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Call for Entries: Flash 405, February 2026: “Oops" - Exposition Review
Oops, we’re doing it again—kicking off another year of Flash 405! February is the start of our short-form season, with contests running every other month through September. Each Flash 405 contest will...
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We’re kicking off another year of #Flash405 with #ExpoReview ’s own Heather Vaughan! See’s selected the theme “Oops” for her writing contest, which is now open through March 5, 2026.
Read about rules & theme: tinyurl.com/FlashOops.
#shortform #writingcontest #callforsubmissions
Read about rules & theme: tinyurl.com/FlashOops.
#shortform #writingcontest #callforsubmissions
This week we’re celebrating our Flash 405, April 2025: “Quitting” winners. Judge Francesca Spiegel chose flash fiction and flash nonfiction pieces by @refaelpaulo.bsky.social, @scmart.bsky.com, @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social & Angela Townsend: tinyurl.com/Quitting405. #Flash405
Flash 405, April 2025: “Quitting" Winners - Exposition Review
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...
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February 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
This week we’re celebrating our Flash 405, April 2025: “Quitting” winners. Judge Francesca Spiegel chose flash fiction and flash nonfiction pieces by @refaelpaulo.bsky.social, @scmart.bsky.com, @unmutualcharlie.bsky.social & Angela Townsend: tinyurl.com/Quitting405. #Flash405
“This novel asks difficult questions about what it means to connect with someone...” Fiction Editor & Flash 405: “Oops” judge Heather Vaughan #ExpoRecommends INTIMACIES by @katiekitamura.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco.
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February 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
“This novel asks difficult questions about what it means to connect with someone...” Fiction Editor & Flash 405: “Oops” judge Heather Vaughan #ExpoRecommends INTIMACIES by @katiekitamura.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco.
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social
“Tell us about a time you—or someone else—messed up, biffed it, dropped the ball...”
Submit your “Oops”-themed short-form writing to Heather Vaughan’s February Flash 405 writing contest for your chance to win cash prizes and publication: tinyurl.com/FlashOops.
Submit your “Oops”-themed short-form writing to Heather Vaughan’s February Flash 405 writing contest for your chance to win cash prizes and publication: tinyurl.com/FlashOops.
Call for Entries: Flash 405, February 2026: “Oops" - Exposition Review
Oops, we’re doing it again—kicking off another year of Flash 405! February is the start of our short-form season, with contests running every other month through September. Each Flash 405 contest will...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
“Tell us about a time you—or someone else—messed up, biffed it, dropped the ball...”
Submit your “Oops”-themed short-form writing to Heather Vaughan’s February Flash 405 writing contest for your chance to win cash prizes and publication: tinyurl.com/FlashOops.
Submit your “Oops”-themed short-form writing to Heather Vaughan’s February Flash 405 writing contest for your chance to win cash prizes and publication: tinyurl.com/FlashOops.
“In MY LIFE’s construction is a timeless reminder of poetry’s ability to submerge, immerse, and in this, render a two-dimensional form into a three-dimensional experience.” Poetry Editor Kiana Shaley #ExpoRecommends Lyn Hejinian’s MY LIFE.
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tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco. @weslpress.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 11:42 PM
“In MY LIFE’s construction is a timeless reminder of poetry’s ability to submerge, immerse, and in this, render a two-dimensional form into a three-dimensional experience.” Poetry Editor Kiana Shaley #ExpoRecommends Lyn Hejinian’s MY LIFE.
tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco. @weslpress.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco. @weslpress.bsky.social
“it doesn’t matter which town you’re from, the boys are all the same.” Read the rest of Max Gregg’s poem BOY ANGELS from Vol. X: “Spring” here: tinyurl.com/ExpoBoy.
Boy Angels - Exposition Review
by Max Gregg Poetry it doesn’t matter which town you’re from, the boys are all the same. big rigs and realtree and drive-through chew spit at your feet. colton, barefoot, squatting in a vacation hom...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
“it doesn’t matter which town you’re from, the boys are all the same.” Read the rest of Max Gregg’s poem BOY ANGELS from Vol. X: “Spring” here: tinyurl.com/ExpoBoy.
