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Showcasing new writers. Offering a quality platform for new talent. Novel Excerpt Contest open until November 8, 2026!
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    Sep 3
    Our Novel Excerpt Contest is back! Guest Judge Chinelo Okparanta will select three finalists. The first place winner receives $3,000, online publication, and a one-hour consultation with literary agent Marin Takikawa of The Friedrich Agency. Learn more: mastersreview.com/novel-excerpt-…
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    Oct 5
    "The drive was dark, coils of smoke in the road. He couldn’t see much. Electricity was still out. No light at all, but licks of fire here and there, and vehicles in far hills." —Carol Keeley, "Wind and Embers" Winter Short Story Award 1st Place
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    Sep 28
    "When the women on the island started changing, people at first called it a mutation." —Emily Mathis, "When Women Walked on Land" Winter Short Story Award 2nd Place
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    Winter Short Story Award 2nd Place: “When Women Walked on Land” by Emily Mathis - The Masters Review
    In second place, “When Women Walked on Land,” which partakes of some of Angela Carter’s and Karen Russell’s strains of magical realism. Its originality, though, for me resides in the way it substit...
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    Sep 21
    "The first thing I see through this new head of mine is Jenny’s smiling face, red-nosed and tear-crusted, gazing down at me in the hospital bed." —Michael Hughes Wesner, "The Big Reboot" 2025-2026 Winter Short Story Award 3rd Place
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    Winter Short Story Award 3rd Place: “The Big Reboot” by Michael Hughes Wesner - The Masters Review
    In third place, “The Big Reboot” by Michael Hughes Wesner, which expertly employs its breezy comic voice to glide the reader past the transparent goofiness of its premise. Its main strength, though,...
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    Sep 14
    Theoretically, the spiral is designed to give you time for dedicated contemplation and prayer, to bring the brothers closer to God. This is a story. —Clare Fielder, "The Brothers" 2025-2026 Winter Short Story Award Honorable Mention
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    Winter Short Story Award Honorable Mention: “The Brothers” by Clare Fielder - The Masters Review
    Taking honorable mention in the 2025-2026 Winter Short Story Award for New Writers is "The Brothers" by Clare Fielder. Through the use of second person as well as vivid descriptions of the isolated...