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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What’s Your Expo Story?: Lauren Gorski Edition

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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 series, folks from our Expo Fam have been invited to share how they got involved with the journal, as well as how it has influenced their work.

We view this series as a time capsule for the impact and growth that has taken place at Exposition Review. We hope these personal reflections can inspire others to read, write, and learn more about what our journal has to offer.

We want to spend this time focusing on Lauren Gorski, a founding editor of Expo. Lauren is currently on the Editorial Board of Exposition Review, and has served as Stage & Screen Editor, Co-Editor-in-Chief, and Comics & Film Editor for the annual issue.

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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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What’s Your Expo Story?: Dave Gregory Edition

Kiana Perez Granados

As a nod to our upcoming 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 series, folks from our Expo Fam have been invited to share how they got involved with the journal, as well as how it has influenced their work.

A picture of Dave GregoryWe view this series as a time capsule for the impact and growth that has taken place at Exposition Review. We hope these personal reflections can inspire others to read, write, and learn more about what our journal has to offer.

Our second well-deserved Expo Story stars Dave Gregory who, in addition to serving as Fiction Co-Editor for Exposition Review,  has been featured in other journals for his short fiction and started his own literary magazine. His journey with Expo began by finding a call for readers on what was then known as Twitter. He was working with many journals at the time and considered not working with Expo because of how busy he was, but he is glad he did after all!

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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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What’s Your Expo Story?: Sofía Aguilar Edition

Kiana Perez Granados

As a nod to our upcoming ten-year anniversary, what better way to celebrate the occasion than to share the journeys of contributors, editors, readers, and interns at Exposition Review? Within this blog series, folks from our Expo Fam have been invited to share how they got involved with the journal, as well as how it has influenced their work.

We view this series as a time capsule for the impact and growth that has taken place at Expo. We hope their personal reflections can inspire others to read, write, and learn more about what our journal has to offer.

We are excited to begin our series with a rockstar of a young writer and editor, Sofía Aguilar. Today, she continues to be involved with writing as she looks forward to the debut of her children’s picture book, Queer Latine Heroes. However, let’s take a look at how she got involved with Expo.

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