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Read Vol. X: “Spring”🌱 & Flash 405: 2025 Issue 💥
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Flash 405: 2024 Issue - Exposition Review
Flash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre flash competition, awarding prizes and online publication to the winners. To celebrate these award-winning works, we’ve collected them together in our Flas...
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On this last day of 2025, we’re thrilled to publish our Flash 405: 2025 Issue, featuring amazing multi-genre flash writing! Read it here: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash24.
Processing life in America with Linda Willing’s words and immigrant themes. Read her #Flash405 winner MISSION TO MARS here: expositionreview.com/test/flash-4....
Mission to Mars - Exposition Review
by Linda Willing 1st Place – Flash 405, April 2017: Trinie Dalton’s “Shangri-La” Fiction Are you okay with never coming back? That’s the first thing they ask at the interview. You’re sitting there i...
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January 18, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Processing life in America with Linda Willing’s words and immigrant themes. Read her #Flash405 winner MISSION TO MARS here: expositionreview.com/test/flash-4....
Congratulations to Joseph Byrd for inclusion in Best Small Fictions & Sam Brighton featured in “Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction of 2024” in The Best American Essays 2025! Read in our “POP!” issue: tinyurl.com/ExpoV9Pop, & get them in our #ExpoContributor @bookshop.org: tinyurl.com/ExpoBookshop
Vol. IX: "POP!" - Exposition Review
Vol. IX: “POP!” is the intersection of tradition and trend. Whether satirizing an overused metaphor in poetry or confronting violence in Gaza, these pieces are made relevant both by their immediacy an...
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January 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Congratulations to Joseph Byrd for inclusion in Best Small Fictions & Sam Brighton featured in “Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction of 2024” in The Best American Essays 2025! Read in our “POP!” issue: tinyurl.com/ExpoV9Pop, & get them in our #ExpoContributor @bookshop.org: tinyurl.com/ExpoBookshop
Rereading our #Flash405: “Illumination” winners, now available in our Flash 405: 2025 Issue: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash25.
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Flash 405: 2025 Issue - Exposition Review
Flash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre flash competition, awarding prizes and online publication to the winners. To celebrate these award-winning works, we’ve collected them together in our Flas...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Rereading our #Flash405: “Illumination” winners, now available in our Flash 405: 2025 Issue: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash25.
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A must-read for every woman. A must-read for every man. Check out @gwenekirby.bsky.social’s A FEW NORMAL THINGS THAT HAPPEN A LOT in @tinhouse.bsky.social: tinhouse.com/a-few-normal... …
A Few Normal Things That Happen A Lot - Tin House
A woman walks down the street and a man coming the other way tells her to smile. When she smiles, she reveals a mouthful of fangs. She bites the man’s hand off and chews the bones to keep her teeth sh...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
A must-read for every woman. A must-read for every man. Check out @gwenekirby.bsky.social’s A FEW NORMAL THINGS THAT HAPPEN A LOT in @tinhouse.bsky.social: tinhouse.com/a-few-normal... …
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My galaxy could not be contained. It's every kind person, every bit of support, every person who's taken an action to do something good in the world. So thank you all. (2/2)
January 16, 2026 at 1:56 AM
My galaxy could not be contained. It's every kind person, every bit of support, every person who's taken an action to do something good in the world. So thank you all. (2/2)
Happy #pubday to @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social whose IN EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE ( @jacklegpress.bsky.social)—an intriguing journey through the cosmos of human experience—comes out today!
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Every Galaxy a Circle
Check out Every Galaxy a Circle - <p>An Intriguing Journey through the Cosmos of Human Experience</p><p></p><p>In <em>Every Galaxy a Circle</em>, Chloe N. Clark masterfully intertwines memories, ghost...
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January 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Happy #pubday to @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social whose IN EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE ( @jacklegpress.bsky.social)—an intriguing journey through the cosmos of human experience—comes out today!
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DREAMing Out Loud is a paid, tuition-free creative writing workshop series for migrant writers. It seeks to counter anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. & amplify the voices of those marginalized because of their immigration status. Check them out: Tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25. @penamerica.bsky.social
Give Back to Literary Orgs on #GivingTuesday 2025 - Exposition Review
It’s that time of year again! In honor of #GivingTuesday, we’re waiving our submission fees on Tuesday, December 2, so you can donate your money or time to your favorite organizations. If you’re looki...
