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Winner of the 2018 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Flash Fiction. Final Judge: Ron Koertge There was a girl one year ahead of Brian who believed she was Eric Clapton's girlfriend. They ...

Eric Clapton’s Girlfriend by John Mattson

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Winner of the 2018 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Creative Nonfiction. Final Judge: Sarah Cannon My mother takes anastrozole as adjuvant therapy to reduce her risk of recurrence of breast ...

A Brief Encyclopedia of My Mother’s Cancer by Anna Leahy

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First runner-up in the 2018 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Creative Nonfiction. Final Judge: Sarah Cannon I see: everything. Fima’s fist, French fries jutting between tattooed fingers. ...

Knuckleball by Katie Wisel

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First runner-up in the 2018 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Flash Fiction. Final Judge: Ron Koertge Letters From the Desk of President Jefferson June 19th, 1804 Mister Barlow, I hope ...

To My Dear Friend, Joel Barlow by Chavonn Shen

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First runner-up in the 2018 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Short Fiction. Final Judge: Doug Lawson The baby octopus in my shirt drawer misses the ocean, but she doesn’t know how to tell ...

The Baby Octopus by Rainie Oet

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First runner-up in the 2018 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Poetry. Final Judge: Douglas Manuel Silver flowers—a blindman’s word, give the blossom, not bullets— of sugarcane rustled ...

This Is About Time by Naoko Fujimoto

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First runner-up in the 2019 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Short Fiction. Final Judge: tammy lynne stoner James labors on top of her. Teeth gritted, brow furrowed: this sort of grim ...

The Killing Jar by Jennifer Hritz

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First runner-up in the 2019 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Creative Nonfiction. Final Judge: Adrianne Kalfopoulou Crack. Fuck, fuck, fuck. Pop. I’m in an oven, ready for roasting. ...

7 lbs., 8 oz by Stephanie Wobby

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First runner-up in the 2019 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Flash Fiction. Final Judge: Brittany Ackerman Mother Chen’s fingers ache, cracked from washing feet and floors all day, but still ...

Cheap Mother by Jeremy Tsai

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