Released: September 10, 2025
Complimentary copies of the new issue available at Santa Fe Public Libraries and across SFCC
Cover image Santa Fe Literary Review Volume 20, 2025: “Mythology of the Asante Bonwire Kente Fabric” by Stephen Abban Junior
Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Santa Fe Literary Review (SFLR) with a reception at 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 23, in the entry of the SFCC Visual Arts Gallery, 6401 Richards Ave., 87508. Refreshments will be served, and all are welcome. The reading begins at 5:30 p.m.
This year’s issue of the Santa Fe Literary Review—themed “Bloodlines: Lineage, Inheritance and Legacy”—features original poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and artwork by writers and artists from around the world. The issue also features an original interview with Director of the Institute of American Indian Arts Creative Writing program Deborah Jackson Taffa, a citizen of the Quechan (Yuma) Nation and Laguna Pueblo. Taffa is the celebrated author of Whiskey Tender: A Memoir, a 2024 Book Award finalist. Taffa’s writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Boston Review, Salon and elsewhere.
Complimentary copies of Santa Fe Literary Review are available for pickup at all Santa Fe Public Library branches and at the SFCC Library, 6401 Richards Avenue.
The 2025 issue of the Santa Fe Literary Review is available to view or download at https://www.sfcc.edu/literary-review-issue/2025/. For more information about the publication or the event, please email sflr@sfcc.edu or call 505-428-1903.
The Santa Fe Literary Review is created each year by SFCC faculty, students, and alumni. Writers and artists may submit for free through Submittable. The submissions window closes on November 1, 2025, at midnight. Submission guidelines as well as general information can be found at https://www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-literary-review/.
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