{"id":7308,"date":"2025-08-31T17:56:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T21:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=7308"},"modified":"2025-08-31T17:56:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T21:56:58","slug":"fn-the-masters-review-summer-short-story-award-for-new-writers","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/event\/fn-the-masters-review-summer-short-story-award-for-new-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"FN – The Masters Review Summer Short Story Award for New Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Summer Short Story Award for New Writers returns! Since 2016, our Short Story Award has connected emerging writers with some of the industry\u2019s top literary agents. Past winners include\u00a0Nana Nkweti<\/u><\/a>,\u00a0Nick Fuller Googins<\/u><\/a>,\u00a0Sanjena Sathian<\/u><\/a>, and more, several of whom earned representation from one of our partnered agents as a result of this contest.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re looking for spectacular stories\u2014up to 6,000 words, fiction or creative nonfiction\u2014that only you can tell.\u00a0This year\u2019s guest judge is Jennine Cap\u00f3 Crucet, a recipient of the 2025 Joyce Carol Oates Prize and author of\u00a0<\/strong>Say Hello to My Little Friend<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and other works.<\/strong>\u00a0Our contest runs from July 1 to September 7, 2025, and is open to any writer who has not published a novel or memoir with a major press. The first-place winner of this contest, selected by our guest judge, will receive a $3,000 grand prize, along with online publication. Second- and third-place finalists will receive $300 and $200 respectively, along with online publication.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what Jennine Cap\u00f3 Crucet is looking for<\/strong>: I’m so excited to be judging this contest, and I think I\u2019m looking for a story that\u2019s charged with a similar excitement, one that asserts itself from the very first paragraph, doing so through a careful attention to language and to voice. And setting: I tend to fall in love with stories that have a strong sense of the world its characters inhabit. I also love stories that use humor to break my heart, though please don\u2019t consider humor a requirement for that: I\u2019m hoping to find a story that\u2019ll stand the test of time and be just as heartbreaking a hundred years from now.<\/p>\n

Submission Guidelines<\/h3>\n