The Masters Review: New Voices
Open now for fiction and nonfiction.
Last updatedThe Masters Review: New Voices is an online and print publication focused on publishing and supporting new and emerging writers, especially in literary fiction and narrative nonfiction.
Response time info: within twelve weeks
Read the full guidelines at themastersreview.submittable.com↗Submission calls
Open to: Emerging writers only; writers with single-author novel-length work published or under contract with a major press are ineligible.
2026 Summer Short Story Award for New Writers: contest for fiction or narrative nonfiction up to 6,000 words; open July 1–August 30, 2026; $3,000 grand prize, $300/$200 for 2nd/3rd, all with publication and agency review; $20 entry fee per submission; for emerging writers only (no novel/memoir with
Open to: Emerging writers only; writers with single-author novel-length work published or under contract with a major press are ineligible.
2026 Summer Short Story Award for New Writers: contest for fiction or narrative nonfiction up to 6,000 words; open July 1–August 30, 2026; $3,000 grand prize, $300/$200 for 2nd/3rd, all with publication and agency review; $20 entry fee per submission; for emerging writers only (no novel/memoir with
Open to: Emerging writers only; writers with single-author novel-length work published or under contract with a major press are ineligible.
New Voices category is open year round to any new or emerging author (no novel/memoir with a major press); accepts fiction and narrative nonfiction up to 7,000 words; pays $100 for flash (≤1,000 words), $200 for longer; simultaneous and multiple submissions allowed; highly selective; literary focus
Open to: Emerging writers only; writers with single-author novel-length work published or under contract with a major press are ineligible.
New Voices category is open year round to any new or emerging author (no novel/memoir with a major press); accepts narrative nonfiction up to 7,000 words; pays $100 for flash (≤1,000 words), $200 for longer; simultaneous and multiple submissions allowed; highly selective; literary focus but open to
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