L'Esprit Literary Review

Issue Five is now live! This one feels especially très cool, to release our fifth full issue. Thanks to everyone who reads, supports, and crafts fearless writing! Merci à tous! lespritliteraryreview.org/issue-five/

Flashback to our Winter 25 Quarterly! lespritliteraryreview.org/2025/02/02/o... To subscribe to future Quarterlies, sign up at this link: @indirectbooks" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@indirectbooks

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-clarissa-…

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-clarissa-…

The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! Guest Judged by Lucy Ives and sponsored by Chill Subs! !


lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-clarissa-…

The 2026 Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose is now open! !


lespritliteraryreview.org/2026-clarissa-…

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-clarissa-…

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-clarissa-…

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

Flashback to our Spring 24 Quarterly! lespritliteraryreview.org/2024/05/12/o... To subscribe to future Quarterlies, sign up at this link: @indirectbooks" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@indirectbooks

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-clarissa-…

Flashback to our Spring 24 Quarterly! lespritliteraryreview.org/2024/05/12/on-… To subscribe to future Quarterlies, sign up at this link: @indirectbooks" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@indirectbooks

#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, essays, translation, reviews Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept. Send us writing beyond convention. G’Lines + open calls: lespritliteraryreview.org/submission-gui… #modernism #Essays #bookreviews #litmag #shortstories #creativewriting

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

#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews. Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept. Send us writing beyond convention. G’Lines and open calls:

Flashback to our Spring 24 Quarterly! lespritliteraryreview.org/2024/05/12/on-… To subscribe to future Quarterlies, sign up at this link: @indirectbooks" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@indirectbooks

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

The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!

We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and a month of Chill Subs membership!

#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews. Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept. Send us writing beyond convention. G’Lines and open calls:

The 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration is open!

We’re looking for short fiction exhibiting exceptional ingenuity and vision in narration. All entries receive a digital copy of Issue Seven and a month of Chill Subs membership!