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The Masters Review Volume VI

Stories and Essays Selected by Roxane Gay

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New Voices: “Longshore Drift” by Scott Broker

Today we present “Longshore Drift” by Scott Broker, the latest addition to our New Voices library. In this story a pair of siblings visit their grandfather in Mexico, skeptical of the man they’ve heard so much about from their parents….

Short Story Award For New Writers – Summer!

Summer is just around the corner, and our Short Story Award For New Writers, which awards $3000 + publication + agency review to the winner is now open! Check out all the details below, including an awesome new crop of…

Contest Winners Reading List

Happy Friday, everyone. To kick off the weekend, we have compiled some of our favorite pieces from The Masters Review archives: our past contest winners. From a story about girls who turn into deer to a piece set in Oregon’s…

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The Masters Review Volume VI Finalists Announcement: Sit Tight!

Thank you again to everyone who submitted to The Masters Review Volume VI, judged by Roxane Gay, and congratulations to the thirty authors who made the shortlist. We hope that you are as excited as we are to hear which ten stories and essays Roxane will pick to be featured in our printed anthology. We wanted to let you know that our winners announcement will be coming soon, so stay tuned! Until then, sit back, relax, and enjoy the summertime.

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Fiction. Essays. Edits. Experts.

Thank you to everyone who submitted to our Flash Fiction Contest. We hope to select the winners soon. We recently announced our shortlist and are waiting for ROXANE GAY to choose the winners! This printed work is a collection of ten stories and essays, is distributed nationally, and sent to editors and agents across the country. Be sure to check out or calendar page, which highlights more upcoming projects for 2017, 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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If these are the voices we’ll be hearing from, American literature has an awful lot to look forward to.
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Ramona Ausubel, author of Sons and Daughters of Easy and Plenty, No One is Here Except All of Us, and A Guide to Being Born

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About The Masters Review

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.