About the Dazed Starling

Our Mission Statement

Explore. The Dazed Starling is a literary journal that explores different genres, worldviews, and experiences through a Christian lens. These pieces embody cultural attributes that have shaped our authors and emphasize their creative voice. We hope to cultivate an immersive reading experience to engage the reader’s imagination and critical thinking. We encourage the exploration of these perspectives through the use of a wide range of literary tools.

Enrich. As a student-based journal, we promote deep thought using creative works to enrich the internal lives of our writers and readers. We desire to highlight personal stories prompting students to think deeply about the world, their perspective, and their faith. We pursue a variety of stories to glorify God and invigorate revelation for our readers.

Inspire. As ambassadors of the Christian faith, we acknowledge God as the one from whom all creativity stems. It’s our goal to encourage aspiring writers to put their pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). We believe freely sharing one’s artistic ability is a privilege of the human experience. At The Dazed Starling, It is our hope to empower our authors to freely share their stories to inspire those who come after them.”

The Dazed Starling Print Edition

The Dazed Starling student literary journal is published every spring in a print edition. It contains creative work from current students. For more information, check the Dazed Starling blog.

The Dazed Starling: Advent

The Dazed Starling: Advent is an online publication of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at California Baptist University. The Advent edition of The Dazed Starling embraces writing that explores faith, hope, peace, and joy. They need not be Christmas stories.  The Dazed Starling: Advent is published each winter, and is open not only to current CBU students but also to faculty, alumni, and friends of the university. 

Read last year's edition of The Dazed Starling: Advent here.

The Dazed Starling: Unbound

The Dazed Starling: Unbound is an online publication of the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at California Baptist University. Its goal is to extend CBU’ s Dazed Starling student literary journal’ s mission by offering an additional publication opportunity open not only to current CBU students but also to faculty, alumni, and friends of the university. The Dazed Starling: Unbound also seeks to extend the creative voice of The Dazed Starling student literary journal with additional emphasis on visual arts.

Read The Dazed Starling: Unbound in a traditional flipbook format here.

Or experience the 2024 Night Owls immersive experience here.