The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced on the previous month. The finalists for July were:

Dream by Azarin Sadegh
Sitting by Jennifer L Freed
Blood Diamonds by Patricia Albela-Silver
Paper Crosses by J Ian Manczur

The winner of the July 2014 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Paper Crosses

Congratulations, Ian!