contributors to let them know what's happening. Rest assured, you will get to hold your very own copy of Susurrus in your hands, and your contributions will be celebrated in a campus event, most likely in early September (fingers crossed that we'll be back to normal operations by then!)

The staff of Susurrus would like to thank you for your contributions to our 25th Anniversary Edition. We appreciate your continued support as we work our way through an unprecedented time. Stay well, and take care of yourselves and each other. ❤️

02/13/2020

The staff of Susurrus has been working hard to wrap up the selection process for our 25th Anniversary Edition. This pile represents just some of the over 100 submissions of prose and poetry submitted by current and former Sacramento City College Students; we are currently working on selecting art and photography submissions, so if you have something you'd like to submit, you still have until midnight on February 28! Send your photos, in jpeg format (highest resolution possible, please) to: [email protected].

If you have submitted written pieces and one or more of them was accepted for publication, you have received messages from the staff, so be sure to check your e-mail! Acceptance messages for art and photo submissions will follow later, by mid-March. Thank you for helping us to make our 25th Anniversary Edition a special one!

01/27/2020

Happy New Year, all! The Staff of Susurrus was hard at work all last semester discussing and selecting written pieces for our 25th anniversary edition. We still have a few left to discuss, so we have not yet sent out final acceptance notifications. We anticipate that these will go out shortly -- by the first week in February at the latest -- so if you have submitted poetry, fiction, and/or creative non-fiction, check your e-mail between February 1 and February 5!

In the meantime, we are still accepting photography and other visual art submissions (drawings, paintings, sculpture, digital art, comics, etc.) These should be submitted no later than Friday, February 28 at 5:00 p.m. Submissions should be in jpeg format, highest possible resolution, and e-mailed to the Susurrus Staff at: [email protected]. (Note: Acceptance notifications for photography and art pieces will go out in mid-March at the latest).

We look forward to hearing from you!

11/25/2019

Attention current and former Sacramento City College student photographers and artists: WE NEED YOUR PHOTOS AND ARTWORK!

Susurrus is still accepting submissions of photography and other visual arts (sketches/drawings, paintings, mixed-media pieces, cartoons, digital art, photographs) for our 25th Anniversary Edition. This is a special book for us (a quarter century of Susurrus!) so we want to make it as exceptional as possible. We are looking for a variety of pieces on an array of subjects, including (but certainly not limited to) Sacramento City College itself and the city of Sacramento.)

Please submit, by no later than Monday, February 10 before midnight, your pieces (highest resolution possible, please). All drawings, paintings, etc. should be photographed and submitted in highest resolution possible -- we may, if necessary, ask to re-photograph these if they are accepted).

Please submit all photographs and artwork to the staff at: [email protected]. We look forward to receiving your submissions!

10/28/2019

***FORMAL DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS OF POETRY, FICTION, AND CREATIVE NON-FICTION IS THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1!*** Send us your words ASAP!

Susurrus Literary Journal: Call for Submissions Susurrus, Sacramento City College’s award-winning literary journal, seeks original works of poetry, creative non-fiction short fiction (including “flash fiction” of a few hundred words or fewer), photography, and artwork (including paintings, dra...

10/16/2019

REMINDER! The deadline for submissions to Susurrus is Friday, November 1, before midnight! Please get us your fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry before the deadline!

The Call for Submissions can be found here:

Susurrus Literary Journal: Call for Submissions Susurrus, Sacramento City College’s award-winning literary journal, seeks original works of poetry, creative non-fiction short fiction (including “flash fiction” of a few hundred words or fewer), photography, and artwork (including paintings, dra...

09/24/2019

REMINDER: Early Bird Deadline for submissions is this Friday, September 27, before midnight! Be an early bird and get those submissions in today!

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Susurrus Literary Journal: Call for Submissions

Susurrus, Sacramento City College’s award-winning literary journal, seeks original works of poetry, creative non-fiction, short fiction (including “flash fiction” of a few hundred words or fewer), photography, and artwork (including paintings, drawings, sculpture, comics, and digital art) for its 25th Anniversary Edition. Submitters must be current students OR alumni of Sacramento City College.

