About
The Owl is Santa Clara University’s undergraduate-only, student-run literary arts magazine. Poetry, prose, music, art, and photography are presented via a multi-modal platform—from publication on our website, to a short chapbook at the end of the academic year. We are a sister magazine to the Santa Clara Review (SCR), one of the oldest literary journals in the Western U.S.
Unlike SCR, however, The Owl is dedicated to the undergraduate students at Santa Clara. We encourage submissions from all undergrads in any medium or genre: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, music, film, photography, visual art, etc. Whatever you create, we hope to publish!
Submissions to santaclaraowl@gmail.com are encouraged year-round. However, for consideration in next year’s annual chapbook, please submit all work by February 16, 2026.
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Jenny Chen
Editor-in-Chief
･:*+. Jenny is currently a sophomore undergraduate at Santa Clara University, double majoring in Communication and English. She’s more than passionate about leading The Santa Clara Owl, which produces a yearly magazine, themed writing workshops, and Coffeehouse—where poets, authors, and musicians gather to perform live art. <3 🦉✿ She enjoys reading multiple books at once, playing the guitar, watercoloring, and contemplating beautiful prose and poetry. She also likes to visit the Triton Art Museum—local to Santa Clara—on the weekends, watch horror game plays, and 2 hour long video essays. She is currently reading three books and a Baudelaire poetry collection, and is torn by what new book she should add to the growing pile. ･:*+.･:*+.
Hazel Inoway-yim
Associate Editor
Hazel Inoway-Yim is a sophomore studying Political Science at Santa Clara University. She’s passionate about writing, American Sign Language, and social justice. She has been playing piano her whole life, loves writing, and is Apple’s most frequent Notes App user. You can find her hiking with friends, researching this month’s niche obsession, or napping with her hedgehog. Her favorite part of the The Owl is discussing submissions with her fellow editors and awkwardly swaying to the music at Coffeehouse!
Victoria Liu
assistant editor
Victoria Liu is a current Sophomore at Santa Clara University, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English and Theatre Arts. She has been very involved in the Santa Clara University community during the two years that she has been a student! Victoria is a student worker in two different departments at SCU on top of her coursework. In her free time, Victoria has performed in four productions with the Theatre and Dance department and continues to act in various productions at SCU and beyond. Her favorite role was performing as Samantha Brown in the spring production of The Mad Ones, which was her first leading role. She is so excited to be joining The Owl this year as the Assistant Editor and Social Media & Communications Manager :]
Izzy Hanselman
assistant editor
Izzy is a freshman double majoring in English and Theatre and planning to minor in Journalism. She has always had a passion for poetry and prose, whether that be reading it or writing it herself in her spare time. Her notes app is littered with numerous works at various stages of completion. She also loves to sketch when she can find the time between classes. One of Izzy's favorite hobbies though is singing, from dancing around her room to Defying Gravity at age 4 to performing as Ariel in her high school's production of The Little Mermaid. Izzy hopes to one day have a job in Journalism or editing, and she is thrilled to have been added to The Owl's crew. She's excited for a year of great writing and team bonding.
Gabby Dessin
assistant editor
Gabby is currently a freshman undergraduate at Santa Clara University, double majoring in Neuroscience and English. She is extremely passionate about writing, public health, social justice, healthcare disparities, and service. She has been dancing since she was three years old, loves a good iced matcha latte, and is often seen with her friends discussing life. Gabby is currently obsessed with reading books written by authors from differing racial backgrounds and is working on research that focuses on how reading books written by authors of different genders and races affects children’s ideologies as they grow up. She serves as an Assistant Editor of The Owl and focuses on the literary magazine’s Social Media & Communications. She loves music and poetry, which is why she looks forward to every Coffeehouse and hopes to see you there too!
Amalia Silvia
assistant editor
Amalia is a freshman at Santa Clara majoring in environmental studies and planning on minoring in political science. She is very passionate about creative writing and photography–especially wildlife photography. On top of these hobbies she also enjoys whale watching, playing story-based videogames, and baking allergen-friendly pastries. While aspiring to a career in environmental law, Amalia is simultaneously very passionate about both reading and writing and is unbelievably excited to be a part of the OWL staff this year.