L'Esprit Literary Review
@lespritlit.bsky.social
In Mediam Mentem. Consciousness-forward fiction and thought.
Championing fearless writing in short fiction, criticism, and literary nonfiction. Publishing in a revolutionary spirit.
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Championing fearless writing in short fiction, criticism, and literary nonfiction. Publishing in a revolutionary spirit.
Words: lespritliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit (Subs OPEN)
EXCITING NEWS! We're partnering with Chill Subs and their Contest Transparency Program for the 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize. In addition to the monetary prizes and publication for L'Esprit, Chill Subs is offering several awards for contest entrants and winners.
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
EXCITING NEWS! We're partnering with Chill Subs and their Contest Transparency Program for the 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize. In addition to the monetary prizes and publication for L'Esprit, Chill Subs is offering several awards for contest entrants and winners.
TOMORROW! Help us celebrate the launch of Issue Seven at our Zoom reading October 26th at 1pm US Central Daylight Time. RSVP at this link: forms.gle/ag7feqdVSRS2...
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
TOMORROW! Help us celebrate the launch of Issue Seven at our Zoom reading October 26th at 1pm US Central Daylight Time. RSVP at this link: forms.gle/ag7feqdVSRS2...
EXCITING NEWS! We're partnering with Chill Subs and their Contest Transparency Program for the 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration. In addition to the monetary prizes and publication for L'Esprit, Chill Subs is offering several awards for contest entrants and winners.
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
EXCITING NEWS! We're partnering with Chill Subs and their Contest Transparency Program for the 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration. In addition to the monetary prizes and publication for L'Esprit, Chill Subs is offering several awards for contest entrants and winners.
Happy #bloomsday !
Check out some of our past issues here--and then send us your own work!
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Portrait of Leopold Bloom by @jrostopovich.bsky.social
Check out some of our past issues here--and then send us your own work!
lespritliteraryreview.org/past-issues/
Portrait of Leopold Bloom by @jrostopovich.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Happy #bloomsday !
Check out some of our past issues here--and then send us your own work!
lespritliteraryreview.org/past-issues/
Portrait of Leopold Bloom by @jrostopovich.bsky.social
Check out some of our past issues here--and then send us your own work!
lespritliteraryreview.org/past-issues/
Portrait of Leopold Bloom by @jrostopovich.bsky.social
Much like this excellent, windy bus, our submission window is wide open.
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Send us words!
#callforsubmissions
#fiction
#nonfiction
#essays
#literature
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Send us words!
#callforsubmissions
#fiction
#nonfiction
#essays
#literature
April 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Much like this excellent, windy bus, our submission window is wide open.
lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
Send us words!
#callforsubmissions
#fiction
#nonfiction
#essays
#literature
lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
Send us words!
#callforsubmissions
#fiction
#nonfiction
#essays
#literature
AWP! Check us out! Table 215
March 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
AWP! Check us out! Table 215
Day two of #awp !
Come out to table 215 to consider all our many submission opportunities, check out our print anthologies, and enjoy some entertaining banter from the editors.
À bientôt !
#writing
#literature
#books
Come out to table 215 to consider all our many submission opportunities, check out our print anthologies, and enjoy some entertaining banter from the editors.
À bientôt !
#writing
#literature
#books
March 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Day two of #awp !
Come out to table 215 to consider all our many submission opportunities, check out our print anthologies, and enjoy some entertaining banter from the editors.
À bientôt !
#writing
#literature
#books
Come out to table 215 to consider all our many submission opportunities, check out our print anthologies, and enjoy some entertaining banter from the editors.
À bientôt !
#writing
#literature
#books
Hello #AWP!
We're here at table 215, *and* we're back open for submissions!
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
Guidelines: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
We're here at table 215, *and* we're back open for submissions!
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
Guidelines: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Hello #AWP!
We're here at table 215, *and* we're back open for submissions!
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
Guidelines: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
We're here at table 215, *and* we're back open for submissions!
