//The Masters Review Summer Short Story Award//

The Summer Short Story Award winners have been published! You can find links to the winning pieces below. 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.

//Fall Fiction Contest//

Anita Felicelli is selecting the winners from our shortlist! The winning story of our Fall Fiction Contest will be paid $2000, awarded publication online in The Masters Review, and will receive a note from our judge on why the story was selected. Second and third place stories will be awarded publication and $300 and $200, respectively, as well as correspondence from our judge. Finalists will be acknowledged in February and the winners will be selected from that pool.

 

//  PAST AWARD WINNERS  //

For a full calendar of submission opportunities click here.
For our annual anthology winners and information on that project, click here.

Summer Short Story Award Contest Winners 2019:

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

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.

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.

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