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New Voices: “The Cock in Cadwalader Heights” by Ariel Delgado Dixon

In Ariel Delgado Dixon’s beautiful summer story “The Cock in Cadwalader Heights,” an eleven-year-old girl growing up in Trenton, New Jersey decides to investigate the mysterious rooster who lives in an abandoned house in her neighborhood. “The Cock in Cadwalader…

Stories That Teach: “A Particular Woman” by Molly Jean Bennett – Discussed by Sadye Teiser

Our Stories That Teach series closely examines works of fiction for the lessons that they can teach us about craft. We’ve taken a look at Lauren Groff’s exquisite sentences, the creepy suspense of Laura Benedict’s “When I Make Love to…

20 Classic Books For The Tail End of Summer

Well, the Back-to-School displays are up in stores, and Labor Day is lurking around the corner. But there is still time to soak up the sun and enjoy summer reading. Whether you are looking for something to read during your…

From the blog | Aug. 21, 2017

Solar Eclipse Fiction: “A Rogue Planet” by Thomas Pierce

The great solar eclipse is happening and we can think of no better story from our library to offer you than Thomas Pierce’s “A Rogue Planet.” In this story, the narrator goes on about a planet, and begins to poke holes in our assumptions about human knowledge and relationships. This pithy and masterful tale shows us that, though we may think we’re sure of the workings of our world and our minds—we actually have no idea. The perfect story to…

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Fiction. Essays. Edits. Experts.

DEADLINE SOON! Submit to our Short Story Award for New Writers, which closes on July 31. And thank you to everyone who submitted to our Flash Fiction Contest! We just announced the winners so look for them on our Flash Fiction page. Also recently announced, are the winners of our Anthology Prize with stories selected by Roxane Gay! 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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The Masters Review is a lovely magazine, in form and content. How awesome it is to see the next generation of writers kicking ass, taking names, and making beautiful art.
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Steve Almond, author

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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

The Masters Review Volume V – Stories Selected by Amy Hempel

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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.