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January 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
DREAMing Out Loud is a paid, tuition-free creative writing workshop series for migrant writers. It seeks to counter anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. & amplify the voices of those marginalized because of their immigration status. Check them out: Tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25. @penamerica.bsky.social
“As an artist, I explore the intersection of creativity, curiosity, and innovation. My art is a reflection of the boundless potential within us all, waiting to be unleashed.” Read Sholanke Boluwatife Emmanuel’s full artist’s statement & see his NIGHT SKETCHES here: tinyurl.com/ExpoNightSketches.
night sketches - Exposition Review
by Sholanke Boluwatife Emmanuel Visual Art Artist’s Statement As an artist, I explore the intersection of creativity, curiosity, and innovation. Through my work, I aim to capture the dynamic energ...
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January 13, 2026 at 2:03 AM
“As an artist, I explore the intersection of creativity, curiosity, and innovation. My art is a reflection of the boundless potential within us all, waiting to be unleashed.” Read Sholanke Boluwatife Emmanuel’s full artist’s statement & see his NIGHT SKETCHES here: tinyurl.com/ExpoNightSketches.
Last chance to apply to the 2026 Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices from @lambdaliterary.org! Choose from eight genres, including the newest cohort: Romantic Fiction. Find the amazing faculty line up here: bit.ly/3XN5IIN Apply by January 15! #LLWritersRetreat
2026 Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices
Meet the faculty of Lambda's 2022 Retreat: Jewelle Gomez, torrin a. greathouse, Zeyn Joukhadar, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Amos Mac, Mark Oshiro.
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January 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Last chance to apply to the 2026 Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices from @lambdaliterary.org! Choose from eight genres, including the newest cohort: Romantic Fiction. Find the amazing faculty line up here: bit.ly/3XN5IIN Apply by January 15! #LLWritersRetreat
How do you live life to the fullest when you’re diagnosed with a chronic illness in your twenties? In A SPOONIE’S GUIDE TO SELF-ACCEPTANCE, a grief-inspired poetry chapbook, @kellyesparza.bsky.social chronicles her experience with living with a chronic illness. Get it: kellyesparza.wordpress.com!
January 10, 2026 at 10:44 PM
How do you live life to the fullest when you’re diagnosed with a chronic illness in your twenties? In A SPOONIE’S GUIDE TO SELF-ACCEPTANCE, a grief-inspired poetry chapbook, @kellyesparza.bsky.social chronicles her experience with living with a chronic illness. Get it: kellyesparza.wordpress.com!
Time take time to reread our “Quitting”-themed flash fiction and flash nonfiction winners, now featured in our Flash 405: 2025 Issue: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash25
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Flash 405: 2025 Issue - Exposition Review
Flash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre flash competition, awarding prizes and online publication to the winners. To celebrate these award-winning works, we’ve collected them together in our Flas...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Time take time to reread our “Quitting”-themed flash fiction and flash nonfiction winners, now featured in our Flash 405: 2025 Issue: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash25
@glossyruin.bsky.social
@refaelpaulo.bsky.social @scmart.bsky.social @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social #Flash405 #ExpoReview #ExpoContributor
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@laist.com is an independent, nonprofit newsroom & home to L.A.’s largest @npr.org station 89.3 FM. Many in our #ExpoFam were affected by the Palisades & Altadena fires. With the internet & phone service unavailable, LAist 89.3 was the go-to reliable, emergency radio: tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25.
Give Back to Literary Orgs on #GivingTuesday 2025 - Exposition Review
It’s that time of year again! In honor of #GivingTuesday, we’re waiving our submission fees on Tuesday, December 2, so you can donate your money or time to your favorite organizations. If you’re looki...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:28 PM
@laist.com is an independent, nonprofit newsroom & home to L.A.’s largest @npr.org station 89.3 FM. Many in our #ExpoFam were affected by the Palisades & Altadena fires. With the internet & phone service unavailable, LAist 89.3 was the go-to reliable, emergency radio: tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25.
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I'm coming up from my holiday break from socials - and sharing this bit of solstice writing from last month in @necessaryfiction.com 🍊 inspired by real life.