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
Expo Film & Comics Editor Lauren Gorski #ExpoRecommends TWINLESS by James Sweeney, saying it’s “a psychological black comedy that premiered at the @sundance.org Film Festival. It’s a film I…love for its dark, twisted commentary on grief and obsession.” tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco @lionsgate.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Expo Film & Comics Editor Lauren Gorski #ExpoRecommends TWINLESS by James Sweeney, saying it’s “a psychological black comedy that premiered at the @sundance.org Film Festival. It’s a film I…love for its dark, twisted commentary on grief and obsession.” tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco @lionsgate.com
Read Abigail Mille’s flash fiction #Flash405 winner SANCTURY: expositionreview.com/flash-405/sa...
Sanctuary - Exposition Review
by Abigail Mills Honorable Mention – Flash 405, February 2025: “Anchor” Fiction The mothers told your mother that you are a bad influence. They smell the smoke on your pleather jacket. They found yo...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Read Abigail Mille’s flash fiction #Flash405 winner SANCTURY: expositionreview.com/flash-405/sa...
Read @evelynkrieger.bsky.social’s flash experimental #Flash405 winner hwre: expositionreview.com/flash-405/sh...!
Shells - Exposition Review
by Evelyn Krieger 2nd Place Winner – Flash 405, February 2025: “Anchor” Experimental I never told anyone this, but the day after my mother died, I ate her unfinished red velvet birthday cake. Still ...
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February 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Read @evelynkrieger.bsky.social’s flash experimental #Flash405 winner hwre: expositionreview.com/flash-405/sh...!
Read @amadolaila.bsky.social’s flash fiction #Flash405 winner YOU NEVER REALLY COME
BACK FROM SPACE hwre: expositionreview.com/flash-405/yo...
BACK FROM SPACE hwre: expositionreview.com/flash-405/yo...
You Never Really Come Back from Space - Exposition Review
by Laila Amado 1st Place Winner – Flash 405, February 2025: “Anchor” Fiction Back on Earth, your body becomes a jellyfish. Soft and undulating, it no longer knows how to walk. I remember how you use...
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February 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Read @amadolaila.bsky.social’s flash fiction #Flash405 winner YOU NEVER REALLY COME
BACK FROM SPACE hwre: expositionreview.com/flash-405/yo...
BACK FROM SPACE hwre: expositionreview.com/flash-405/yo...
First up, we have Ashley Moon’s February 2025 “Anchor” contest featuring flash fiction and experimental works from @amadolaila.bsky.social, @evelynkrieger.bsky.social, and Abigail Mills. Click to our stories to read: expositionreview.com/2025/05/flas...
#ExpoReview #Flash405
#ExpoReview #Flash405
Flash 405, February 2025: “Anchor" Winners - Exposition Review
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 ...
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February 6, 2026 at 7:45 PM
First up, we have Ashley Moon’s February 2025 “Anchor” contest featuring flash fiction and experimental works from @amadolaila.bsky.social, @evelynkrieger.bsky.social, and Abigail Mills. Click to our stories to read: expositionreview.com/2025/05/flas...
#ExpoReview #Flash405
#ExpoReview #Flash405
Join us every Friday in February as we celebrate our #Flash405: 2025 Issue. We’ll be spotlighting each piece in our posts and our stories, which we’ll save to our story highlights for your continued reading pleasure.
February 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Join us every Friday in February as we celebrate our #Flash405: 2025 Issue. We’ll be spotlighting each piece in our posts and our stories, which we’ll save to our story highlights for your continued reading pleasure.
With the full Epstein files still not released, let alone all the power grabs at our bodies & rights, Amy Rossi’s THE COVER GIRL is a particularly challenging yet compelling read. It’s a must-read for the current moment: bookshop.org/p/books/the-....
The Cover Girl
Check out The Cover Girl - <strong>"Thrilling and glamorous as its runways and backstage parties, <em>The Cover Girl</em> is also heartbreaking and redemptive with an ending that made me cry. Birdie i...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
With the full Epstein files still not released, let alone all the power grabs at our bodies & rights, Amy Rossi’s THE COVER GIRL is a particularly challenging yet compelling read. It’s a must-read for the current moment: bookshop.org/p/books/the-....
We’re kicking off another year of #Flash405 with #ExpoReview ’s own Heather Vaughan! See’s selected the theme “Oops” for her writing contest, which is now open through March 5, 2026.
Read about rules & theme: tinyurl.com/FlashOops.
#shortform #writingcontest #callforsubmissions
Read about rules & theme: tinyurl.com/FlashOops.
