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Indie Press Corner: Forest Avenue Press

Today, our Indie Press Corner series continues with an interview with publishing powerhouse Forest Avenue Press. Thank you to publisher Laura Stanfill for taking the time to correspond with us. We put a lot of emphasis on strong relationships with…

Debut Author Spotlight: Camille Acker

Camille Acker’s debut Training School for Negro Girls came out this week. The collection of new short stories is a daring and bold declaration of the complexity of black and brown womanhood—vital new representation in a overwhelmingly reductive world. We…

The Masters Review Volume VII – Introduction by Rebecca Makkai

Our seventh anthology of outstanding work by emerging writers, with stories selected by Rebecca Makkai, publishes later this year. We are so excited, we couldn’t wait until next month to share Rebecca Makkai’s wonderful introduction to these ten awesome tales….

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Spring Flash Fiction Contest 3rd Place: “Spies” by Timothy Schirmer

We are so excited to share with you “Spies” by Timothy Schirmer today—selected as the Third Place winner of the Spring Flash Fiction Contest. “Spies” takes you into the heat of a family broken by divorce, exploring the disjointed relationships between parents and children. With poetic punch, Schirmer’s complex story quickly takes shape around avian imagery and untidy emotions. “Honestly, I don’t have the stomach, the way they curl around your fingers, and you have to cut them into tiny…

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Submissions to our Summer Flash Fiction Contest are now open! Stay tuned for the winners of our Spring Flash Fiction Contest and our Summer Short Story Award for New Writers. Thank you to everyone who submitted to The Masters Review Volume VII with stories selected by Rebecca Makkai and congratulations to the ten finalists! This printed work is a collection of ten stories and essays by emerging writers and is sent to editors and agents across the country. Be sure to check out or calendar page, which highlights more upcoming projects for 2018, 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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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.