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

The finalists for August were:

Out by Joey To
Neighborhood by Marjorie Arnett
Multiple Choice by Tracy Fells
Mother by Yong Takahashi

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

Multiple Choice

So much power has been packed into the final sentence. Tracy created an excellent slow build into an unexpectedly potent payoff.