Our annual Flash Fiction Contest is now open for submissions until May 30th! Submit up to 2 pieces of flash fiction in one document (each under 1,000 words). Stuart Dybek will select this year’s winners. The winning submission earns a $3,000 prize, while 2nd and 3rd place are paid $300 and $200 respectively. All finalists are published on our site. Finalists in this contest in the past have gone on to be selected for Best Small Fictions!
Our love of flash fiction runs deep. We are proud to offer a contest dedicated solely to flash. The winning writer will be awarded $3000 and publication in The Masters Review. Second and third place will be awarded $300 and $200, respectively, as well as publication in The Masters Review. So here it is: a home for your very best small fiction.
JUDGING
Stuart Dybek is the author of six books of fiction, including Ecstatic Cahoots, a collection of flash-length stories. He has also published two collections of poetry. His work is widely anthologized and magazine publication has included The New Yorker, Harpers, The Atlantic, Granta, Zoetrope, Ploughshares, and Poetry. Dybek is the recipient of many literary awards, among them the REA Award and the PEN/Bernard Malamud Prize for “distinguished achievement in the short story”, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a John D. and a Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. His work has appeared in Best American Poetry and in Best American Fiction. He is the Distinguished Writer in Residence at Northwestern University.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
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Winner receives $3000 and publication
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Second and third place prizes are $300 and $200 respectively and publication
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Stories under 1000 words
- $20 entry fee allows up to two stories (each under 1000 words) – if submitting two stories, please put them both in a SINGLE document
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Previously unpublished stories only
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Simultaneous and multiple submissions allowed
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Emerging writers only (We are interested in offering a larger platform to new writers. Self-published writers and writers with story collections and novels with a small circulation are welcome to submit.)
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International submissions allowed
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Deadline: May 30th, 2021
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Please no identifying information on your story
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All stories are considered for publication
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Dazzle us
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To view a list of our most commonly asked questions regarding submitting to The Masters Review, please see our FAQ page
Author Rights
We purchase first serial rights for three months after publication, at which point all rights revert back to the author. Any reprints during that time are welcome, we simply ask for permission and acknowledgement.