Personas Multilingual Literary Journal
About Personas
In most literary journals, there is a dominant voice: one that has defined the standards of artistic expressions. Personas is a new literary journal that seeks to go beyond this standard by giving particular focus to writing from multilingual writers. This is our contribution to altering the traditional narrative and adding new points of inquiry to old conversations.
En la mayor铆a de las revistas literarias, hay una voz dominante: una que ha definido los est谩ndares de la representaci贸n art铆stica. Personas es una nueva revista literaria que busca ir m谩s all谩 de este est谩ndar dando un enfoque particular a la escritura de escritores multiling眉es. Esta es nuestra contribuci贸n para alterar la narrativa tradicional y agregar nuevos puntos de indagaci贸n a viejas conversaciones.
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Submissions
Featured writings may be in multiple languages, or monolingual. We feature non-fiction, fiction, poetry, art, and essays that focus on multilingual experiences. How you interpret multilingualism is up to you. We welcome submissions from all writers which explore issues related to language. We鈥檙e always looking for new and surprising writing and we鈥檇 love to hear from you. While our focus is on student writing, we read and consider all submissions.
Los escritos destacados pueden estar en varios idiomas o monoling眉es. Presentamos no ficci贸n, ficci贸n, poes铆a, arte y ensayos que se centran en experiencias multiling眉es. T煤 decides c贸mo interpretas el multiling眉ismo. Siempre estamos buscando escritura nueva y sorprendente y nos encantar铆a saber de usted. Si bien nuestro enfoque est谩 en la escritura de los estudiantes, leemos y consideramos todas las presentaciones.
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Personas is published by 91视频' Multilingual Club which seeks to provide representation for the college's multilingual students through events and publications such as this. To donate, or learn more about the club, please visit our page.
Call for Submissions
Guidelines:
- Fiction submissions: One submission per author. No more than 2,000 words.
- Non-fiction/essays: One submission per author. No more than 2,000 words.
- Poetry: Three poems per author. Each poem no more than two pages in length. Please submit poems in the format you wish them to be published.
- Art: Three pieces per artist. All mediums considered. Submit a scan or photo or the original piece.
Please proofread carefully, Personas will not copy edit your work.
All submissions should be sent to jonathan-maiullo@redwoods.edu with the subject line 鈥淧ersonas Submission鈥� and the title of your submission.
Your submission should be an attachment to your message with only the title. Please do not write your name or personal information on your submission. This makes them much easier for us to process!
All chosen submissions will be considered for awards from local business and organizations, unless you state on your submission that you would like to not be considered for an award.
Submissions can also be mailed or delivered in person to Jonathan Maiullo 527 D St., Eureka, CA 95501.
A release party will be held for all chosen submissions May 16th, 2026, 2pm at the Morris Graves Art Museum in Eureka, CA . Details to follow. Attendance at this event is not necessary to submit your writing. We do this to honor the work of our writers and provide a space to consider each issue together.
If you have any questions, contact Jonny Maiullo at (707) 476-4527