The Los Angeles Review

General submissions are open year-round. Seeks lively, vivid literary fiction, including sequences of shorts or stand-alone longer stories, from 1,000 to 4,000 words. Online general genre submissions have a $3.00 reading fee.

General submissions are open year-round. Seeks lively, vivid flash fiction under 1,000 words; one story per submission. Online general genre submissions have a $3.00 reading fee.

General submissions are open year-round. Seeks compelling, focused, sustained essays, memoir, commentary, or flash nonfiction in a distinctive voice rich with detail; standard submissions are 1,000–4,000 words. Online general genre submissions have a $3.00 reading fee.

Book reviews of new and recent poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and hybrid books are welcome, particularly for titles lacking critical attention. Send completed drafts of no more than 1,200 words by email. General online genre submissions have a $3.00 reading fee; the page does not specify whether the fee applies to reviews.

General submissions are open year-round. Translations may include no more than 5 poems or 5 pages of prose and must include the original text, biographical notes for author and translator, and permission from the rights holder. Online general genre submissions have a $3.00 reading fee.

General submissions are open year-round. Submit 3–5 poems; the magazine is open to formal, free verse, prose, and experimental styles and judges submissions on quality. Online general genre submissions have a $3.00 reading fee.

The Los Angeles Review Awards are open April 1, 2026 through July 31, 2026. Award submissions have a $20.00 reading fee.