L'Esprit Literary Review
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In Mediam Mentem. Consciousness-forward fiction and thought. Championing fearless writing in short fiction, criticism, and literary nonfiction. Publishing in a revolutionary spirit. Words: lespritliteraryreview.submittable.com/submit (Subs OPEN)
We have a new project over at Indirect Books! We're excited to announce an open reading period for novellas, with expected publication in 2027. Full info and guidelines available here: indirectbooks.org/submissions/ #callforsubmissions #fiction #novella
Submissions
Find more information about how to submit to Indirect Books on this page. We use Submittable for all open calls, including the 2026 J. Alfred Prufrock Prize for Poetry. Indirect Books sources the m…
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We have a new project over at Indirect Books! We're excited to announce an open reading period for novellas, with expected publication in 2027. Full info and guidelines available here: indirectbooks.org/submissions/ #callforsubmissions #fiction #novella
Submissions
Find more information about how to submit to Indirect Books on this page. We use Submittable for all open calls, including the 2026 J. Alfred Prufrock Prize for Poetry. Indirect Books sources the m…
indirectbooks.org
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership!
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership! lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-clariss...
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
Flashback to our Winter 25 Quarterly! lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/02/02/o... To subscribe to future Quarterlies, sign up at this link: substack.com/@indirectbooks
On Novels and Forms
Quarterly Volume X || Winter 2025 Chers amis de L’Esprit, Bienvenue à our tenth quarterly, Winter 2025! In this edition, we have a major announcement (!), plus journal news, calls for submiss…
lespritliteraryreview.org
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership! lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-clariss...
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership! lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-clariss...
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
Our brand new Bookshop site is now live! Help support fearless writing by purchasing back issues in print! L’Esprit merch is also available—shirts, mugs, candles, totes! Find everything over at the Indirect Press bookshop: indirectbooks.org/bookshop/ Merci! #WritingCommunity
Bookshop
Find merchandise for Indirect Books and L’Esprit Literary Review–collectively, 1882 Literary–here, along with back issues of L’Esprit and forthcoming titles from Indirect. 1…
indirectbooks.org
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership! lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-clariss...
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
Flashback to our Spring 24 Quarterly! lespritliteraryreview.org/2024/05/12/o... To subscribe to future Quarterlies, sign up at this link: substack.com/@indirectbooks
On Criticism and Parades
What does it mean, to delay? It is an unpopular word these days, if the lexicographers are to be believed: two hundred year lows in usage, for delay. This coheres—if there’s anything the modern wor…
lespritliteraryreview.org
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership! lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-clariss...
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
We asked you guys what lit mags the cool kids are flocking to this season, and this is what you said 💌 Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/cool_k... #writing
![Where the cool kids are submitting their writing [SPRING '26]
• Expat Press - Exploring alternative literature genres
• West Trade Review - Authentically human
• Queen's Quarterly - Food for thought,four times a year
• BRUISER - There are no rules
• Maudlin House - Transgressive, absurdist, and minimalist literature
• the engine(idling - Seeking the crafty, the restless, the difficult personalities
• L'Esprit Literary Review - Celebrating High Modernism
• SWING - Print magazine with Nashville energy and verve
• Citywide Lunch - Art and craft of the short story
• Luna Luna Magazine - Lush poetics, fever dreams, and the dark ecstatic
• BOMB Magazine - Delivering the artist's voice
• Okay Donkey - Odd, off-kilter, and just plain weird
• Burial Magazine - Sharpened and original works of literature
• Be About It Press - Approachable, experimental, fun, and authentic
• & Change - A home for gay poetry
• The Gorko Gazette - Humor mag publishing fake news and real writing
• Silly Goose Press - Craft-forward whimsy
• Underbelly Press - The raw, unfiltered heart of dirty realism
• Sabr Tooth Tiger Magazine - International lit mag with claws, teeth, and heart
• Blood+Honey - Experimental and avant-garde work that provokes](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ckoj75hrktjarii5s6f4q5vj/bafkreibfjrtccrormlzhjyexihffqyffu5afposxhs6vemiydgneofzab4)
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership!
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
Our brand new Bookshop site is now live! Help support fearless writing by purchasing back issues in print! L’Esprit merch is also available—shirts, mugs, candles, totes! Find everything over at the Indirect Press bookshop: indirectbooks.org/bookshop/ Merci! #WritingCommunity
Bookshop
Find merchandise for Indirect Books and L’Esprit Literary Review–collectively, 1882 Literary–here, along with back issues of L’Esprit and forthcoming titles from Indirect. 1…
indirectbooks.org
Flashback to our Winter 25 Quarterly! lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/02/02/o... To subscribe to future Quarterlies, sign up at this link: substack.com/@indirectbooks
On Novels and Forms
Quarterly Volume X || Winter 2025 Chers amis de L’Esprit, Bienvenue à our tenth quarterly, Winter 2025! In this edition, we have a major announcement (!), plus journal news, calls for submiss…
lespritliteraryreview.org
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership! lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-clariss...
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership!
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership!
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
Flashback to our Winter 25 Quarterly! lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/02/02/o... To subscribe to future Quarterlies, sign up at this link: substack.com/@indirectbooks
On Novels and Forms
Quarterly Volume X || Winter 2025 Chers amis de L’Esprit, Bienvenue à our tenth quarterly, Winter 2025! In this edition, we have a major announcement (!), plus journal news, calls for submiss…
lespritliteraryreview.org
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership!
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
Our brand new Bookshop site is now live! Help support fearless writing by purchasing back issues in print! L’Esprit merch is also available—shirts, mugs, candles, totes! Find everything over at the Indirect Press bookshop: indirectbooks.org/bookshop/ Merci! #WritingCommunity
Bookshop
Find merchandise for Indirect Books and L’Esprit Literary Review–collectively, 1882 Literary–here, along with back issues of L’Esprit and forthcoming titles from Indirect. 1…
indirectbooks.org
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership!
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership! lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-clariss...
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership!
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership!
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership! lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-clariss...
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! Up to 5k words, fiction or CNF, $10 entry and $850 in prizes. All entires receive our next issue + a free month CS membership! lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-clariss...
2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose
L’Esprit Literary Review Judged by Lucy Ives || Read more about Lucy’s background below As I write in the introduction to my forthcoming book, three six five, “We must make writin…
lespritliteraryreview.org
Our brand new Bookshop site is now live! Help support fearless writing by purchasing back issues in print! L’Esprit merch is also available—shirts, mugs, candles, totes! Find everything over at the Indirect Press bookshop: indirectbooks.org/bookshop/ Merci! #WritingCommunity
Bookshop
Find merchandise for Indirect Books and L’Esprit Literary Review–collectively, 1882 Literary–here, along with back issues of L’Esprit and forthcoming titles from Indirect. 1…
indirectbooks.org
Flashback to our Spring 24 Quarterly! lespritliteraryreview.org/2024/05/12/o... To subscribe to future Quarterlies, sign up at this link: substack.com/@indirectbooks
On Criticism and Parades
What does it mean, to delay? It is an unpopular word these days, if the lexicographers are to be believed: two hundred year lows in usage, for delay. This coheres—if there’s anything the modern wor…
lespritliteraryreview.org