Sunday, June 29, 2025

Writing Competitions: Los Angeles Review Writing Awards

Los Angeles Review Poetry Award

Deadline: Aug. 1, 2025 

The Los Angeles Review Poetry Award is a prize of $1,000 and publication in LAR given annually for an exceptional work of poetry. This season's judge is Kim Dower.

• Please submit poems of no more than 50 lines each (not including line spaces or numbering). Authors may submit up to three poems with each entry. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately at:

editor@losangelesreview.org

if your poems are accepted elsewhere.

 • Only previously unpublished poems are considered for the Los Angeles Review Poetry Award. Entries are not considered for general inclusion in the Los Angeles Review.
Entry fee is $20.
• The winner will be selected in fall of 2025 and announced via our website, and a Red Hen Press press release.
• The winning poem will be published in the new LAR Online and included in the annual best-of print edition.
• In the cover letter field of each submission, include author’s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Do NOT include this information in the submitted file.
• Please direct questions to:

production@losangelesreview.org

Los Angeles Review Short Fiction Award

Deadline: Aug. 1, 2025 

The Los Angeles Review Short Fiction Award is a prize of $1,000 and publication in LAR given annually for an exceptional work of fiction. This season's judge is Denise Frost.

• Please submit a story no longer than 2,500 words. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately at:

editor@losangelesreview.org

if your story is accepted elsewhere.
• Only previously unpublished works are considered for the Los Angeles Review Short Fiction Award. Entries are not considered for general inclusion in the Los Angeles Review.
Entry fee is $20.
• The winner will be selected in fall of 2025 and announced via our website, and a Red Hen Press press release.
• The winning story will be published in the new LAR Online and included in the annual best-of print edition.
• In the cover letter field of each submission, include author’s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Do NOT include this information in the submitted file.
• Please direct questions to:

production@losangelesreview.org

Los Angeles Review Flash Fiction Award

Deadline: Aug. 1, 2025 

The Los Angeles Review Flash Fiction Award is a prize of $1,000 and publication in LAR given annually for an exceptional work of fiction. This season's judge is Molly Olguín.

• Please submit a piece of 1,000 words or less. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately at:

editor@losangelesreview.org

if your story is accepted elsewhere.
• Only previously unpublished works are considered for the Los Angeles Review Flash Fiction Award. Entries are not considered for general inclusion in the Los Angeles Review.
Entry fee is $20.
• The winner will be selected in fall of 2025 and announced via our website, and a Red Hen Press press release.
• The winning story will be published in the new LAR Online and included in the annual best-of print edition.
• In the cover letter field of each submission, include author’s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Do NOT include this information in the submitted file.
• Please direct questions to:

production@losangelesreview.org

Los Angeles Review Creative Nonfiction Award

Deadline: Aug. 1, 2025 

The Los Angeles Review Creative Nonfiction Award is a prize of $1,000 and publication in LAR given annually for an exceptional work of nonfiction. This season's judge is Wes Jamison.

• Please submit a piece no longer than 2,500 words. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately at:

editor@losangelesreview.org

if your piece is accepted elsewhere.
• Only previously unpublished works are considered for the Los Angeles Review Creative Nonfiction Award. Entries are not considered for general inclusion in the Los Angeles Review.
Entry fee is $20.
• The winner will be selected in fall of 2025 and announced via our website, and a Red Hen Press press release.
• The winning piece will be published in the new LAR Online and included in the annual best-of print edition.
• In the cover letter field of each submission, include author’s name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Do NOT include this information in the submitted file.
• Please direct questions to:

production@losangelesreview.org 

Submit your entries here

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