Congratulations to #ExpoContributor Jaqi Howard on having CLOVER selected for @bestofthenet.bsky.social! ☘️🥳

“Spring” Literary Prize Nominations - Exposition Review At Exposition Review, our mission is to continue to create opportunities for our ever-growing community of talented writers and artists to share their voices and grow their platforms. This is why ever...

From “Spring,” we also nominated Briana Courtney, Valentina Gomez, Danielle Foushée, Rick Henry, @mikebove.bsky.social, Craig Cotter, nicole fellah, Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo, Max Gregg, Karolina Zapal, Jessica Taylor Bellamy & Amy Kurzweil.
Check out their work: tinyurl.com/ExpoSpringLitNoms.

When selecting our @bestofthenet.bsky.social nominees, we think of our favorite pieces that recognize and embrace the opportunities of digital media, experimenting with form, genre, and content. We’re beyond thrilled to have Jaqi Howard’s comic CLOVER selected for inclusion!

Submit flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts, & experimental writing in under 405 words, 5 lines, or 4 pages for your chance to win cash prizes & publication & join the #ExpoFam.

Submissions are open for Ashley C. Lanuza’s Flash 405: “Saudade” thru 5/10: tinyurl.com/FlashSaudade

#ExpoContributor Spotlight on @jrfenn.bsky.social and her TINY VESSELS! With a Rita Bullwinkel introduction?! Yes please! Really feeling those #Flash405 vibes!! 🫶📚

“Drop by Drop” by Melissa Llanes Brownlee In “Drop by Drop,” the new lyrical microfiction by Melissa Llanes Brownlee, tension creates narrative structure. Consider the “compound bows” and the “cloud” of the cousins’ anger. Also consider th…

new micro up at Flash the Court

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@kristenolsen.bsky.social @jackiewrites.bsky.social @dougvangundy.bsky.social #ExpoContributor

Flash 405: 2018 Issue - Exposition Review Flash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre flash competition, awarding prizes and online publication to the winners. To celebrate these award-winning works, we’ve collected them together in our Flas...

Our Flash 405: 2018 Issue features judges Rebecca Luxton, Edwin Bodney, @briannasmykreder.bsky.social & @glenqgold.bsky.social; 1st place winners by @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com, Kate Bove, Sarina Bosco & Johnson Cheu; cover art by Kevin Cooley; & themes and writing prompts: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash18.

We are excited to present this group of writers from our “Spring” issue for inclusion in The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses collection: Jennifer Bannan, Lisa Novick, Richard A Perez Jr, @lawrencebridges.bsky.social, nicole fellah & Karan Kapoor: tinyurl.com/ExpoSpringLitNoms.

Writing prompt: “Make us yearn for the cloying thread of entangled thoughts, write for us to experience saudade…in a flash.”

Read the whole Flash 405 prompt and find out how to win cash prizes and publication in Ashley C. Lanuza’s multi-genre, short-form writing contest: tinyurl.com/FlashSaudade.

Stochastic Gossips - Exposition Review by Amy Kurzweil Comic   Amy Kurzweil, Stochastic Gossips, 2025. Ink and watercolor on paper     Artist’s Statement “Stochastic Gossips” is a cover of Norman Rockwell’s classic “The Gossips” and a refe...

While you wait for delivery, check out Amy’s “Spring” comic here: tinyurl.com/ExpoStochastic.

Artificial: A Love Story A Love Story

Vol. X: “Spring” featured Amy Kurzweil’s comic, which we nominated for @bestofthenet.bsky.social & whose award-winning graphic memoir ARTIFICIAL explores family, memory & technology across generations. Support Expo & grab it on @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/arti.... @catapultbooks.bsky.social

Vol. III: “Orbit” is an exploration of possibility. It’s all the inner fear & outer friction we face… It’s also all the hope we carry… You’ll find work that is visual & visceral—as familiar as it is alien. Fall into “Orbit,” & the forces of nature found within: tinyurl.com/ExpoV3Orbit. #ExpoReview

Save the date for our #ExpoPresents: A Decade of Art on May 17 at Literati Cafe! At this hybrid event, we’ll kick off a one-month digital exhibition showcasing art from the past 10 years, with an in-person artist roundtable (and livestreamed via Zoom). Stay tuned for details & an Eventbrite invite!

Flash 405, August 2025: “Normal" Winners - Exposition Review Our August Flash 405 contest invited us to consider flash stories on the theme of normal—but the response we received to this prompt was anything but! After an amazing year of Flash 405 contests, this last round was record-breaking, with a truly inspired number of “normal” narratives. Congratulations to the winners who rose above the… Continue reading Flash 405, August 2025: “Normal” Winners →

Pre-game with Kiana’s Flash 405: “Normal” winners here: tinyurl.com/Normal405, and if you can’t make it, get Whitney’s book in our #ExpoRecommends @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/any-...!

