Submission Guidelines:
We are currently open to submissions for Issue 9 of The Los Angeles Review, which will be published in February 2011. We dedicate Issue 9 to Bruce Holland Rogers.
Submission to all genres will close October 11, 2010. Submissions received outside our reading periods will be discarded without notice.
Indicate title in the subject heading. For prose submissions, also indicate word count. Please include a cover letter and bio in the body of the email, and attach your piece as a single .doc or .rtf attachment, not as a .docx.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted if noted in the cover letter. No multiple submissions, please. Response time is 2-3 months.
Writers published in The Los Angeles Review will receive one contributor copy in exchange for first North American serial rights.
Guidelines:
Nonfiction: We seek essay, memoir, and 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.
Fiction: We’re looking for to hard-to-put-down shorties under 500 words and lengthier shorts up to 4,000 words–lively, vivid, excellent literary fiction.
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. We are especially interested in authors and works that are connected in some way to the Los Angeles or Southern California regions. Please familiarize yourself with the kind of creative work we publish, as we are unlikely to print reviews of material that is vastly different from that which we feature in the magazine
Translations: Please submit 3-5 translated pieces that open the writer’s original vision to an English-speaking audience; the writing may include poetry, novel excerpts, short stories, essays or interviews. We do not consider work that has been previously published in English translation in the U.S. Please provide a biographical summary of the author and enclose a copy of the original text. Translators must obtain copyright permission for work to be published.
Send all submissions or queries to appropriate department email:
Managing Editor: lareview.editor@gmail.com
Poetry Editor: lareview.poetry@gmail.com
Translation Editor: lareview.translations@gmail.com
Prose Editor: lareview.prose@gmail.com
Fiction Editor: lareview.fiction@gmail.com
Nonfiction Editor: lareview.nonfiction@gmail.com
Review Editor: lareview.bookreviews@gmail.com
Ordering information:
Please find ordering information here. Contact the Managing Editor at the address above for information about classroom subscriptions, course adoption, and bulk discounts.