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2026 Summer Short Story Award for New Writers — Judged by Weike Wang | $3,000 Prize

Award opportunity. Deadline: 2026-08-30

Type
Award
Organizer
The Masters Review
Deadline
30 August 2026
Where
United States
Compensation
$3,000 grand prize, $300 second place, $200 third place
Disciplines
fiction, narrative nonfiction

About this opportunity

The Masters Review is hosting its annual Summer Short Story Award for emerging writers, judged this year by Weike Wang. Both fiction and narrative nonfiction under 6,000 words are accepted, with a grand prize of $3,000. Finalists receive agency review from partnered agencies.

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