After much deliberation, The Masters Review is excited to announce the thirty titles on this year’s Anthology shortlist! Our judge, Peter Ho Davies, will select the ten finalists from this list which will be included in the eleventh edition of our print anthology, set to publish next spring. Thank you so much to every one of our submitters who made narrowing our choices to only thirty so difficult. Check back in September for the finalists announcement!
Funny Not Funny by Jenna Abrams
The Only Functional Neurological Disorder Diagnosis I’m Willing to Accept by K Anand Gall
Blow Up by Graham Arnold
crook chene by jackie bang
Map Travel by Hillary Behrman
Can’t Elope by Miriam Camitta
You, Coagulant by Celeste Chen
Open Enrollment by Danielle Claro
The Tree in the Desert by David DeGusta
This is How She Disappears by Madison Dettlinger
Jig by Alicia Fuhrman
Bad Guys by Patricia Garcia Lujan
Sanctuary by Tim Griffith
Walking to Camano by Clemintine Guirado
In Miss Betty’s House by William Hawkins
To Trace the Forests Wild by Sarah Helen
His Own Parallel Universe by Pauline Holdsworth
Lavender by Marilyn Hope
Peace Ganey by Maha Kamal
The Dog by Fredrick Kunkle
Barely a Sound by Kathleen Latham
Tsunami by Shivani Manghnani
Ate Raw and Often by Jacob Martinez
Perrito by Ainhoa Palacios
Hap by Suphil Lee Park
Blood is Thicker Than Afterthoughts by Ọbáfẹ́mi Thanni
Hammock by Roy Udeh-Ubaka
Field Methods by Lisa Wartenberg
Transmutation by Michele Wong
Egging by Sophia Zaklikowski