Frequently Asked Questions

Chaffey students and any artist globally can submit to The Chaffey Review.

The final day to submit your work is April 7th, 2024 at 11:59pm.

We ask that you remove any identifying information from your submissions so that you can be presented to our panels anonymously and judged in an unbiased manner. However, if you are submitting an art piece, you may leave your signature, but do not write your full name or contact information on the image.

You may submit up to eight (8) total pieces across all art forms.
Please note the following submission guidelines: 

• Poems: two-page maximum
• Fiction: 3,500-word limit per story (three stories maximum). If you submit flash fiction (500 words and under), you may submit up to five stories.

Yes. Please submit high quality photos (from multiple angles) of your sculpture or 3D work as an image to our server, but make sure to specify that your work is art and not photography. Please visit How to Photograph Artwork or How to Photograph Your Art if you need help properly photographing your art.

Yes, all artists and writers who are chosen to be published will have their names attached to their work unless otherwise requested. Please let us know if you would like to be published under a name other than your legal name; we accept initials and co-authorship. 

Yes, you can submit up to 8 submissions at once, unless the file is over 15MB.

1. Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction: Documents should be sent through our servers as a .doc, .docx, .txt, .rtf or .wdp. Please do not submit your works as a .pdf.
2. Art and Photography: Images should be submitted as a .jpeg, .png, .bmp, or .tif with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. If you are submitting a 3D work, like a sculpture, take multiple pictures and submit as art. Please visit How to Photograph Artwork or How to Photograph Your Art if you need help properly photographing your art.
3. Music and Video: .mp3, .mp4, download links, SoundCloud, Youtube, or website. Larger files on other sharing sites or links can be added to the form field after the file uploads section.

Submissions should be no larger than 5MB. Larger files on other sharing sites or links can be added to the form field after the file uploads section.

If your work is selected, minor edits (punctuation, grammar, etc.) will be made without your consent, but any significant editing must be approved by you before we publish the work. Please let us know of any stylistic or intentional decisions you’ve made about your piece that you would not want us to alter. If your work is heavily influenced by others, please make it clear by providing attribution to the referenced work.

We ask that you title your work, but if you prefer it to not be titled, please let us know, and it will be published as "Untitled."

No. “Agreeing” to our terms of use does not mean you lose your rights to your work; it means we have the right to edit, reproduce, digitize, broadcast, and display it in our magazine and on campus. 

Submissions are reviewed by medium-specific boards made up of students who are currently enrolled in our Literary Magazine Production course (English 35).

Volume 19 of The Chaffey Review will be released on Thursday, May 23rd from 5-7:30pm at the Wignall Museum.

1. To submit: It is completely free for students to submit their works to the magazine. The authors and artists will not be charged for their participation.
2. To own a magazine: Contributors will receive one free copy of the magazine at the release party and may purchase additional copies for a $5 donation. If you can't make it to the release party, please reach out to arthur.kayzakian@chaffey.edu
3. To support The Chaffey Review, please send monetary donations to arthur.kayzakian@chaffey.edu

The Chaffey Review magazine is the product of the Literary Magazine Production course (AKA English 35), which is offered every spring semester. Enroll in this class to participate in future iterations of the magazine.