Winner of the 2018 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Poetry.
Final Judge: Douglas Manuel
after Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
The most quoted / Bible verse / told to you is / ...
In Defense of Genius by kwabena foli
Award Winners, LAR Online, Poetry
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
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
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
Award Winners, LAR Online, Nonfiction
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
Award Winners, LAR Online, Nonfiction
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
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
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
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
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
Award Winners, LAR Online, Poetry
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
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
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
Award Winners, LAR Online, Nonfiction