​Next Saturday, April 18, join Expo Poetry Editor Kiana Shaley at North Figueroa Bookshop at the celebration reading for Whitney Koo’s debut poetry collection, ANY GESTURE (@blacklawrence.bsky.social). There will be additional readings by Kiana, Ja’net Daniel & Kristi Osorio. RSVP: luma.com/rvey6w1f

Call for Entries: Flash 405, April 2026: “Saudade" - Exposition Review 2026 has already been a year of many ups, downs, and pivots. Exposition Review is not immune, so it’s fitting that for the first time in our ten(!) years of running Flash 405, we’re changing up our deadline dates and taking inspiration from another iconic Los Angeles freeway—the 10! As such, our April contest will… Continue reading Call for Entries: Flash 405, April 2026: “Saudade” →

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Ashley C. Lanuza’s Flash 405: “Saudade” is now accepting submissions through May 10. Submit your shortform fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts for stage & screen, and experimental writing for your chance to win cash prizes and publication: tinyurl.com/FlashSaudade.

Something extra special is brewing at Literati Cafe! Stay tuned!!!

P.S. Can you spot the #ExpoRecommends in their Little Free Library!?

Call for Entries: Flash 405, April 2026: “Saudade" - Exposition Review 2026 has already been a year of many ups, downs, and pivots. Exposition Review is not immune, so it’s fitting that for the first time in our ten(!) years of running Flash 405, we’re changing up our de...

For the first time in our ten(!) years of running Flash 405, we’re changing up our deadline dates and taking inspiration from another iconic Los Angeles freeway—the 10! Judge Ashley C. Lanuza’s “Saudade”-themed multi-genre writing contest will run from April 10-May 10: tinyurl.com/FlashSaudade.

Staying awestruck with Artemis II with space-themed flash from our last two Flash 405 issues by @jrfenn.bsky.social, Laila Amado, @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social & @melissalbennett.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash25 & tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash24.
Art: @reubenwu.bsky.social & @postwook.bsky.social.

Feeling inspired by Artemis II and reading @markleidner.bsky.social’s RAMDOM MOONS from our “POP!” issue. Read along with us: tinyurl.com/ExpoRandom.

#moon #space #poetry

Bookmakers' Guides - Exposition Review by Rick Henry Experimental   *   *   * *   *   *   Plain Text Version   Rick Henry has lived across the United States but usually returns to the sensibilities, landscapes, and histories of upstate New...

Enjoying The Eggshell Book, among others, in Rick Henry’s experimental BOOKMAKER’S GUIDE from our Vol. 10, “Spring” issue. Read it here: tinyurl.com/ExpoBookmakers.

#Egg #easteregg #ExpoReview #ExpoContributor

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It's the LAST DAY to submit! You have until tonight, April 4th at 11:59 pm PST! Theme: Medication. Follow the guidelines here: flare-magazine.com/submission-g...

#callforsubmissions #litmags #disability #mentalhealth #chronicillness

April Flash 405 is OPEN!

April fools! We’re taking a bit of a detour! Stay tuned for something special from Flash later this month to celebrate our 10-year!

#Flash405

cover art by Emma Kielgas; Easter eggs including a stage play performed at an #ExpoPresents Staged Reading, a first-place winner by a now-longtime Expo Associate Editor; and of course, all the genres. Read the issue here: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash17, and guess who the Easter eggs are in the comments!

Our Flash 405: 2017 Issue features judges Lauren Gorski, Trinie Dalton, @lilrensing.bsky.social & David Lott & Michele Raphael of Angels Flight • literary west; first place winners by @crsutton.bsky.social, Linda Willing, Amir Safi & @cayceosborne.bsky.social…

Max Gregg
Karolina Zapal
Jessica Taylor Bellamy
Jaqi Howard
Amy Kurzweil
Sally DeWind 
@aniking.bsky.social
@mizuki-yama.bsky.social 
@pintsncupcakes.bsky.social
Sophie Hoss
Daphne Armbruster

#ExpoContributor

Congrats to our “Spring” and Flash 405: 2025 Issue nominees:
Jennifer Bannan
Lisa Novick
Richard A Perez Jr
@lawrencebridges.bsky.social
nicole fellah
Karan Kapoor
Briana Courtney
Valentina Gomez
Danielle Foushée
@mikebove.bsky.social
Craig Cotter
Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo
…

“Spring” Literary Prize Nominations - Exposition Review At Exposition Review, our mission is to continue to create opportunities for our ever-growing community of talented writers and artists to share their voices and grow their platforms. This is why ever...

…The Best American Series (@harpercollins.bsky.social) & @penamerica.bsky.social/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers: tinyurl.com/ExpoSpringLitNoms.

We are thrilled to submit work for @pushcartprize.bsky.social, @bestofthenet.bsky.social, @altcurrent.bsky.social’s Best Small Fictions, @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social, Nina Riggs Poetry Award, The O. Henry Prize (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social)…