Two runners-up will also be honored with a $300 prize and online publication.

All longlisted authors will receive an archived copy of The Masters Review anthology, as will twenty randomly selected entrants not included on the longlist.

All submitters will receive a digital copy of a recorded Flash webinar featuring literary professionals who will discuss writing and reading flash in all its forms, moderated by Editor-in-Chief Cole Meyer.

For this contest, we will accept Flash up to 1,000 words and Sudden between 1,001 and 1,500 words. We welcome up to two pieces per submission, in any combination. As always, we’re interested in character- and voice-driven submissions that surprise us, particularly those that experiment with style and form.

Your $20 entry fee allows up to two pieces per submission. Writers from historically marginalized or underrepresented groups are invited to submit for free until we reach fifty submissions in this category.

This contest is for emerging writers only. International submissions are allowed, provided the work is written primarily in English.

Find out more here

Deadline: March 31, 2024