#shortform #writingcontest #callforsubmissions
Call for Entries: Flash 405, February 2026: “Oops" - Exposition Review
Oops, we’re doing it again—kicking off another year of Flash 405! February is the start of our short-form season, with contests running every other month through September. Each Flash 405 contest will...
tinyurl.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
We’re kicking off another year of #Flash405 with #ExpoReview ’s own Heather Vaughan! See’s selected the theme “Oops” for her writing contest, which is now open through March 5, 2026.
Read about rules & theme: tinyurl.com/FlashOops.
#shortform #writingcontest #callforsubmissions
Read about rules & theme: tinyurl.com/FlashOops.
#shortform #writingcontest #callforsubmissions
WriteGirl is an LA-based creative writing & mentoring organization that empowers teen girls & gender-expansive youth. It helps 100% of its seniors get into college. Meanwhile, WriteGirl publishes its very own lit journal Lines & Breaks & a creative writing journal!
Donate: tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25.
Donate: tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25.
Give Back to Literary Orgs on #GivingTuesday 2025 - Exposition Review
It’s that time of year again! In honor of #GivingTuesday, we’re waiving our submission fees on Tuesday, December 2, so you can donate your money or time to your favorite organizations. If you’re looki...
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February 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
WriteGirl is an LA-based creative writing & mentoring organization that empowers teen girls & gender-expansive youth. It helps 100% of its seniors get into college. Meanwhile, WriteGirl publishes its very own lit journal Lines & Breaks & a creative writing journal!
Donate: tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25.
Donate: tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25.
“my friend shut the light off
i went, ooh. dark”
So begins Juliet Gelfman-Randazzor‘s poem A STORY ABOUT PASTA from our “Spring” issue. That last last though… Read it here: tinyurl.com/ExpoPasta.
i went, ooh. dark”
So begins Juliet Gelfman-Randazzor‘s poem A STORY ABOUT PASTA from our “Spring” issue. That last last though… Read it here: tinyurl.com/ExpoPasta.
a story about pasta - Exposition Review
by Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo Poetry my friend shut the light off i went, ooh. dark haha, he said. haha, i said, in a matter- of-fact manner. this matter- of-factness of my slight giggle at my gut reac...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:47 PM
“my friend shut the light off
i went, ooh. dark”
So begins Juliet Gelfman-Randazzor‘s poem A STORY ABOUT PASTA from our “Spring” issue. That last last though… Read it here: tinyurl.com/ExpoPasta.
i went, ooh. dark”
So begins Juliet Gelfman-Randazzor‘s poem A STORY ABOUT PASTA from our “Spring” issue. That last last though… Read it here: tinyurl.com/ExpoPasta.
Every book you buy from Expo’s @bookshop.org earns us a 10% comission. Shop from our curated lists of #ExpoRecommends, #ExpoContributor books, or our Holiday Book Swap list, featuring books our editors have gifted each other, OR any book in the shop: tinyurl.com/ExpoBookshop.
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Exposition Review is an independent, multi-genre literary journal that publishes narratives by new, emerging, and established writers in the genres of fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scrip...
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February 1, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Every book you buy from Expo’s @bookshop.org earns us a 10% comission. Shop from our curated lists of #ExpoRecommends, #ExpoContributor books, or our Holiday Book Swap list, featuring books our editors have gifted each other, OR any book in the shop: tinyurl.com/ExpoBookshop.
xpo Review Fiction Editor @courtlandavenue.bsky.social #ExpoRecommends THE BLACK GIRL IN SEARCH OF GOD by George Bernard Shaw. Read his full reco, find a link to get the book in our @bookshop.org & check out all of our “PARA/SOCIAL” multi-genre & book recommendations here: tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco
January 29, 2026 at 9:15 PM
xpo Review Fiction Editor @courtlandavenue.bsky.social #ExpoRecommends THE BLACK GIRL IN SEARCH OF GOD by George Bernard Shaw. Read his full reco, find a link to get the book in our @bookshop.org & check out all of our “PARA/SOCIAL” multi-genre & book recommendations here: tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco
As we prep to launch our first 2026 Flash 405 writing contest, we’re looking at our 2025 submission stats. With 1480+ submissions, we had a record-setting year, including over 360 #Flash405 submissions! We’re grateful to our submitters & excited to open subs on February 4: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash405!
