USC’s Multilingual Literary Journal
Designed to celebrate foreign languages at USC
Are you studying a foreign language? Do you write creative works in a foreign language?
Trojan Bloom is USC’s one and only Multilingual Journal which features literary works by students at USC. We are a bi-annual publication with online and print issues.
What are we looking for?
Poetry
Prose (fiction and creative nonfiction)
Literary Translation
Languages
We want to celebrate the art of learning languages, and will be accepting submissions in the languages taught and spoken at USC: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, French, German, Classical Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Submit your work today!
Submit your original art for journal cover!
Past Issues
Submissions Guidelines
- We accept submissions in one of the following 17 languages: Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, French, German, Classical Greek, Hebrew, Hindi/Urdu, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.
- The submission must be previously unpublished.
- Word limit is 500 words
- For poetry, please submit no more than two poems at a time. Combine the poems into a single document and send as a word document.
- Please include an English translation alongside the original piece.
- We recommend that you have a native speaker or professor of the language review your work before you submit it.
- By submitting material to Trojan Bloom, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal and that they will not submit the material to another journal until the completion of the editorial decision process at Trojan Bloom.
Submit your work now!
Deadline for Spring 2024 submissions is February 5, 2024
Join Trojan Bloom Team
Currently, we are seeking to fill positions in Editing, Social Media and Outreach, and Graphic Design. Should you be selected for any of these roles, you’ll find Trojan Bloom to be an incredibly collaborative environment, with a team eager to support and work with you. Please ensure your application is submitted by Sunday, February 4th, at 11:59 PM.
Trojan Blom Team
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Avi Mann
Editors
Julie Ammons Russian and German
Juan Corona Spanish
Kaya Czyz French
Brianna Garcia-Guzman Spanish, Social Media and Outreach
Alex Iacono Polish and Italian
Halo Lyman French
Luisa Luo Chinese
Maria-Carolina Zensen Simoes Italian and Portuguese
Edith Zhang Chinese
Zimo Zhao Chinese
Vera Wang Graphic Design
Faculty Advisory Board
Anahit Hakoupian (Chair), Ph.D., Associate Professor (Teaching) Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Evgeny Dengub, Ph.D., Professor (Teaching), Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Director of the Center for Languages and Cultures
Lucas Herchenroeder, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Teaching), Department of Classics
Brady Ryan, Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Middle East Studies
Tin-Yu Tseng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Teaching), Department of East Easian Languages and Cultures