The Masters Review 2016 Submission Calendar

January 25, 2016

Our anthology just opened for submissions, but we’ve got a year of excellent submitting opportunities ahead. Here’s a look at what you can expect (and look forward to!) from The Masters Review in 2016.

Upcoming submissions

For more details, check out our calendar page.

The Masters Review Anthology – Volume V (Jan 15 – Mar 31)

Every year The Masters Review opens submissions to produce our anthology, a collection of ten stories written by the best emerging authors. The ten winning writers are nationally distributed with work exposed to top agents, editors, and authors across the country. This year’s volume is judged by Amy Hempel!

PRIZES: $5000 awarded, publication, and visibility through the journal. Ten writers published.

DEADLINE: March 31

Short Story Award For New Writers (May 15 – July 15)

Our Short Story Award for New Writers awards $2000 to the best short story written by an emerging writer. One of our most popular submission categories, the Short Story Award not only offers cash prizes, but agency review.

PRIZES: First place wins $2000, publication on the site, and agency review. Second and third place writers win $200 and $100 respectively, publication on the site, and agency review from Victoria Marini at GELFMAN SCHNEIDER / ICM PARTNERS. Additional agents will be added soon.

DEADLINE: July 15

Summer Workshop (Aug 1 – Aug 31)

Can’t afford a spendy summer workshop? Get feedback on your story from the best editors in the industry with our online manuscript evaluation. We pair with editors from the best literary magazines in the country to offer feedback and guidance on stories. Michelle Wildgen from Tin House and Jeffery Gleaves from The Paris Review will be instructors! Writers receive feedback just in time for fall, when so many lit mags open to submissions. More instructors will be added soon.

DEADLINE: August 31

Fall Fiction Contest (Sep 15 – Nov 15)

In the fall we pair with a guest judge to help select stories for our Fall Fiction Contest. The fall is literary submission season and we look forward to acknowledging three excellent stories.

PRIZES: First place wins $2000, publication on the site, and personal correspondence with our guest judge. Second and third place writers win $200 and $100 respectively, publication on the site, and letters from the judge on why your story was chosen.

DEADLINE: Nov 15

Short Story Award For New Writers – Winter! (Nov 15 – Jan 15, 2017)

Because our Short Story Award for New Writers is a favorite, the contest awards three stories in the winter as well. $2000 to the best short story written by an emerging writer. The Short Story Award not only offers cash prizes, but agency review from some of the country’s best agencies.

PRIZES: First place wins $2000, publication on the site, and agency review. Second and third place writers win $200 and $100 respectively, publication on the site, and agency review.

DEADLINE: Jan 15, 2017

New Voices – Year Round

Our New Voices category is always open and always free to submit. Selected stories are paid $0.10/word up to $200 and are published on the site. Read New Voices stories, here. For submission guidelines, click here.

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At The Masters Review, our mission is to support emerging writers. We only accept submissions from writers who can benefit from a larger platform: typically, writers without published novels or story collections or with low circulation. We publish fiction and nonfiction online year-round and put out an annual anthology of the ten best emerging writers in the country, judged by an expert in the field. We publish craft essays, interviews and book reviews and hold workshops that connect emerging and established writers.



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