The Masters Review is inviting entries for its Summer Short Story Award for New Writers.
The deadline for submissions is 27th August 2023.
The winning story writer will receive $3,000, an agency review and publication online.
Second and third place finalists will be awarded publication, agency review and $300/$200 prizes respectively.
Participating agents include Nat Sobel from Sobel Weber, Victoria Cappello from The Bent Agency, Andrea Morrison from Writers House, Sarah Fuentes from United Talent Agency, Heather Schroder from Compass Talent, and Marin Takikawa from The Friedrich Agency.
This year’s guest judge is Jai Chakrabarti, author of A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness and A Play for the End of the World.
Crucial details
- $20 entry fee
- $3000 1st prize
- $300 2nd prize
- $200 3rd prize
- Stories must be under 6,000 words in length
- Previously unpublished stories only
- Simultaneous and multiple submissions allowed
- Emerging writers only; writers with book-length work published or under contract with a major press are ineligible. Authors with short story collections are free to submit unpublished work, as are writers with books published by indie presses)
- Deadline: 27th August, 2023
- No identifying information on your story
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