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
Guidelines: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
Come in under the shadow of this red rock
March 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Come in under the shadow of this red rock
Our new anthology!
March 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Our new anthology!
Happy Birthday, James Joyce!
On this great day we're happy to release our Winter 2025 Quarterly, with new fiction, nonfiction, and reviews!
Read it here:
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On this great day we're happy to release our Winter 2025 Quarterly, with new fiction, nonfiction, and reviews!
Read it here:
mailchi.mp/e2b5c28b7c65...
February 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Happy Birthday, James Joyce!
On this great day we're happy to release our Winter 2025 Quarterly, with new fiction, nonfiction, and reviews!
Read it here:
mailchi.mp/e2b5c28b7c65...
On this great day we're happy to release our Winter 2025 Quarterly, with new fiction, nonfiction, and reviews!
Read it here:
mailchi.mp/e2b5c28b7c65...
Happy Birthday to preeminent friend of the journal, Virginia Woolf!
On this excellent day, we're happy to announce our next contest: the 2025 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Prose.
We'll have more details in the coming weeks, with the Grand Prize Winner to be published later this year in Issue Seven.
On this excellent day, we're happy to announce our next contest: the 2025 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Prose.
We'll have more details in the coming weeks, with the Grand Prize Winner to be published later this year in Issue Seven.
January 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Happy Birthday to preeminent friend of the journal, Virginia Woolf!
On this excellent day, we're happy to announce our next contest: the 2025 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Prose.
We'll have more details in the coming weeks, with the Grand Prize Winner to be published later this year in Issue Seven.
On this excellent day, we're happy to announce our next contest: the 2025 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Prose.
We'll have more details in the coming weeks, with the Grand Prize Winner to be published later this year in Issue Seven.
We’re honored to announce the Grand Prize, Seocnd Place, and Third Place winners of the 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
So excited to see these excellent stories in print, and félicitations à tous !
So excited to see these excellent stories in print, and félicitations à tous !
January 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We’re honored to announce the Grand Prize, Seocnd Place, and Third Place winners of the 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
So excited to see these excellent stories in print, and félicitations à tous !
So excited to see these excellent stories in print, and félicitations à tous !
The Finalists for the 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
January 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The Finalists for the 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
We're very excited to announce the shortlist for our fiction contest, the 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration.
Félicitations !
Félicitations !
January 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
We're very excited to announce the shortlist for our fiction contest, the 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration.
Félicitations !
Félicitations !
Merci à tous for a great year!
We’re very excited about what’s coming in 2025 for L’Esprit.
Thanks to everyone for your support of fearless writing, and à demain !
We’re very excited about what’s coming in 2025 for L’Esprit.
Thanks to everyone for your support of fearless writing, and à demain !
January 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Merci à tous for a great year!
We’re very excited about what’s coming in 2025 for L’Esprit.
Thanks to everyone for your support of fearless writing, and à demain !
We’re very excited about what’s coming in 2025 for L’Esprit.
Thanks to everyone for your support of fearless writing, and à demain !
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025-leopold...
12 hours to go until the close of submissions for the 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration!
$500 prize, $10 entry fee.
Enter your work and support fearless writing, all while enjoying this excellent illustration by @jrostopovich.bsky.social!
12 hours to go until the close of submissions for the 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration!
$500 prize, $10 entry fee.
Enter your work and support fearless writing, all while enjoying this excellent illustration by @jrostopovich.bsky.social!
December 2, 2024 at 6:56 PM
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025-leopold...
12 hours to go until the close of submissions for the 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration!
$500 prize, $10 entry fee.
Enter your work and support fearless writing, all while enjoying this excellent illustration by @jrostopovich.bsky.social!
12 hours to go until the close of submissions for the 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration!
$500 prize, $10 entry fee.
Enter your work and support fearless writing, all while enjoying this excellent illustration by @jrostopovich.bsky.social!
November 30, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Join us on Wednesday, 10/30, for a reading at @vonbarnyc!
Featuring excellent writing and potentially-costumed editors!
