Call for Submissions
Open 6/23 - 7/23
Celebrating Pride

​For our Summer 2022 edition, Penumbra Online is excited to announce that we will be focusing on highlighting LGBTQ+ voices. Penumbra understands that the efforts made during Pride month are needed all year long. Pride should be more than words, and Penumbra Online is dedicated to displaying Pride in a genuine manner. With this in mind, we have decided to focus our entire Summer 2022 edition on uplifting LGBTQ+ voices. We hope this edition will be an opportunity for LGBTQ+ authors and artists to celebrate their art in a welcoming, supportive, and safe space. This call welcomes work by LGBTQ+ authors and artists and especially welcomes works that reflect the intersectional and diverse experiences of the LGBTQ+ community. Please join us in creating an edition that celebrates the diversity of voices and perspectives amongst our LGBTQ+ artists and authors. Penumbra Online will be accepting art, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid literature, and reviews pieces. For reviews, please see our "Call for Reviews" tab for specific directions and details. Click below to submit your work! 
​Please adhere to our guidelines when submitting your work.

Penumbra online
Fall 2021 edition

Our current, Fall 2021 edition is available for viewing! See the journal by clicking the button, and stay tuned for our Summer 2022 call.

Penumbra Press chapbooks

Penumbra Press is excited to share the first three chapbooks we have published: 
ON BIRDS / WINGS / ROADS / SILENCE by Dottie Lo Bue, patchwork hearts by Natt Bartell, and Swimming to Syria by Sandy Feinstein. To view the chapbooks and their trailers, click here or down below.

Penumbra Press chapbook interviews

Penumbra Press has also conducted interviews with our chapbook authors! These interviews focus on the poets' work, their inspiration, the chapbook process, and much more. To see our interviews, click our Penumbra Online Media tab and select Penumbra Online Podcasts, or click the button below to go to our podcasts page.

We have Spotify!

Penumbra Online creates playlists in line with each edition of our journal. Click the icon for the latest playlist. Our latest playlist is themed by each piece in the print journal this spring! ​Our track list is below.​
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"Penumbra Spring '22"

Penumbra Spring 2022 Journal and art exhibit

Thank you to all who submitted to Penumbra's spring journal and attended our launch this year! Contributors will receive a copy of the journal by mail in the coming weeks. Up to five copies of the journal can be purchased by $20.22 donation to the Warrior Food Pantry. Email a screenshot of your purchase and the amount of copies you wish to purchase to penumbra@csustan.edu. To see the issue virtually, click the button below. 

Penumbra has also released a virtual art exhibit for this spring's art contributions. Click to see the artworks we're featuring, as well as artists' biographies and piece descriptions. 

Penumbra literary resources

The Penumbra team of Spring 2022 has compiled a list of literary resources, both online and in-person, for the benefit of any and all of those interested in creative writing. Check them out by clicking the button below. 

Featured Blog post
"What we're watching: First Kill"
By Autumn Andersen

Autumn Andersen writes in her latest post about the new Netflix vampire show, First Kill. While at times campy, the show displays an organic lesbian relationship between the two female leads. Read Autumn's post by clicking the button below. For more posts, check out our categories in the "Penumbra Online Blog" tab. 

Featured Reading
"How i came to hold the faerie close to my heart"
by peter henrich

Peter's poem "How I Came to Hold the Faerie Close to My Heart" is on page 80 of the Spring 2022 print edition of Penumbra. Click below to hear the piece, and see all our readings in our Readings Archive. ​See our Call for Readings page if you're interested in sending a reading!
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Peter Henrich focuses his craft on children’s stories, flash fiction, and poetry. Penumbra's publication of "How I Came to Hold the Faerie Close to My Heart" is his debut as a writer. He is a Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition Honorable Mention recipient for flash fiction. His work also appears in Vanish in Poetry from Wingless Dreamer. He lives near Seattle, Washington where he dreams of becoming a pirate.

"Totally Booked!"
A penumbra podcast

Penumbra has launched our latest podcast series: "Totally Booked! A Penumbra Podcast." This series dives into the topics of book-to-movie adaptations, contemporary fantasy, manga, and LGBTQ+ representation.

Our latest episode about LGTBQ+ representation in contemporary literature is out now and featuring Andrew LaFrance, a manager at Elk Grove's "A Seat at the Table Books."
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Episodes are available on Spotify and on our podcasts page, under "Penumbra Online Media."
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"Episode Four: LGBTQ+ Representation..."