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New Voices Revisited: “When You Lived Inside the Walls” by Krishan Coupland

In this month’s New Voices Revisited, we return to Krishan Coupland’s magical “When You Lived Inside the Walls” in which a man’s daughter forms an unnatural bond with a swarm of otherworldly rats that is slowly taking over their house….

September Book Review: Death, Desire and Other Destinations by Tara Isabel Zambrano

“If there’s a more perfect title for Tara Isabel Zambrano’s debut collection, Death, Desire and Other Destinations, I would be shocked,” writes reviewer Cole Meyer of this spectacular new flash collection, out September 15th from Okay Donkey Press. Read the…

New Voices: “Catch and Release” by Grace Holtzclaw

In today’s New Voices, “Catch and Release”, a flash story from Grace Holtzclaw, Oliver Whigham, pitcher for the Oxnard Orioles, finds himself alone on the beach, a little too stoned. The ocean holds a special meaning for him: it was…

From the blog | Sep. 25, 2020

Reading Through the Awards: Queenie, by Candice Carty-Williams

In a continuation of our series of micro-reviews, assistant editor Brandon Williams brought together a group of ardent readers to give their quick-hit impressions of recent novels which have won major awards from the literary world. Candice Carty-Williams’ Queenie, recent winner of the British Book Award, is our next selection. Quick Book Summary (from the official blurb): “Queenie Jenkins is a twenty-five-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at…

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Our brand new Chapbook Contest is open until November 15th! $3000 and print + digital publication, as well as 50 contributor copies, for the winning chapbook! Check back near the end of October for our Summer Short Story Award shortlist. Be sure to check out our calendar page, which highlights more upcoming projects, and remember, our New Voices submission category is free to submit and pays for stories. It's all part of our mission to offer a quality platform for emerging writers.

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At The Masters Review, our mission is to support emerging writers. We only accept submissions from writers who can benefit from a larger platform. Typically, writers without published novels or story collections, or, publications with low circulation. We publish fiction and nonfiction online year round and put out an annual anthology of the ten best emerging writers in the country, judged by an expert in the field. We publish articles and book reviews on the blog and hold workshops that connect emerging and established writers.