Happy International Women’s Day to the team of most-extraordinary women who make Expo so much #morethanalitjournal! Your passion and dedication and literary and creative excellence is a force and a well that continues to “spring” goodness into the world! What a joy to be a part of this #ExpoFam!

10 Years of Exposition Review at AWP Recap - Exposition Review In a serendipitous alignment, Exposition Review marked its ten-year anniversary at AWP 2025 in Los Angeles, the same conference where we launched our inaugural issue, Vol. I: “IX Lives,” during AWP 20...

Missing #AWP26, but remembering last year’s most stellar AWP in our hometown of LA, at which we were fortunate enough to celebrate our 10th anniversary with an #ExpoPresents party, the Love + Community event & fab conference moments! Cheers to the #ExpoFam in Baltimore: tinyurl.com/Expo10YearRecap.

Call for Entries: Flash 405, February 2026: “Oops" - Exposition Review Oops, we’re doing it again—kicking off another year of Flash 405! February is the start of our short-form season, with contests running every other month through September. Each Flash 405 contest will...

Only 2 days left to submit to Heather Vaughan’s Flash 405: “Oops” writing contest. Submit your flash fiction, poetry, scripts for stage & screen, & experimental writing by 3/5 at 11:59 pm for your chance to win cash prizes, publication & a big warm welcome into the #ExpoFam: tinyurl.com/FlashOops.

Issues - Exposition Review Flash 405: 2025 Issue Guest Judges Melissa Llanes Brownlee, Ashley Moon, Kiana Shaley, Francesca Spiegel  •  1st Place Winners Laila Amado, Paul Arenson, Chloe N. Clark, Tara Dugan  •  2nd Place Winne...

We’re delighted to spotlight this #ExpoFam member (@kellyesparza.bsky.social was Associate Editor for “Hunger and “Flux,” Fiction Co-Editor for “Lines,” and judged our “Escape” Flash 405 (tinyurl.com/ExpoIssues)). She is also the editor-in-chief of @flaremagazine.bsky.social

Give Back to Literary Orgs on #GivingTuesday 2025 - Exposition Review It’s that time of year again! In honor of #GivingTuesday, we’re waiving our submission fees on Tuesday, December 2, so you can donate your money or time to your favorite organizations. If you’re looki...

@laist.com is an independent, nonprofit newsroom & home to L.A.’s largest @npr.org station 89.3 FM. Many in our #ExpoFam were affected by the Palisades & Altadena fires. With the internet & phone service unavailable, LAist 89.3 was the go-to reliable, emergency radio: tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25.

We have some very exciting things in store for 2026, and we can’t wait to share them with you! Thanks for being a part of the #ExpoFam! Stay tuned!

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Vol. X: "Spring" - Exposition Review Vol. X: “Spring” raises hope. For relief from grief. In the resilience of both nature and urban communities. With the sight of a Nike sneaker floating in on the Pacific tide. The stories and art and e...

We are proud to announce our nominees for the Nina Riggs Poetry Award! Congrats to @lawrencebridges.bsky.social, nicole fellah, and Karan Kapoor. Read their pieces in Exposition Review, Vol. X: “Spring”: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10Spring.

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Call for Submissions for Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” - Exposition Review Issue XI begins with an infinite tension. Para – altered, beside, beyond, against. Social – the networks of intimacy, recognition, and belonging we carry with us. Joined together, these words suggest ...

Last chance to submit!! “PARA/SOCIAL” submissions close on December 15 at 11:59 PM PT! We’re a paying market ($50/contributor), and today, SUBS ARE FREE for #HumanRightsDay! Pick a genre and send us your work: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial

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A 6 Month Follow Up Visit Opens My Mouth in Anguish - Exposition Review by Rocio Franco Poetry   my full breath caught in my esophagus attempts to squeeze past needle passage narrowed by the choking of inflamed glands the oncologist mimes about toxins mutating cells in tu...

…and while you wait for it to ship, read Rocio’s poem A 6 MONTH FOLLOW UP VISIT OPENS MY MOUTH IN ANGUISH in our “Hunger” issue: tinyurl.com/Expo6Month.

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Happy Thanksgiving! As always, we’re grateful for you, our #ExpoFam! Sending gratitude to our contributors, readers, editorial team, and literary community for making us #morethanalitjournal!

Bitter Over Sweet Check out Bitter Over Sweet - Hawaiian native Tita works to escape a vicious cycle of poverty and abuse, only to realize along the way that life can not only be better, it can be whatever she wants it...

Happy pub day to #ExpoFam member @lumchanmfa.bsky.social & BITTER OVER SWEET! We are beyond excited for this novel exploring the lives of real Hawaiians (and for the fact that it’s published by our friends over at @sfwp.bsky.social)! Get your copy in our @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/bitt...

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...

Help us congratulate the newest writers of the #ExpoFam! Read experimental flash by Tara Dugan, flash fiction by JR Fenn and @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social, and flash nonfiction by Lucy Rodriguez-Hanley: tinyurl.com/Normal405.

