Submissions
Submission Information
Reading Period Status: With the new online format, the Los Angeles Review will be open for submissions year-round!
- General submissions for LAROnline are OPEN
- Submissions for the Los Angeles Review Awards are OPEN through June 30
- Submissions are open to all and are not limited to residents of Los Angeles
Submission Methods:
We only accept unsolicited submissions online via Submittable. Online submissions are subject to a $3.00 reading fee.
Current subscribers and former contributors may submit online free of charge by emailing their pieces directly to the appropriate editor. However, it is ultimately up to the genre editor’s discretion whether to accept submissions through email.
- Submit Online: Submittable
- 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 four months.
Compensation: Writers published in the print edition of 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.
Online: Accepted submissions are eligible to be published in the new online format and will be considered for the yearly best-of print edition.
Submission Guidelines
**Please note that all submissions under all submission categories must be previously unpublished. Any already published work will not be considered for publication with the Los Angeles Review.
Fiction: We’re looking for hard-to-put-down sequences of shorts or stand-alone lengthier stories in the 1,000 – 4,000 words range. Regardless of length, we always hope to see lively, vivid, excellent literary fiction.
Flash Fiction: We’re looking for shorts under 1,000 words that we want to read again and again. We’re looking for work that is lively, vivid, and leaves us wanting more. Additionally, please note our one-story limit per submission. While authors are more than welcome to submit multiple stories to LAR, we ask that they please submit them individually.
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.
Translation: Please submit no more than 5 poems (single-spaced) or 5 pages of prose (double-spaced). Include biographical notes for both the author and the translator. Your submission must be accompanied by 1) the original text and 2) a letter from the rights holder stating that you have permission to translate and publish the work in the United States. If you cannot provide #2, we will not be able to print your work. We look forward to reading your submission.
Book Reviews: We welcome reviews of new and recent books of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and hybrid work, particularly those titles that have not received the critical attention they deserve. Please send completed drafts, no more than 1,200 words, to review@losangelesreview.org.
Before submitting, please review our book review guidelines here.