Day 2 of our solstice gathering features writing by @mizuki-yama.bsky.social, Catherine Reedy, Kendra Cardin, @garetherees.bsky.social, @nonabiding.bsky.social, @erinkeane.bsky.social, @kleopatraolympiou.bsky.social, Lleyton Michael Kane, and Warren Stoddard II. necessaryfiction.com/stories/poin...
January 6, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I'm coming up from my holiday break from socials - and sharing this bit of solstice writing from last month in @necessaryfiction.com 🍊 inspired by real life.
We’re delighted to have 2 additions to our #ExpoIntern team this season! Abigail Jeon & Luz Aguirre have been learning the ropes of running a #litjournal, working behind the scenes to synthesize our editors’ comments & send you feedback, & developing their own intern projects!! Stay tuned for more!
January 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
We’re delighted to have 2 additions to our #ExpoIntern team this season! Abigail Jeon & Luz Aguirre have been learning the ropes of running a #litjournal, working behind the scenes to synthesize our editors’ comments & send you feedback, & developing their own intern projects!! Stay tuned for more!
A poet so awesome we published her twice, not to mention, nicole fellah is tied to us at our roots as a fellow grad of @usc.edu’s MPW program! Read her poems here: tinyurl.com/ExpoMango…
this is not a mango memory - Exposition Review
by nicole fellah Poetry on holidays in the small box kitchen i stood at hip-height to my mother who sliced fat scallions for ackee with the fury of a Black woman who had taken the wrong man’s ...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
A poet so awesome we published her twice, not to mention, nicole fellah is tied to us at our roots as a fellow grad of @usc.edu’s MPW program! Read her poems here: tinyurl.com/ExpoMango…
Visual Art Editor @briannasmykreder.bsky.social #ExpoRecommends “ENCODED: Change the Story, Change the Future” indigenous artist takeover at @metmuseum.org, along with Lorna Simpson’s “Source Notes” & National Gallery of Art’s online collections & Instagram! Enjoy: tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Visual Art Editor @briannasmykreder.bsky.social #ExpoRecommends “ENCODED: Change the Story, Change the Future” indigenous artist takeover at @metmuseum.org, along with Lorna Simpson’s “Source Notes” & National Gallery of Art’s online collections & Instagram! Enjoy: tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco.
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With our 2025 #Flash405 issue published, we’re looking back at all of last year’s contests, starting with Ashley Moon’s “Anchor” theme. Read flash fiction & flash experimental by @amadolaila.bsky.social, @evelynkrieger.bsky.social & @abigail-mills.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash25.
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Flash 405: 2025 Issue - Exposition Review
Flash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre flash competition, awarding prizes and online publication to the winners. To celebrate these award-winning works, we’ve collected them together in our Flas...
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January 3, 2026 at 4:30 AM
With our 2025 #Flash405 issue published, we’re looking back at all of last year’s contests, starting with Ashley Moon’s “Anchor” theme. Read flash fiction & flash experimental by @amadolaila.bsky.social, @evelynkrieger.bsky.social & @abigail-mills.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash25.
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That’s a wrap on our 10th year! 2025 was one full of challenges, but also bright spots! From #ExpoPresents events to Flash 405 & “Spring” issues, to launching our #WhatsYourExpoStory blog series & bringing on more #ExpoIntern, to hosting our annual #ShareYourVoice! Young writers publishing workshop…
January 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
That’s a wrap on our 10th year! 2025 was one full of challenges, but also bright spots! From #ExpoPresents events to Flash 405 & “Spring” issues, to launching our #WhatsYourExpoStory blog series & bringing on more #ExpoIntern, to hosting our annual #ShareYourVoice! Young writers publishing workshop…
On this last day of 2025, we’re thrilled to publish our Flash 405: 2025 Issue, featuring amazing multi-genre flash writing! Read it here: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash24.
Flash 405: 2024 Issue - Exposition Review
Flash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre flash competition, awarding prizes and online publication to the winners. To celebrate these award-winning works, we’ve collected them together in our Flas...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
On this last day of 2025, we’re thrilled to publish our Flash 405: 2025 Issue, featuring amazing multi-genre flash writing! Read it here: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash24.