Submission Guidelines:

• Submitters may submit an unlimited number of submissions (both written pieces and art pieces) for consideration;
• All submissions of written works must be fewer than 2,500 words each; excerpts of longer works may be submitted;
• All photography submissions should be high-resolution; all submissions of drawings, paintings, sculpture, etc. should be photographed and submitted in high resolution; (Note: We may contact you regarding having a staff member re-photograph art submissions, if necessary);
• Please submit written works in .doc or .docx format; if necessary, a link to a GoogleDoc is acceptable, provided that the submitter makes the item sharable/gives permission for Susurrus staff to access it;
• All submissions should be e-mailed to the staff of Susurrus at [email protected]. See Submission Instructions and Deadlines below for information. Submitters will receive acceptance notification no later than January.
Submission Instructions:
• Please submit all submissions via e-mail to: [email protected];
• Include a subject line indicating that the e-mail contains submissions to Susurrus;
• In the body of the e-mail, include your name, contact information (best e-mail address and phone number for reaching you), the titles of your submissions (for written submissions, indicate the genre – poetry, fiction, or creative-non-fiction – for each piece) and a brief statement indicating your past and/or current connection to Sacramento City College;
• If you have concurrently submitted your submissions to other literary and/or art publications, please indicate this in your submission e-mail;
• When submitting multiple pieces for consideration, please attach each piece as a separate document to your submission e-mail message.
Submission Deadlines:

“Early Bird” Deadline: Friday, September 27 before midnight
Formal Deadline: Friday, November 1 before midnight

09/14/2019

At last, the submission period for Susurrus is officially open! Early Bird Deadline is Friday, September 27 before midnight! Official Deadline is Friday, November 1 before midnight. See below for all submission-related details. We hope to hear from YOU!

Susurrus Literary Journal: Call for Submissions

Susurrus, Sacramento City College’s award-winning literary journal, seeks original works of poetry, creative non-fiction short fiction (including “flash fiction” of a few hundred words or fewer), photographs, and artwork (including paintings, drawings, sculpture, comics, and digital art) for its 25th Anniversary Edition. Submitters must be current students OR alumni of Sacramento City College.

Submission Guidelines:

• Submitters may submit an unlimited number of submissions (both written pieces and art pieces) for consideration;
• All submissions of written works must be fewer than 2,500 words each; excerpts of longer works may be submitted;
• All photography submissions should be high-resolution; all submissions of drawings, paintings, sculpture, etc. should be photographed and submitted in high resolution; (Note: We may contact you regarding having a staff member re-photograph art submissions, if necessary);
• Please submit written works in .doc or .docx format; if necessary, a link to a GoogleDoc is acceptable, provided that the submitter makes the item sharable/gives permission for Susurrus staff to access it;
• All submissions should be e-mailed to the staff of Susurrus at [email protected]. See Submission Instructions and Deadlines below for information.
Submission Instructions:
• Please submit all submissions via e-mail to: [email protected];
• Include a subject line indicating that the e-mail contains submissions to Susurrus;
• In the body of the e-mail, include your name, contact information (best e-mail address and phone number for reaching you), the titles of your submissions (for written submissions, indicate the genre – poetry, fiction, or creative-non-fiction – for each piece) and a brief statement indicating your past and/or current connection to Sacramento City College;
• If you have concurrently submitted your submissions to other literary and/or art publications, please indicate this in your submission e-mail;
• When submitting multiple pieces for consideration, please attach each piece as a separate document to your submission e-mail message.
Submission Deadlines:

“Early Bird” Deadline: Friday, September 27 before midnight
Formal Deadline: Friday, November 1 before midnight

09/11/2019

Good news! We managed to find enough students for our Susurrus staff this year, so the 2020 edition of Susurrus will be happening! Watch this space -- information on submission (where/how/what to submit, etc.) is coming very shortly!

08/14/2019

OK, SCC students, former students, and Susurrus fans, here's the deal: We need just a few more students to enroll in ENGCW 450 class to avoid cancellation yet again. We don't want to miss out Susurrus for another year, so if you love to write, take photos, make any kind of visual art, or if you just love to read/look at/critique literature and art, this is the class for you! Enrolling in ENGCW 450 will give you the opportunity to be an integral part of creating an issue of our phenomenal, award-winning publication. (Not only will you earn units, but...it looks great on resumes and university applications!) Enroll now on Sacramento City College's website! Here's more info on the course:

ENGCW 450: College Literary Magazine
Course Code: 19805
Course Days/Times: Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:30-2:50 p.m.
Location: Student Services Building, 214
Instructor: M. Selva

For more information on the course, please contact instructor Marci Selva at [email protected]. We'd love to have you on the Susurrus staff!