January 28, 2026 at 7:24 PM
As we prep to launch our first 2026 Flash 405 writing contest, we’re looking at our 2025 submission stats. With 1480+ submissions, we had a record-setting year, including over 360 #Flash405 submissions! We’re grateful to our submitters & excited to open subs on February 4: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash405!
For more than a decade, WomenWho Submit has supported and encouraged women and nonbinary writers to submit their work to literary journals by clarifying the submission and publication process.
You can donate to Women Who Submit, now a 501(c)3 nonprofit, here: tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25.
You can donate to Women Who Submit, now a 501(c)3 nonprofit, here: tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25.
January 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
For more than a decade, WomenWho Submit has supported and encouraged women and nonbinary writers to submit their work to literary journals by clarifying the submission and publication process.
You can donate to Women Who Submit, now a 501(c)3 nonprofit, here: tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25.
You can donate to Women Who Submit, now a 501(c)3 nonprofit, here: tinyurl.com/ExpoGiving25.
Our Minneapolis friends have shared ways to help: www.standwithminnesota.com.
Send your love. Call your reps. Fight the good fight.
Sending hugs. 😭💔❤️🩹💪
Send your love. Call your reps. Fight the good fight.
Sending hugs. 😭💔❤️🩹💪
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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January 25, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Our Minneapolis friends have shared ways to help: www.standwithminnesota.com.
Send your love. Call your reps. Fight the good fight.
Sending hugs. 😭💔❤️🩹💪
Send your love. Call your reps. Fight the good fight.
Sending hugs. 😭💔❤️🩹💪
Read our Flash 405: “Normal” winners, with flash fiction, nonfiction, and experimental writing by Tara Dugan, JR Fenn, @mizuki-yama.bsky.social, and Lucy Rodriguez-Hanley: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash25.
#ExpoReview #flashfiction
#ExpoReview #flashfiction
January 24, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Read our Flash 405: “Normal” winners, with flash fiction, nonfiction, and experimental writing by Tara Dugan, JR Fenn, @mizuki-yama.bsky.social, and Lucy Rodriguez-Hanley: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash25.
#ExpoReview #flashfiction
#ExpoReview #flashfiction
#ExpoReview Associate Fiction Editor Yuya Hattori #ExpoRecommends THE HAUNTING OF HAJJI HOTAK (@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social) by @jamiljankochai.bsky.social. Check out his review and get your copy of the book here: tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco.
#readingrecommendation #books
#readingrecommendation #books
January 22, 2026 at 9:29 PM
#ExpoReview Associate Fiction Editor Yuya Hattori #ExpoRecommends THE HAUNTING OF HAJJI HOTAK (@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social) by @jamiljankochai.bsky.social. Check out his review and get your copy of the book here: tinyurl.com/ParaSocialReco.
#readingrecommendation #books
#readingrecommendation #books
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"When Daniel vanished, he left two women behind. Mae, our elderly landlady in 4A, and me, his wife."
🎉 Check out Former Editorial Fiction Assistant @anniejowrites.bsky.social's story in @doricliterary.bsky.social! buff.ly/BFDkwxe
🎉 Check out Former Editorial Fiction Assistant @anniejowrites.bsky.social's story in @doricliterary.bsky.social! buff.ly/BFDkwxe
January 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"When Daniel vanished, he left two women behind. Mae, our elderly landlady in 4A, and me, his wife."
🎉 Check out Former Editorial Fiction Assistant @anniejowrites.bsky.social's story in @doricliterary.bsky.social! buff.ly/BFDkwxe
🎉 Check out Former Editorial Fiction Assistant @anniejowrites.bsky.social's story in @doricliterary.bsky.social! buff.ly/BFDkwxe
Did you get our most recent #ExpoExtra & see our 2025 highlights? If not subscribe here and stay in the know for our 2026 #Flash405 calls for submissions & new works, #ExpoIntern projects, #ExpoPresents: Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” Launch Party & Reading: tinyurl.com/GetExpoExtra.
January 22, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Did you get our most recent #ExpoExtra & see our 2025 highlights? If not subscribe here and stay in the know for our 2026 #Flash405 calls for submissions & new works, #ExpoIntern projects, #ExpoPresents: Vol. XI: “PARA/SOCIAL” Launch Party & Reading: tinyurl.com/GetExpoExtra.