Literary Journal

Exposition Review

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About the magazine

Exposition Review is an annual online literary and arts journal founded in 2014 by a collective of writers and artists in Los Angeles. Its founding ethos centers on interdisciplinary conversation, inviting work that engages with visual art, performance, and text in equal measure. Each issue is organized around a broad theme, and the journal maintains a commitment to publishing both emerging and established voices across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. The journal's editorial approach favors work that is formally adventurous and emotionally resonant, without privileging any single aesthetic or school.

Editorial focus

Exposition Review is an independent, multi-genre literary journal that publishes narratives by new, emerging, and established writers in the genres of fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts for stage and screen, experimental, visual art, comics, and film.

PoetryFictionCreative Nonfiction

Submitting your work

Reading periodFeb 4 to Mar 5

Reading feeYes

PaymentCash

Response time3 to 6 months

Simultaneous submissionsYes

Unsolicited submissionsYes

Before submitting, review at least one full issue to understand the journal's thematic and interdisciplinary bent. Work that explicitly engages with visual art, performance, or hybrid forms tends to fare well. Follow the submission guidelines closely: simultaneous submissions are generally accepted, but notify the editors promptly if your work is placed elsewhere. Because each issue is themed, check the current call for submissions and consider how your work speaks to that theme without forcing a connection. Expect response times of several months; query politely if you have not heard back after the stated period.

Read and follow all our submission guidelines! We like to be surprised; we like writing that transports us with strong voices and a sense of place. We like work that’s thoughtful and cathartic, that embraces conflict and isn’t afraid to take risks. We love pieces that blur genre boundaries.

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Submission calls

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ClosedDeadline · 2026-09-06