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    April Deadlines: 13 Contests With Deadlines This Month

    April Deadlines: 13 Contests With Deadlines This Month

    The days are slowly getting longer, which means less eye strain from writing by candle-light (or maybe by flashlight?)! We know you’re making good use of the sunshine, so submit your latest efforts to one of these contests before they’re…

    One Week Remains: Anthology XII Submissions Close 4/2 at 11:59PM PST!

    One Week Remains: Anthology XII Submissions Close 4/2 at 11:59PM PST!

    Submissions to this year’s anthology, with winners selected by guest judge Toni Jensen, will close in just over a week! We’re looking for your very best in fiction and creative nonfiction, up to 7,000 words. Ten winners will be chosen…

    Judge Announcement: K-Ming Chang Will Judge the 2023 Spring Small Fiction Awards!

    Judge Announcement: K-Ming Chang Will Judge the 2023 Spring Small Fiction Awards!

    In case you missed last week’s announcement, The Masters Review will be hosting its first Spring Small Fiction Awards, honoring winners in Microfiction, Flash Fiction, and Sudden Fiction. Today, we are thrilled to announce that the first judge of this…

    New Voices: “The Sum of All Amazements” by Lyndsie Manusos

    New Voices: “The Sum of All Amazements” by Lyndsie Manusos

    “My father lit himself on fire as a side gig.” It’s unlikely you’ll need much more than that to be hooked into Lyndsie Manusos’s “The Sum of All Amazements,” the honorable mention in our 2022 Summer Short Story Award for New Writers. Eleven-year-old Annie looks up to her father, an amateur daredevil, more than anyone else in the world. She, too, aspires to have her name printed among the great escape artists of all time—and with her birthday coming up,…

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    Fiction. Essays. Edits. Experts.

    Submissions are open for Anthology Vol. XII, our annual printed book, with essays and stories from emerging writers. Toni Jensen, author of Carry and From the Hilltop, will select the 10 winners for this year's prize. Submissions are open until April 2nd of prose up to 7000 words. 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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