//FLASH FICTION CONTEST//
Finalists have been selected by the fantastic Kathy Fish! The winning writer will be awarded $3000 and publication on The Masters Review. Second and third place will be awarded $300 and $200, respectively, as well as publication in The Masters Review. All three finalists will earn a spot in Kathy Fish’s Fast Flash© online workshop. So here it is: a home for your very best small fiction. You can find all the details here.
//The Masters Review Summer Short Story Award//
The Summer Short Story Award judged by Tope Folarin is closed for submissions. Thank you to all our lovely submitters. We expect to have our responses to you in 4-10 weeks. The winning story will be awarded $3000 and publication online. Second and third place stories will be awarded publication and $300 and $200 respectively. All winners and honorable mentions will receive agency review by: Nat Sobel from Sobel Weber, Victoria Cappello from The Bent Agency, Andrea Morrison from Writers House, Sarah Fuentes from Fletcher & Company and Samantha Fingerhut from Compass Talent. We want you to succeed, and we want your writing to be read. It’s been our mission to support emerging writers since day one.
// PAST AWARD WINNERS //
For a full calendar of submission opportunities click here.
For our annual anthology winners and information on that project, click here.
Flash Fiction Contest Winners 2019:
Judged by Kathy Fish. Details on our Flash Fiction Contest page.
Winner:
“Homecoming” by Kathryn Phalen
Second Place Story:
“The Remains” by Felicity Fenton
Third Place Story:
“Simple Physics” by Kevin Leahy
Honorable Mention:
“Observation Tube—McMurdo Station, Antarctica” by Justin Herrmann
Winter Short Story Award Winners 2018:
Judged by Aimee Bender. Details on our Short Story Award page.
Winner:
“Damico” by Joe Bond
Second Place Story:
“Caretaker Needed” by Meghan Daniels
Third Place Story:
“Narada’s Ears” by Sanjena Sathian
Honorable Mention:
“At This Late Hour” by Rebecca Turkewitz
Summer Flash Fiction Contest Winners 2018:
Judged by The Masters Review Staff. Details on our Flash Fiction page.
Winner:
“How to Spot a Whale” by Jacqui Reiko Teruya
Second Place Story:
“Two Kinds of Neighborhoods” by Neil Cooney
Third Place Story:
“Rieb Kear (to Marry)” by Adam Nazaroff
Summer Short Story Award Winners 2018:
Judged by The Masters Review Staff. Details on our Short Story Award page.
First Place Story:
“Confirmation“ by Alina Grabowski
Second Place Story:
“Portrait of a Virgin“ by Rachel Cochran
Third Place Story:
“A Country Where I Am Beautiful“ by Patricia Smith
Honorable Mentions:
“Headshot” by Charles Ullmann
“We Are The Horizon” by Laura Fletcher
Spring Flash Fiction Contest Winners 2018
Judged by The Masters Review Staff. Details on our Flash Fiction page.
Winner:
“Ebenezer, Ebenezer” by Ariel Chu
Second Place Story:
“Out of the Fields” by Bryna Cofrin-Shaw
Third Place Story:
“Spies” by Timothy Schirmer
Winter Short Story Award Winners 2018
Judged by The Masters Review Staff. Details on our Short Story Award page.
First Place Story:
“Drop Zone Summer” by Nick Fuller Googins
Second Place Story:
“A History That Brings Me to You” by Katie M. Flynn
Third Place Story:
“Birth Stories” by Sarah Harris Wallman
Honorable Mentions:
“The Visible Spectrum” by Carlee Jensen
“On My Honor,” by Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley
Fall Fiction Contest Award Winners 2017
Judged by Brian Evenson. Details on our Fall Fiction Contest page.
First Place Story:
“If I Could Have Anything, I’d Only Choose This” by Jill Rosenberg
Second Place Story:
“Lepidomancy” by Maria Lioutaia
Third Place Story:
“Together, Maureen” by Amanda Emil Anderson
Honorable Mentions:
“The Deca-Life Crisis” by Jessi Lewis
“Fog Area” by Ben Sandman
Summer Short Story Award Winners 2017
Judged by The Masters Review Staff. Details on our Short Story Award page.
First Place Story:
“Demonman” by Juliacia Case
Second Place Story:
“The Devil is a Liar” by Ngwah-Mbo Nkewti
Third Place Story:
“Iron Boy Kills The Devil” by Sheldon Costa
Flash Fiction Contest Winners 2017
Judged by The Masters Review Staff. Details on our Flash Fiction page.
Winner:
“Out and Out” by Latifa Ayad
PUBLISHED BY PEN AMERICA
Second Place Story:
“Lions in The House” by Beejay Silcox
Third Place Story:
“The Wheelchair” Mahreen Sohail
Honorable Mentions:
“Road Trip” by Rachel Attias
“Balter Cafe” by Elle Flythe
Winter Short Story Award Winners 2016
Judged by The Masters Review Staff. Details on our Short Story Award page.
Winner
“Operation” by Scott Gloden
Second Place Story
“White Out” by Caitlin O’Neil
EARNED REPRESENTATION FROM OUR ASSOCIATED AGENCY
Third Place Story
“Malheur Refuge” by Rick Attig
Fall Fiction Contest Winners 2016
Judged by Kelly Link. Details on our Fall Fiction Contest page.
Winner:
“Night Beast” by Ruth Joffre
STORY COLLECTION “NIGHT BEAST” SOLD TO GROVE ATLANTIC
Second Place Story:
“Family, Family” by Jeannine Ouellette
Third Place Story:
“Good Creatures, Small Things” by Cate Fricke
Summer Short Story Award 2016
Judged by The Masters Review Staff. Details on our Short Story Award page.
Winner:
“Red” by Katie Knoll
FINALIST FOR THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD FOR BEST SHORT STORY
Second Place Story:
“Ledgers” by Claire Boyles
Third Place Story:
“The First Location” by Molly Reid
Fall Fiction Winners 2015
Judged by Jeff Vandermeer
Winner:
“Linger Longer” by Vincent Masterson
ACCEPTED IN CELEBRATED HORROR ANTHOLOGY EDITED BY ELLEN DATLOW
Second Place Story:
“Pool People” by Jen Neale
Third Place Story:
“Animalizing” by Marisela Navarro
