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Recap: ‘Share Your Voice!’ Workshop Goes Behind the Scenes at Literary Journals

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Share Your Voice! How to Submit Your Work for Publication

A decade into Exposition Review, there are a handful of events that we look forward to every season: The editorial board’s yearly retreat each fall. The launch party for the annual issue each summer. And, in between, the publishing workshop we put together for emerging writers each spring.

For our ninth annual “Share Your Voice!” workshop, we once again invited WriteGirl teens and alums and students from PEN America’s DREAMing Out Loud program to this free session with the ultimate goal of publishing their work.

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Call for Entries: Flash 405, August 2025: “Normal”

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Mark your calendars–Flash 405 will re-open for submissions on August 4! Our Flash 405 writing contest is a celebration of extraordinary short-form narratives, accepting work in multiple genres, from prose to poetry to hybrid and experimental forms.

For our August round, though, we’re not looking for “extraordinary.” What we want is a bit more mundane: flash narratives inspired by the theme “Normal,” chosen by our contest judge, Expo Associate Poetry Editor Kiana Shaley. 

Submissions will close September 5, so don’t miss your chance to enter! This is our last contest of 2025.

Learn more about Kiana and this month’s contest theme:

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Flash 405, April 2025: “Quitting” Winners

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Summer may be in full swing, but here at Expo, we’re still basking in the glow “Spring.” And, in the spirit of not “quitting” the season, we have even more new work to share: the winners of our latest Flash 405 contest.

“Quitting” was the theme of our April contest, judged by Francesca Spiegel. As our Associate Nonfiction Editor, Francesca asked for stories that condensed the big, hard truths of quitting into beautiful micro narratives. 

Congratulations to our 1st and 2nd place winners, who both received a cash prize. They, along with two honorable mentions, can be read below:

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Call for Entries: Flash 405, June 2025: “Illumination”

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Flash 405 is brighter than ever for June 2025! We are thrilled to introduce our incredible guest judge, Melissa Llanes Brownlee, and share her chosen theme for this round: “Illumination.”

Flash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre short-form writing competition, awarding cash prizes and online publication to the winners. Whether you write prose, poetry, or experimental flash, we want to read your short-form supernovas.

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Flash 405, February 2025: “Anchor” Winners

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In her call for submissions for our February 2025 Flash 405 contest, “Anchor”, judge Ashley Moon asked for stories about what “holds you down.” We received many incredible entries, but the winners of this round held our attention down to the very last word with their complexity, their dreaminess, and their visceral descriptions.

We are pleased to share the winners of our first contest of 2025!

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Call for Entries: Flash 405, April 2025: “Quitting”

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Spring is in full swing, and that means it’s almost time for April Flash 405!

Our 405-themed contest has historically opened the fourth day of each contest month, closing on the fifth of the following month. However, in the spirit of this round’s theme, we’re “quitting” our typical schedule and opening early! We will start accepting submissions on March 27, the same day as our our tenth-anniversary celebration at AWP Los Angeles!

The celebration will also feature readings by several previous Flash 405 winners.

Want to attend? If you’re in Los Angeles and/or attending AWP, our event at Truly LA is free!

Want to be featured in an Expo reading? Submit! Winners receive publication, a cash prize, and the opportunity to be featured in future Expo community events.

Keep reading to learn about how to submit, the contest theme, and the judge, Expo Associate Nonfiction Editor Francesca Spiegel.

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“POP!” Literary Prize Nominations

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At Exposition Review, our mission is to continue to create opportunities for our ever-growing community of talented writers and artists to share their voices and grow their platforms. This is why every year we submit some of our strongest published work for a variety of prestigious literary awards and anthologies. We are proud to present our nominees from our “POP!” issue for the following awards:
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Call for Entries: Flash 405, February 2025: “Anchor”

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As our editors are hard at work putting together our “Spring” annual issue, we are also springing into 2025 with our first Flash 405 contest of the year!

From February 4 to March 5, we are accepting entries on the theme “Anchor,” chosen by judge and Expo Associate Editor Ashley Moon. Ashley is not new to Flash 405, having curated Composition: Reach, our second chapbook comprised of previous Flash 405 winners! We are thrilled to have her now take on the mantle of judge for our February contest.

Learn more about Ashley and this round of Flash 405:

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