Los Angeles Review of Books to Launch New Literary Magazine

Now in the offing, The Offing! (We had to.) The Los Angeles Review of Books is acting as a "channel" for a new online literary magazine publishing work in all genres—even humor (nicely, they even have a nod to Dorothy Parker in the guidelines). Launching on March 16, The Offing will "[publish] work that challenges, experiments, provokes — work that pushes literary and artistic forms and conventions, but understands that to do so requires a rigorous understanding of those forms and conventions." It gets better and better:

The Offing is a place for new and emerging writers to test their voices, and for established writers to test their limits.

The Offing actively seeks out work by and about those often marginalized in the literary conversation, including people of color, women and gender non-conformists, and members of the LGBTQ and differently abled communities.

The Offing believes writers and artists deserve to be compensated for their work, and we will pay our contributors. It won't be much at first — $25, $50 — but we will work diligently, with your help, to raise the funds to increase that amount, and to offer stipends to our editorial staff.​

What else, submit submit. We're looking forward to the big reveal!