The Los Angeles Review is open for submissions year-round. All submissions will be considered for LAR Online and for the new best-of print edition to be released yearly in the Spring.
We encourage submitters to familiarize themselves with our journal before sending work. You can read more at losangelesreview.org.
For any questions or issues regarding submissions, please contact production@losangelesreview.org.
The Los Angeles Review Poetry Award is a prize of $1,000 and publication in LAR given annually for an exceptional work of poetry. This season's judge is Kim Dower.
• Please submit poems of no more than 50 lines each (not including line spaces or numbering). Authors may submit up to three poems with each entry. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately at editor@losangelesreview.org if your poems are accepted elsewhere.
• Only previously unpublished poems are considered for the Los Angeles Review Poetry Award. Entries are not considered for general inclusion in the Los Angeles Review.
• Entry fee is $20.
• The winner will be selected in fall of 2025 and announced via our website, and a Red Hen Press press release.
• The winning poem will be published in the new LAR Online and included in the annual best-of print edition.
• In the cover letter field of each submission, include author’s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Do NOT include this information in the submitted file.
• Please direct questions to production@losangelesreview.org
The Los Angeles Review Short Fiction Award is a prize of $1,000 and publication in LAR given annually for an exceptional work of fiction. This season's judge is Denise Frost.
• Please submit a story no longer than 2,500 words. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately at editor@losangelesreview.org if your story is accepted elsewhere.
• Only previously unpublished works are considered for the Los Angeles Review Short Fiction Award. Entries are not considered for general inclusion in the Los Angeles Review.
• Entry fee is $20.
• The winner will be selected in fall of 2025 and announced via our website, and a Red Hen Press press release.
• The winning story will be published in the new LAR Online and included in the annual best-of print edition.
• In the cover letter field of each submission, include author’s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Do NOT include this information in the submitted file.
• Please direct questions to production@losangelesreview.org
The Los Angeles Review Flash Fiction Award is a prize of $1,000 and publication in LAR given annually for an exceptional work of fiction. This season's judge is Molly Olguín.
• Please submit a piece of 1,000 words or less. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately at editor@losangelesreview.org if your story is accepted elsewhere.
• Only previously unpublished works are considered for the Los Angeles Review Flash Fiction Award. Entries are not considered for general inclusion in the Los Angeles Review.
• Entry fee is $20.
• The winner will be selected in fall of 2025 and announced via our website, and a Red Hen Press press release.
• The winning story will be published in the new LAR Online and included in the annual best-of print edition.
• In the cover letter field of each submission, include author’s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Do NOT include this information in the submitted file.
• Please direct questions to production@losangelesreview.org
The Los Angeles Review Creative Nonfiction Award is a prize of $1,000 and publication in LAR given annually for an exceptional work of nonfiction. This season's judge is Wes Jamison.
• Please submit a piece no longer than 2,500 words. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately at editor@losangelesreview.org if your piece is accepted elsewhere.
• Only previously unpublished works are considered for the Los Angeles Review Creative Nonfiction Award. Entries are not considered for general inclusion in the Los Angeles Review.
• Entry fee is $20.
• The winner will be selected in fall of 2025 and announced via our website, and a Red Hen Press press release.
• The winning piece will be published in the new LAR Online and included in the annual best-of print edition.
• In the cover letter field of each submission, include author’s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Do NOT include this information in the submitted file.
• Please direct questions to production@losangelesreview.org
Please submit 3-5 poems that will surprise us, wow us, and make us wish we’d written them ourselves. We are open to form, free verse, prose poems, and experimental styles. Our only criterion is quality. Please send all poems in a single document; do not submit or attach each poem separately.
All submissions will be considered for the online edition of LAR, and for the best-of print issue set to be released every Spring.
If a poem is accepted elsewhere, please send a message on Submittable to let us know. Do not withdraw the entire submission if want us to consider the remaining poems.
We’re looking for hard-to-put-down sequences of shorts or stand-alone lengthier stories in the 1,000 – 4,000 words range. Regardless of length, we always hope to see lively, vivid, excellent literary fiction.
All submissions will be considered for the online edition of LAR, and for the best-of print issue set to be released every Spring.
Direct correspondence to fiction@losangelesreview.org
We’re looking for shorts of 1,000 words or less that we want to read again and again. We’re looking for work that is lively, vivid, and leaves us wanting more.
All submissions will be considered for the online edition of LAR, and for the best-of print issue set to be released every Spring.
Please note: if submitting multiple pieces, each piece must be submitted separately. Submissions that do not follow this policy will not be considered.
Direct correspondence to flashfiction@losangelesreview.org
Please submit an essay, memoir, or commentary told as compelling, focused, sustained narrative in a distinctive voice, rich with detail. Send 1,000-4,000 words or delight us with flash nonfiction that cat-burgles our expectations.
All submissions will be considered for the online edition of LAR, and for the best-of print issue set to be released every Spring.
Direct correspondence to nonfiction@losangelesreview.org
Please submit no more than 5 poems (single-spaced) or 5 pages of prose (double-spaced). Include biographical notes for both the author and the translator. Your submission must be accompanied by 1) the original text and 2) a letter from the rights holder stating that you have permission to translate and publish the work in the United States. If you cannot provide #2, we may still print your work, but please remember that obtaining permissions is the translator's responsibility. Thank you for sending us your work--we look forward to reading it.
All submissions will be considered for the online edition of LAR, and for the best-of print issue set to be released every Spring.
Direct correspondence to translation@losangelesreview.org