Penumbra Spring 2023
Call open
11/28/2022 - 2/6/2023

Penumbra Online will be taking a break soon after the end of Stanislaus State's fall semester. In the meantime, our print edition, Penumbra, has opened its call and will be ongoing until February 6th. Penumbra has been Stanislaus State's literary and art journal since 1989, and in the spring semesters, our university offers a class for those interested in producing the journal. Please check out our guidelines and submit to us via Submittable if you'd like to be featured in our print journal! 

Penumbra Press 
​Call for chapbooks
closed

This fall we ran our call for chapbook submissions between 9/7 - 11/1. Acceptance letters will be sent shortly! Down below you can see the chapbooks created last fall by the Penumbra Press team. If you're interested in submitting, see our "Call for Penumbra Press" page under the "Calls for Content" tab. Please note that submissions must be in PDF form and emailed to penumbra@csustan.edu.

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

Fall 2022 Journal
Now available!

Penumbra Online's fall 2022 edition centers around the theme of horror and general spookiness. Thank you to all who submitted to us. We hope you enjoy this edition of our journal, and happy Halloween!

Featured blog post

Autumn Andersen welcomes in the fall season by talking about Amazon Prime's new, intersectional take on "A League of Their Own." Read about it now by clicking on the button below!

"Totally Booked!"
A penumbra podcast

"Totally Booked! A Penumbra Podcast" is a podcast directed by the management team of Penumbra that dives into a number of book topics.

Our latest installment of "Totally Booked!" is a preview of our next book club read: Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.  Join us as we celebrate Hispanic heritage month as well as the spooky season at our book club, which will come out later this November!

Episodes are available on Spotify and our podcasts page, under "Penumbra Online Media." Click below for our latest episode, and check for updates on our social media @csustanpenumbra