Featuring excellent writing and potentially-costumed editors!
October 26, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Join us on Wednesday, 10/30, for a reading at @vonbarnyc!
Featuring excellent writing and potentially-costumed editors!
Featuring excellent writing and potentially-costumed editors!
Getting spooky! L’Esprit Literary Review Issue 5 celebratory reading! Von Bar, NYC, 10/30 @7:00pm.
Readings by
Jaclyn Gilbert
Sue Mell
Brigid Swanick
Angela Santillo
R. Russell Magee
Lincoln Hirn
Trevor Patterson
Readings by
Jaclyn Gilbert
Sue Mell
Brigid Swanick
Angela Santillo
R. Russell Magee
Lincoln Hirn
Trevor Patterson
October 18, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Getting spooky! L’Esprit Literary Review Issue 5 celebratory reading! Von Bar, NYC, 10/30 @7:00pm.
Readings by
Jaclyn Gilbert
Sue Mell
Brigid Swanick
Angela Santillo
R. Russell Magee
Lincoln Hirn
Trevor Patterson
Readings by
Jaclyn Gilbert
Sue Mell
Brigid Swanick
Angela Santillo
R. Russell Magee
Lincoln Hirn
Trevor Patterson
Getting spooky! L’Esprit Literary Review Issue 5 celebratory reading! Von Bar, 10/30 @7:00pm.
Readings by
Jaclyn Gilbert
Sue Mell
Brigid Swanick
Angela Santillo
R. Russell Magee
Lincoln Hirn
Trevor Patterson
Readings by
Jaclyn Gilbert
Sue Mell
Brigid Swanick
Angela Santillo
R. Russell Magee
Lincoln Hirn
Trevor Patterson
October 12, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Getting spooky! L’Esprit Literary Review Issue 5 celebratory reading! Von Bar, 10/30 @7:00pm.
Readings by
Jaclyn Gilbert
Sue Mell
Brigid Swanick
Angela Santillo
R. Russell Magee
Lincoln Hirn
Trevor Patterson
Readings by
Jaclyn Gilbert
Sue Mell
Brigid Swanick
Angela Santillo
R. Russell Magee
Lincoln Hirn
Trevor Patterson
We're running a contest about (what else) narration!
The 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
Judged by Michael Nath
$500 prize
$10 to enter, $15 for quick reply
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025-leopold...
The 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
Judged by Michael Nath
$500 prize
$10 to enter, $15 for quick reply
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025-leopold...
October 4, 2024 at 12:27 PM
We're running a contest about (what else) narration!
The 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
Judged by Michael Nath
$500 prize
$10 to enter, $15 for quick reply
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025-leopold...
The 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
Judged by Michael Nath
$500 prize
$10 to enter, $15 for quick reply
lespritliteraryreview.org/2025-leopold...
Submissions are open!
L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
Guidelines: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
Guidelines: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
September 30, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Submissions are open!
L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
Guidelines: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
Guidelines: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-g...
#modernism
#Essays
#bookreviews
#litmag
#shortstories
#creativewriting
Félicitations !
September 29, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Félicitations !
Participate in our inaugural contest and help support fearless writing!
The 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
Guest Judged by Michael Nath
$10 entry / $500 prize
Details: lespritliteraryreview.org/2025-leopold...
#fiction
#contests
#writingcommunity
#shortstory
The 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
Guest Judged by Michael Nath
$10 entry / $500 prize
Details: lespritliteraryreview.org/2025-leopold...
#fiction
#contests
#writingcommunity
#shortstory
September 25, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Participate in our inaugural contest and help support fearless writing!
The 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
Guest Judged by Michael Nath
$10 entry / $500 prize
Details: lespritliteraryreview.org/2025-leopold...
#fiction
#contests
#writingcommunity
#shortstory
The 2025 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration
Guest Judged by Michael Nath
$10 entry / $500 prize
Details: lespritliteraryreview.org/2025-leopold...
#fiction
#contests
#writingcommunity
#shortstory