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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 2h

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” thru Dec. 15! 👥 We accept fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts for stage & screen, experimental narratives, visual art, film & comics; give personalized feedback to work submitted by 10/31 & pay $50!
Submit: 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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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 19h

Oops, here’s the correct link for LIFE AT THE EQUATOR: tinyurl.com/ExpoLife!

Life at the Equator - Exposition Review

by Lawrence Bridges Poetry Plain Text Version Lawrence Bridges’ photographs have appeared in the Las Laguna Art Gallery, the London Photo Festival, and the ENSO Gallery in Malibu. His poetry has...

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 22h

…He has published three volumes of poetry: Horses on Drums (@redhenpress.bsky.social, 2006), Flip Days (Red Hen Press, 2009) & Brownwood (@tupelopress.bsky.social , 2016). He lives in Los Angeles.

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 22h

BIO: @lawrencebridges.bsky.social’s photos have appeared in the Las Laguna Art Gallery, the London Photo Festival, and the ENSO Gallery in Malibu. His poetry has appeared in @newyorker.com, Poetry, and Tampa Review…

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 22h

Read @lawrencebridges.bsky.social’s poem LIFE AT THE EQUATOR from our “Spring” issue: tinyurl.com/ExpoSpring …then check out his poem LONGING from our “Hunger” issue: bit.ly/ExpoLonging.

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 22h

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Episode 52 - L Mari Harris: "They're So Beautiful When They're Sleeping" and "The Exterminator"

Missouri author L Mari Harris's flash fiction is not for the faint of heart. It is her aim to push readers into uncomfortable places. Nothing is ...

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 1d

Love to hear it! Thanks for sharing. We think they’re pretty brilliant!

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 2d

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day with flash pieces by indigenous writers Melissa L. Bennett and @riidgwayy.bsky.social, winners of @writingourwellness.bsky.social’s Flash 405: “Otherworldly.” Read them in our Flash 405: 2024 issue: 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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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 2d

Our next #WhatsYourExpoStory features Expo contributor Max Tachis! Max had a unique introduction to Expo as a reader in our first staged reading, a play by @theycallmejlo.bsky.social! Years later we got to publish his fiction piece & nominate it for awards. Read Max’s story: tinyurl.com/ExpoStoryMax

What’s Your Expo Story?: Max Tachis Edition - Exposition Review

As a nod to our ten-year anniversary, what better way to celebrate the occasion than to share the journeys of contributors, editors, readers, and interns who are our Expo Family? Within this blog seri...

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 4d

We are beyond excited to welcome Rebecca Luxton as our new co-Editor-in-Chief! She’s a founding editor of Expo, is our board, and has been our longtime Experimental Editor—so “PARA/SOCIAL” is ready to push some limits! Send Rebecca your work: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial.

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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 5d

The countdown starts now: BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be releasing in 25 DAYS!

Preorder BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/l1yCQXL
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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 4d

…@theforge.bsky.social, Atlas and Alice, @100wordstory.bsky.social, Literary Namjooning, and @trashcatlit.bsky.social. She lives in the U.K’.s Black Country region.

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 4d

BIO: @francesgapper.bsky.social’s work has been published in four @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social anthologies and lit mags including @yourimpossiblevoice.com, @trampset.bsky.social, @splonk.bsky.social, @wigleaf.bsky.social…

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 4d

Find out why Flash 405: “Illumination” guest judge @lumchanmfa.bsky.social is going all exclamation mark over @francesgapper.bsky.social’s flash fiction retelling of Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot, WOOSH! Read it here: tinyurl.com/Woosh405.

Whoosh! - Exposition Review

by Frances Gapper Honorable Mention – Flash 405, June 2025: “Illumination” Fiction Arthur says: ‘You use too many exclamation marks.’ He has a scholar’s melancholy and often groans aloud. Putting my...

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 5d

#ExpoContributor Spotlight on @ggsilverman.bsky.social’s cover reveal for THE BLOOD YEAR DAUGHTER, which contains her #ExpoReview piece! Take a sneak peek: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-i...!

Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 5d

Yay! So excited!

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, that’s me!

If you write short scripts, stage plays, (or anything else tbh), submit it to us!

Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 7d

Your Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” editors want your multi-genre writing & creative work! Submit: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial! 👥
@lilrensing.bsky.social @courtlandavenue.bsky.social @willwriteforchai.bsky.social @mellindak.bsky.social @monapily.bsky.social @briannasmykreder.bsky.social @annleee.bsky.social

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for sharing!

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Neil Willcox, Son of a Beekeeper @neilwillcox.bsky.social · 6d

In this set, The Honey Witch by Kathryn McMahon in @pseudopod.org ; For The Pollinators by A D Sui in @seizethepress.bsky.social ; and Tell The Bees by Varsha Venkatash /5 in @expositionreview.bsky.social nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2025/03/marc...

March Story Update

Ten stories I read back in 2024. How long ago that seems. **** 1. Nine Tenths Of The Law by K J Parker in Beneath Ceaseless Skies It turn...

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 7d

Your Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” editors want your multi-genre writing & creative work! Submit: tinyurl.com/ExpoParaSocial! 👥
@lilrensing.bsky.social @courtlandavenue.bsky.social @willwriteforchai.bsky.social @mellindak.bsky.social @monapily.bsky.social @briannasmykreder.bsky.social @annleee.bsky.social

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 7d

Add these #ExpoContributor and #ExpoFam books to your TBR list for Hispanic Heritage Month! Buy them in our @bookshop.org and earn a 10% commission for Expo: tinyurl.com/ExpoBookshop.

Buying books not in your budget? Read their pieces in Expo: tinyurl.com/ExpoIssues.

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Doric Literary @doricliterary.bsky.social · 8d

#literary #journal Transparency Time!

On the 279th day of the year, Doric Literary has just received & responded to our 1000th submission since going live on January 1, 2025! 👀

No fee. Token payment. FAST RESPONSE!
Fiction: 1000-8000 words
Guidelines: doric-literary.com/submissions-2/

Screen shot of Doric Literary's submission statistics from January 1 until today:

submissions: 1000
accepted: 28
withdrawn: 2 (after 8 & 10 days waiting)
upper tier decline: 121
standard decline: 833
lowest tier decline (sent work contrary to guidelines): 16 (began tracking lowest tier in April, after 446 submissions)

acceptance rate: 2.80%
longest response time - acceptance: 19 days (waited for requested rewrite)
longest response time - decline: 9 days
average response time: 1.63 days

Submission tracker stats:
Chill Subs: 0% acceptance rate, average response time: 2 days (11 reports)
Duotrope: 4.65% acceptance rate, average response time: 1.4 days (86 reports)*
Submission Grinder: 0% acceptance rate, average response time: 1.08 days (36 reports)

*Doric Literary's response time is the 5th fastest in Duotrope's fiction database!

Note: Doric Literary has not accepted any solicited work since going live on January 1, 2025.

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 9d

BIO: Richard A Perez Jr’s short stories have appeared in L.A. Affairs: 65 True Stories from the Los Angeles Times, The Missing Slate, @blinkink50.bsky.social & It All Dies Anyway: L.A., Jabberjaw & the End of an Era. He lives in the San Gabriel Valley, LA County & sometimes works at a restaurant.

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 9d

“The earthquake weather peeps through the dusty half-drawn blinds.” So begins Richard A. Perez Jr’s nonfiction piece EARTHQUAKE WEATHER from our “Spring” issue. Read it here: tinyurl.com/ExpoEarthquake.

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 9d

Of course!!!

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