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The Los Angeles Review 420

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About

The Los Angeles Review, established in 2003, is the voice of Los Angeles, and the voice of the nation. With its multitude of cultures, Los Angeles roils at the center of the cauldron of divergent literature emerging from the West Coast. Perhaps from this place something can emerge that speaks to the writer or singer or dancer or wild person in all of us, something disturbing, something alive, something of the possibility of what it could be to be human in the 21st century.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions, and they do not offer monetary payment for accepted submissions. The fee is USD $3.
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Country of Publication & Year Established

United States Established in 2003

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic PublicationPublished 52 x per year.
Print Publication Print PublicationPublished 1 x per year.

Fiction Open Fee-based

We’re looking for to hard-to-put-down shorties and lengthier stories–lively, vivid, excellent literary fiction.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Flash Fiction Flash FictionUp to 1,000 words.
Short Story Short Story1,000 - 4,000 words.
Novel Excerpt Novel ExcerptUp to 4,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Dark, Experimental, Humorous, Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment (Provides free copy/copies) No monetary payment. Provides free copy/copies.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.


Nonfiction Open Fee-based

We seek essay, memoir, and commentary told as compelling, focused, sustained narrative in a distinctive voice, rich with detail.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Lengths:
Essay EssayUp to 4,000 words.
Narrative Nonfiction Narrative NonfictionUp to 4,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Experimental, Humorous, Literary, Mainstream, Personal.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics, including: Memoir.

Payment:

No monetary payment (Provides free copy/copies) No monetary payment. Provides free copy/copies.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.


Poetry Open Fee-based

Please submit 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.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People in a specific region.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Poem PoemNo line limits known; 3 - 5 pieces.
Poetry Forms:

Formal verse, Free verse, Long poetry, Lyric poetry, Metrical, Narrative poetry, Prose poetry, Short poetry.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Dark, Experimental, Humorous, Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

No monetary payment (Provides free copy/copies) No monetary payment. Provides free copy/copies.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.


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The Los Angeles Review Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.
This project ranks among the 25 Slowest Nonfiction Publishers in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 113 reports from 103 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported2 min | 139.7 mean avg | 131.0 median | 464 max days (76.9 std dev)
Responses87.61 %
Acceptances7.08 % of submissions accepted (134.4 avg. days per acceptance) | 7.77 % of submitters accepted Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most publishers have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here.
Rejections80.53 % (149.2 avg. days per rejection) | 7.7 % personal, 65.9 % form, 26.4 % unspecified
Non-Responses12.39 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded1.77 % (178.5 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals10.62 % (64.3 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending48 responses are pending (3 min | 84.8 mean avg | 60.5 median | 287 max days waiting | 75.0 std dev) from 47 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 120 days. (56.6 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 120 days.)
The most common submission fee paid: USD $3.00.
Most submissions are acknowledged within one day.
Most recent response reported was received on 15 May 2024.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 28 Feb 2024.

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Ann Petry Award
Arktoi Books BELIEVED DEFUNCT
Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award Charges fees for all submissions
Cai Emmons Fiction Award Charges fees for all submissions
The Los Angeles Review Awards DNQ Charges fees for all submissions
Quill Prose Award DNQ Charges fees for all submissions
Red Hen Press Charges fees for all submissions
Red Hen Press Fiction Award CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Red Hen Press Nonfiction Award CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Red Hen Press Novella Award CLOSED Charges fees for all submissions
Red Hen Press Poetry Award DNQ Charges fees for all submissions
Red Hen Press Short Story Award DNQ Charges fees for all submissions
Red Hen Press Women's Prose Prize Charges fees for all submissions
Wild Light Poetry Contest DNQ Charges fees for all submissions

Dates

Last Updated: 16 May 2024
Last Audited: 20 Mar 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 27 Oct 2006

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