We are proud to announce the shortlist for our seventh printed anthology, judged this year by the illustrious Rebecca Makkai. These thirty stories and essays represent outstanding work by emerging writers. Makkai will select ten from this list to appear in the printed anthology. Stay tuned for the finalists announcement next month! Thank you to all of the wonderful writers who submitted to this years’ anthology. It was a pleasure to read your work.
The Masters Review Volume VII Shortlist
“Life-Giving Doubt” by Ian Belknap
“The Process” by Rebekah Bergman
“Signs of Damage” by Stacy Trautwein Burns
“Summers With Dedushka” by Philip Brunst
“Rogue Particles” by Laura Demers
“The Marchioness” by Corey Flintoff
“Ben Franklin” by Kelly Flowers
“These Are My People” by Steve Fox
“Residential Units” by Marcie Friedman
“Questions for Anesthesiologists” by Robert Glick
“Little Room” by Carrie Grinstead
“Pilgrimage” by Rebecca Gummere
“Ships Made of Stone” by Sarah Helen
“We the Mothers” by Kathleen Hansen
“Doctor, Doctor, Doctor” by Blair Lee
“The Mouse and the Elephant” by Nichole LeFebvre
“Waiting” by Donna Marsh
“Why Do Voles Fall in Love?” by Una McDonnell
“Cristeros” by Bonard Molina
“Shrove Tuesday” by Jeanne Panfely
“Humane Dispatch” by Matt Plass
“Ghost Print” by Anna Reeser
“Imperative” by Beth Richards
“The Sand Nests” by Emma Sloley
“It Goes Both Ways” by Kate Simonian
“The Words to Say It” by Rosanna Staffa
“The Dumpling Makers” by Kristina Ten
“Kamikaze Dressed in Light” by Sophia Terazawa
“The Collectors of Anguish” by Andrea Uptmor
“Closer Than They Appear” by Marylin Warner