// PAST AWARD WINNERS //
For a full calendar of submission opportunities click here.
For our annual anthology winners and information on that project, click here.
2020 Summer Short Story Award Winners
Judged by Kali Fajardo-Anstine. Details on our Short Story Award page.
Winner:
“Burning” by Adeline Lovell
Second Place Story:
“Matchbox” by Nancy Ludmerer
Third Place Story:
“Como La Flor” by Dayna Cobarrubias
Honorable Mention:
“Petrified” by Clare Howdle
2020 Flash Fiction Contest Winners:
Judged by Sherrie Flick. Details on our Flash Fiction Contest page.
Winner:
“Crocodile” by Ashleigh Pederson
Second Place Story:
“Consider the Shape of Your Fist” by Leah Dawdy
Third Place Story:
“Heirlooms” by Amanda Jean Akers
Honorable Mention:
“Fire Season” by Vincent Chavez
2019 Winter Short Story Award for New Writers Winners:
Judged by Kimberly King Parsons. Details on our Short Story Award page.
First Place Story:
“The Driver” by Samantha Xiao Cody
Second Place Story:
“Joe Blake” by Raeden Richardson
Third Place Story:
“The Easiest Thing in the World” by Taylor Grieshober
Honorable Mention:
“Rapture” by Chloe Seim
2019 Fall Fiction Contest Winners:
Judged by Anita Felicelli. Details on our Fall Fiction Contest page.
Winner:
“Salt Sea” by Zeeva Bukai
Second Place Story:
“Shenzhen” by Willa Zhang
Third Place Story:
“It Could Happen to You” by Trent England
Honorable Mention:
“Genealogy” by Nancy London
2019 Summer Short Story Award for New Writers Winners:
Judged by Tope Folarin. Details on our Short Story Award page.
Winner:
“Ghost Story” by Becca Anderson
Second Place Story:
“Escape Velocity” by Karisa Tell
Third Place Story:
“Mutts” by Shane Page
Honorable Mention:
“Terraforming Mars” by Emmett Knowlton
2019 Flash Fiction Contest Winners:
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
2018 Winter Short Story Award for New Writers Winners:
Judged by Aimee Bender. Details on our Short Story Award page.
Winner:
“Damico” by Joe Bond
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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
2018 Summer Flash Fiction Contest Winners:
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
2018 Summer Short Story Award for New Writers Winners:
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
2018 Spring Flash Fiction Contest Winners:
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
2018 Winter Short Story Award for New Writers Winners:
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
2017 Fall Fiction Contest Award Winners:
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
2017 Summer Short Story Award for New Writers Winners:
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
2017 Flash Fiction Contest Winners:
Judged by The Masters Review Staff. Details on our Flash Fiction page.
Winner:
“Out and Out” by Latifa Ayad
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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
2016 Winter Short Story Award for New Writers Winners:
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
2016 Fall Fiction Contest Winners:
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
2016 Summer Short Story Award for New Writers Winners:
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
2015 Fall Fiction Winners:
Judged by Jeff Vandermee. Details on our Fall Fiction Contest page.
Winner:
“Linger Longer” by Vincent Masterson
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Second Place Story:
“Pool People” by Jen Neale
Third Place Story:
“Animalizing” by Marisela Navarro
