Winner of the 2019 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of poetry.
Final Judge: Matty Layne Glasgow
See my hands? They strong hands. They hold worlds, they break men
open with a snap. My hands is ...
the blues, reproductive by Aurielle Marie
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Winner of the 2019 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of short fiction.
Final Judge: Tammy Lynne Stoner
Let him choose the place. Somewhere familiar, like the coffee shop on the corner that only ...
How to Tell That Guy You’ve Been Dating, Your Boyfriend, or Your Friend (Whom You’re Actually in Love With) You Have a Disability by Lillie Lainoff
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Winner of the 2019 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of creative nonfiction.
Final Judge: Adrianne Kalfopoulou
I am a “Redbone.” It refers to a range of skin color that makes people ask, ...
A Redbone’s Reality by Renée Ozburn
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Winner of the 2019 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of flash fiction.
Final Judge: Brittany McLaughlin
Netta says Alessandra killed herself. We’re in bed, Lily asleep with her nose buried in my ...
Mexican Shoots Himself in the Chest by Stanley Delgado
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…We are swallowed by the mass culture made in USA, leisure and pleasure become the first objectives of our existence and, anesthetized by fashion and by cosmetics, we let ourselves become entangled in your webs which ...
SweekStars 2018: Excerpt from Vaulted Home – Day Seventh by Ana Filomena Amaral
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Inspector Warrell had taken his usual seat in the Evidence Room, directly facing the door. Sunlight filtered in through the windows, caressing the air and washing over the table, casting shadows from his tablet and ...
SweekStars 2018: Evidence by Joel R Hunt
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Torotain Varvaressos was a peculiar man. He loved academic journals, tolerated furniture, and abhorred keys. Therefore, both his main residence and his pied-à-terre, which were labyrinths of shelves with titles such as ...
Sweekstars 2018: Peculiarities of Torotain Varvaressos by Shahzoda Vareberg
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Little imitations of the sun and its rays, bright buttercup yellow
Perky and mellow
Sold by the odd fellow
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On the streets. From this fellow these flowers I buy, when it’s ...
SweekStars 2018: Sunflowers by Daniel Helman Lee
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Winner of the 2017 Los Angeles Review Fiction Award, judged by Bryan Hurt
I love this story for its quick and slippery wordplay and how the logic of language intoxicates the story, twisting it in directions that surprise ...
Parting Shot by Ashley Farmer
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