The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced from the past month.

The finalists for February were:

Welcome by Angela Brett
The Bells by Hannah Froggatt
Oneiric by Pntius Paiva
Over by Joan Trueman
Trapped by Mark Farley

The winner of the February 2017 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Over

Joan mentioned in a comment that she was attempting to demonstrate the writing principle of “show, don’t tell.” I’d say she succeeded!