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!
Dive deeper and check out the #ExpoPresents Launch Party & Reading recap here: tinyurl.com/ExpoSurfaceLaunch.
Have you subscribed to our once monthly newsletter, #ExpoExtra? Be the first to hear about writing contests, submission opportunities, and #ExpoPresents events, as well as #ExpoContributor Q&As and more! Subscribe here: tinyurl.com/GetExpoExtra.
Once again throwing it back to past #AWP #ExpoPresents, this time with our “Meant to Last: Maintaining Longevity as an Independent Lit Journal” from Seattle, featuring a panel moderated by Mellinda Hensley with panelists CD Eskilson, Anya Maria Johnson & Viva Padilla tinyurl.com/ExpoAWPLongevity…
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.
Did you get our most recent #ExpoExtra & see our 2025 highlights? If not subscribe here and stay in the know for our 2026 #Flash405 calls for submissions & new works, #ExpoIntern projects, #ExpoPresents: Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” Launch Party & Reading: tinyurl.com/GetExpoExtra.
That’s a wrap on our 10th year! 2025 was one full of challenges, but also bright spots! From #ExpoPresents events to Flash 405 & “Spring” issues, to launching our #WhatsYourExpoStory blog series & bringing on more #ExpoIntern, to hosting our annual #ShareYourVoice! Young writers publishing workshop…
Donate, or don’t! If you have the means, donate to Expo (we’re a fiscally sponsored nonprofit thanks to Fractured Atlas), and let us use those funds to support and pay our contributors, host #ExpoPresents events, mentor interns and young writers, and so much more: tinyurl.com/ExpoDonation.
It may be fall, but we are still loving “Spring”! Celebrate the seasons with us and read the issue: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10Spring, then check out our summer #ExpoPresents Launch Party & Reading: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10SpringLaunch.
As we head into autumn, we’re fondly looking back on the summer launch of our “Spring” issue! After months of sowing seeds, nurturing sprouts & harvesting final pieces, we gathered at Village Well to celebrate “Spring”: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10SpringLaunch.
#ExpoReview #literarycommunity #ExpoPresents
Did you miss Lisa Novick reading from her nonfiction piece NESTING MATERIAL at our #ExpoPresents: “Spring” Launch Party & Reading at Village Well? We’ve got you covered. Explore an LA school garden as a metaphor for humanity and nature in #ExpoReview, Vol.: X: “Spring”: tinyurl.com/ExpoNesting. 🌱🍃🪺
With the launch of our 10th annual issue, we’re looking to our Transposition #podcast, which started as the #ExpoPresents launch of our COVID-times issue, Vol. V: “Act/Break.” The podcast has grown thanks to host @lilrensing.bsky.social! Give it a listen: tinyurl.com/ExpoTranspo.
#podcastsarelit
Starting off the launch of our 10th annual issue with an intro from Expo Co-Editor-in-Chief @annleee.bsky.social ! #Spring #ExpoPresents
“Spring” is springing!! Welcome to our #ExpoPresents: Vol. X: “Spring” Launch Party & Reading, coming to you live from Village Well Books & Coffee in Culver City, Los Angeles, California!!
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!
Join us to celebrate the launch of Vol. X: “Spring” at our #ExpoPresents: Launch Party & Reading on Sat. June 21, at 6PM at the Village Well in Culver City!
Hear words from issue contributors & Expo Editor toasts to the #ExpoFam, and enjoy drinks & snacks: shop.villagewell.com/events/29458...
Here it is! Our cover for Vol. X: “Spring” with art by Jessica Taylor Bellamy! We’re excited for you to experience writing, art, film, comics & more in this landmark issue! Join us on June 21 at 6PM at Village Well in Culver City, CA for our #ExpoPresents: “Spring” Launch Party & Reading!
We’re getting ready to publish Vol. X: “Spring,” so we’re looking back at the amazing year we’ve had w/ Vol. IX: “POP!” From our #ExpoPresents launch party to Joseph Byrd’s selection for Best, Small Fictions & more, this issue has been a dream! Celebrate “POP!” & read it today: tinyurl.com/ExpoV9POP
And save the date! We’re excited to continue our 10-year celebration with our #ExpoPresents: Vol. X: “Spring” Launch Party & Reading at Village Well in Culver City, CA on June 21!
This Memorial Day we’re talking to the ghosts of Gettysburg with #ExpoContributor Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo’s “Orbit” poem, which we had the pleasure of hearing her read at our #ExpoPresents 10-Year Anniversary Party! What a thoughtful must-read for this day. Read it here: tinyurl.com/ExpoGhost …
Did you get #ExpoExtra delivered into your inbox last month? No? Our monthly newsletter is full of submission calls, new issues, issue spotlights, #ExpoRecommends, #ExpoPresents & more. Sign up for the next edition & stay tuned to all things #ExpoReview: tinyurl.com/GetExpoExtra
Read our debut #ExpoStory featuring rockstar young writer & editor @sofiaxaguilar.bsky.social!
She’s publishing QUEER LATINE HEROES, editing ANOTHER new zine & read at our #ExpoPresents 10-Year Party & Love + Community @ #AWP25! But how did she start with Expo? Find out: tinyurl.com/ExpoStorySofia
Feeling the post-apocalyptic flash play (a Flash 405 winner!) that is LM Wetzork’s RUBBLE. We loved seeing it performed at our #ExpoPresents: Short Play Series (tinyurl.com/ExpoShortPlays17) & find new meaning in this eerily prophetic exploration of language, hope & survival: tinyurl.com/Rubble405.
5 years ago it was COVID & w/o an #ExpoPresents party to spotlight our “Act/Break” contributors, @lilrensing.bsky.social created Transposition as reading series. Our podcast has grown, but we 🫶 S1. Enjoy it w/ Angela Miyuki Mackintosh’s experimental piece GIRLS LIKE US & read along bit.ly/ExpoGirls
Nonfiction Editor and board member @monapily.bsky.social discusses #ExpoReview and our internal community building and “opportunity-ship” at our 10-year anniversary party! #ExpoPresents #AWP25
“But what I really wanted most was to celebrate the people I love.” Natalie Mislang Mann reads from her Anthony Bourdain-inspired nonfiction BEWARE OF THE BOYS from #ExpoReview, Vol. VI: “Hunger” at our #ExpoPresents 10-year anniversary party: bit.ly/ExpoBeware. #AWP25
“The podcast is another way to spread our appreciation for our contributors…and spotlight them.” We’re diving into our #Transposition podcast with host (and Co-EiC) @lilrensing.bsky.social at our #ExpoPresents 10-year anniversary party! Listen here: tinyurl.com/ExpoTranspo. #AWP25
Expo Editor @willwriteforchai.bsky.social discusses #Flash405 at our #ExpoPresents 10-year anniversary party! And surprise, Francesca Spegiel’s April contest, “Quitting,” is OPEN early! Submit your multi-genre flash work here: tinyurl.com/ExpoSubmittable! #AWP25 #ExpoReview
“I am forced to speak the language/of men…” @lisacheby.bsky.social reads from her poetic essay PERFECT DARK from #ExpoReview, Vol. VIII: “Lines” at our #ExpoPresents 10-year anniversary party. Read along: tinyurl.com/ExpoPerfect! #AWP25