It’s the last day to submit comics and art to Lauren Gorski and @briannasmykreder.bsky.social, respectively! Send them your “PARA/SOCIAL”-themed work by 11:59 PM PT: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial!
Call for Submissions for Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” - Exposition Review
Issue XI begins with an infinite tension. Para – altered, beside, beyond, against. Social – the networks of intimacy, recognition, and belonging we carry with us. Joined together, these words suggest ...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It’s the last day to submit comics and art to Lauren Gorski and @briannasmykreder.bsky.social, respectively! Send them your “PARA/SOCIAL”-themed work by 11:59 PM PT: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial!
Expo Review is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit, thanks to our friends at Fractured Atlas! That means that all donations are tax-deductible and help us support our literary community through publication, promotion, events, payment, podcast guest-spots & more. Donate here: tinyurl.com/Donate2Expo.
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“Exposition Review treats contributors’ work with the utmost care. Their constant support ventures past the acceptance, editing, and publishing stages. By nominating work, championing their contributo...
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December 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Expo Review is a fiscally sponsored nonprofit, thanks to our friends at Fractured Atlas! That means that all donations are tax-deductible and help us support our literary community through publication, promotion, events, payment, podcast guest-spots & more. Donate here: tinyurl.com/Donate2Expo.
“There’s a bag of your ashes tied up in the passenger seat of my car—etched into the crater where you spilled an entire iced caramel macchiato and scrubbed it out with toilet bowl cleaner…“ begins Valentina Gomez’s “Spring” fiction. Read AFTER EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE: tinyurl.com/ExpoAfter.
After Everything Is Said and Done - Exposition Review
by Valentina Gómez Fiction There’s a bag of your ashes tied up in the passenger seat of my car—etched into the crater where you spilled an entire iced caramel macchiato and scrubbed it out with toil...
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December 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“There’s a bag of your ashes tied up in the passenger seat of my car—etched into the crater where you spilled an entire iced caramel macchiato and scrubbed it out with toilet bowl cleaner…“ begins Valentina Gomez’s “Spring” fiction. Read AFTER EVERYTHING IS SAID AND DONE: tinyurl.com/ExpoAfter.
Exposition Review, Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” submissions for visual art and comics close on December 31. We’re a paying market and can’t wait to see your work! Submit here: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial!
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Call for Submissions for Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” - Exposition Review
Issue XI begins with an infinite tension. Para – altered, beside, beyond, against. Social – the networks of intimacy, recognition, and belonging we carry with us. Joined together, these words suggest ...
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December 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Exposition Review, Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” submissions for visual art and comics close on December 31. We’re a paying market and can’t wait to see your work! Submit here: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial!
#ExpoReview #callforsubmissions #art #comics
#ExpoReview #callforsubmissions #art #comics
Didn’t get the holiday gift you wanted? Looking to bulk up your TBR list to hit those 2026 reading resolutions? Shop any book, or our curated #ExpoContributor, #ExpoRecommends & #BookSwap lists, on @bookshop.org & earn a 10% comission for Expo! Thank you and happy reading: tinyurl.com/ExpoBookshop.
December 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Didn’t get the holiday gift you wanted? Looking to bulk up your TBR list to hit those 2026 reading resolutions? Shop any book, or our curated #ExpoContributor, #ExpoRecommends & #BookSwap lists, on @bookshop.org & earn a 10% comission for Expo! Thank you and happy reading: tinyurl.com/ExpoBookshop.
We are proud to announce our nominees for the Nina Riggs Poetry Award! Congrats to @lawrencebridges.bsky.social, nicole fellah, and Karan Kapoor. Read their pieces in Exposition Review, Vol. X: “Spring”: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10Spring.
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Vol. X: "Spring" - Exposition Review
Vol. X: “Spring” raises hope. For relief from grief. In the resilience of both nature and urban communities. With the sight of a Nike sneaker floating in on the Pacific tide. The stories and art and e...
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December 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We are proud to announce our nominees for the Nina Riggs Poetry Award! Congrats to @lawrencebridges.bsky.social, nicole fellah, and Karan Kapoor. Read their pieces in Exposition Review, Vol. X: “Spring”: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10Spring.
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