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Call for Submissions for Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” - Exposition Review Issue XI begins with an infinite tension. Para – altered, beside, beyond, against. Social – the networks of intimacy, recognition, and belonging we carry with us. Joined together, these words suggest ...

Getting pretty PARA/SOCIAL here for this week’s #ExpoEditor spotlight on me, @briannasmykreder.bsky.social! It’s been an honor to serve as the Visual Art Editor of Expo for all eleven issues. Join the #ExpoFam and become an Expo artist! Submit your art here: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial.

Add these #ExpoContributor and #ExpoFam books to your TBR list for Hispanic Heritage Month! Buy them in our @bookshop.org and earn a 10% commission for Expo: tinyurl.com/ExpoBookshop.

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Exposition Review - Exposition Review Independent journal publishing fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts, art, & experimental narratives | Annual Issue | Flash Contests | We pay writers!

Times are tough but Expo and this amazing #ExpoFam are a bright spot. We are so excited for another year of #ExpoReview and all the stories we will get to share. Check out what we’re doing: expositionreview.com, and join us as an #ExpoContributor here: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial.

Call for Submissions for Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” - Exposition Review Issue XI begins with an infinite tension. Para – altered, beside, beyond, against. Social – the networks of intimacy, recognition, and belonging we carry with us. Joined together, these words suggest ...

We love supporting our #ExpoContributor fam! From readings to AWP panels, workshops to social/newsletter spotlights, we’re dedicated to helping creatives to share their voices.

We invite you to see what it feels like to be part of the #ExpoFam! Submit to “PARA/SOCIAL“: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial!

Love this piece! So excited for the novel! 🧑‍🚀📚

Grateful to have @lumchanmfa.bsky.social and @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social in the #ExpoFam!

We’re excited to read QUEER LATINE HEROES, with words by all-star #ExpoContributor and #ExpoFam member @sofiaxaguilar.bsky.social & illustrations by Valentine De Luna Cortes! Get your copy in our @bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/quee....

Welcome to the #ExpoFam! Excited to publish your work!

I’m beyond grateful for 10 years of @expositionreview.bsky.social! It’s bliss to see what this team does year after year. It’s a dark time, but this is a joy I give into over & over. Please, enjoy the labor of our love with #ExpoReview: Vol. X: “Spring”: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10Spring! 🌱 #ExpoFam

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A Reading List for Pride Month 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses For Pride Month, observed annually during the month of June, we asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the literature by authors...

On this last official day of #Pride, check out @clmporg.bsky.social’s Pride reading list (with books by #ExpoFam members @livesinpages.bsky.social and @charlesjensen.bsky.social with his Expo piece in it)…
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Tell the Bees - Exposition Review by Varsha Venkatesh Flash Fiction   Hey there, lover. I know you’d rather be doing anything else, but it will fall to you to tell the bees I’m gone. Before they play “Angels” at my funeral because I d...

Read Varsha Venkatesh’s flash fiction piece here: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-i...!

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“Spring” has sprung and we could not be more delighted! It is a challenging time, yet we find such joy and hope in this bright spot and these creatives! Celebrate them, celebrate creativity & celebrate 10 years of Expo in Exposition Review, Vol. X: “Spring” here: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10Spring!
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Vol. X: "Spring" - Exposition Review Vol. X: “Spring” raises hope. For relief from grief. In the resilience of both nature and urban communities. With the sight of a Nike sneaker floating in on the Pacific tide. The stories and art and e...

At last! Volume 10!!

Such brilliant work here: writing, film, art & more! I'm so honored to have played a tiny part in the process.
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Vol. X: "Spring" - Exposition Review Vol. X: “Spring” raises hope. For relief from grief. In the resilience of both nature and urban communities. With the sight of a Nike sneaker floating in on the Pacific tide. The stories and art and e...

Introducing, Exposition Review, Vol. X: “Spring”! This landmark tenth issue raises hope. For relief from grief. In the resilience of both nature and urban communities.

Celebrate with us tonight at 6 PM at Village Well.

And in the meantime, welcome “Spring”: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10Spring.

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Join us SATURDAY for our #ExpoPresents: “Spring” Launch Party & Reading at 6PM at Village Well! Enjoy contributor readings, short film screenings, artist talks & more! Then stay for light bites & sangria and a fun time with the #ExpoFam! We can’t wait to see you there: tinyurl.com/ExpoSpringLaunch!

Call for Entries: Flash 405, June 2025: “Illumination" - Exposition Review Flash 405 is brighter than ever for June 2025! We are thrilled to introduce our incredible guest judge, Melissa Llanes Brownlee, and share her chosen theme for this round: “Illumination.” Flash 405 is...

Call for submissions: Our June Flash 405 writing contest guest judged by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social is open through July 5! Send Melissa your “Illumination”-themed writing! Multiple entries encouraged. Winners receive cash prizes, publication & join the #ExpoFam! Submit: tinyurl.com/FlashIllumination.