Saturday, July 11, 2020

Writing Competition: The Masters Review Summer Short Story Award for New Writers

The Summer Short Story Award for New Writers runs from July 1st to August 30th. 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, Heather Schroder from Compass Talent, and Siohban McBride from Carnicelli Literary Management. 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.

Guidelines:

Winner receives $3000, publication, and agency review

Second and third place prizes ($300 / $200, publication, and agency review)


Stories under 6000 words

Previously unpublished stories only

Simultaneous and multiple submissions allowed

Emerging writers only (We are interested in offering a larger platform to new writers. Self-published writers and writers with story collections and novels with a low circulation are welcome to submit.)

International English submissions allowed

$20 entry fee

Deadline: August 30, 2020


Please, no identifying information on your story

All stories are considered for publication

If requesting an editorial letter, please indicate on your cover letter if the submissions is fiction or creative nonfiction.


For more information and to enter, please visit our website.

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