The Masters Review is proud to share our shortlist for the 2019-2020 Winter Short Story Award for New Writers shortlist! These 15 stories are now with guest judge Kimberly King Parsons who will decide the three finalists for this year’s award. Congratulations, shortlisters, and a heartfelt THANK YOU to all of our submitters. This year’s competition was fierce!
Accomplice, Claire Russell
Bones, Catherine Malcynsky
Compound Fractures, Alice Hatcher
Departures, Sophie McBain
Her Own Kind, Di Bei
Joe Blake, Raeden Richardson
Lady Centaur, Masha Kisel
Mindswaps, Toby Donovan
Rapture, Chloe Seim
Reaching for a Signal, B. K. Elroy
Sore Vexed, Chad Gusler
The Driver, Samantha Xiao Cody
The Easiest Thing in the World, Taylor Grieshober
The Memorable Fancy, Jennifer Lesh Fleck
Tsunami, Shivani Manghnani