Guidelines

Submission Information

Reading Period Status: We are currently open to submissions. Submissions for Issue 16, dedicated to January 31.

Submissions received outside our reading periods will be discarded without notice.

Submission Methods: We accept online submissions via Submishmash. Online submissions are subject to a $3.00 reading fee. Current subscribers and former contributors may submit online free of charge. We do not consider submissions via email.

• Submit Online: The Los Angeles Review’s Submission Manager

Simultaneous submissions are accepted if noted in the cover letter. Please do not send multiple submissions unless an editor has invited you to do so. Response time is two to three months.

Compensation: Writers published in The Los Angeles Review will receive one contributor copy in exchange for first North American rights. No reprints, please.

Subscription: We encourage submitters to read our journal, and if you order a copy of LAR, your submission is free. You can find ordering information here. Contact the Managing Editor for international shipping rates, information about classroom subscriptions, course adoption, and bulk discounts.

Submission Guidelines

Fiction: We’re looking for to hard-to-put-down shorties under 500 words and lengthier stories up to 4,000 words–lively, vivid, excellent literary fiction. Please indicate word count in your file title.

Nonfiction: Please submit an essay, memoir, or commentary told as compelling, focused, sustained narrative in a distinctive voice, rich with detail. Send 1,000-4,000 words or delight us with flash nonfiction that cat-burgles our expectations.

Poetry: Please submit 3-5 poems that will surprise us, wow us, and make us wish we’d written them ourselves. We are open to form, free verse, prose poems, and experimental styles. Our only criterion is quality.

Book Reviews: We welcome queries to review new and recent books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, particularly those that have not received the critical attention they deserve. Contact the book review editor at lareview.bookreviews@gmail.com with queries. For a full explanation of query procedures and how we select books for review, please visit the Book Review Query Procedures page.