L'Encrier — the inkwellAn independent French literary review
L’Encrier
Criticism & essays on the modern French novel
Correspondence

Write to the desk.

We read everything, and we answer what we can. Criticism is done in company — so tell us where we are wrong, and what you are reading.

  • Pitches & submissionsdesk@encrier.org
  • Letters to the reviewletters@encrier.org
  • General & editorialeditors@encrier.org

On pitches

We commission criticism and essays on the modern French novel and the ideas around it. A paragraph on the argument you want to make is worth more than a synopsis. We prefer a clear position, plainly held, to a survey.

We engage authors as subjects, third person and critically. We do not publish author self-representation, publicity, or paid placement in the review’s editorial pages.