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

The finalists for September were:

For Judy by Todd Crawford
Mutant by Boomer Trujillo
Anchorless by Mary Haynes
Fourteen by Jennifer L. Freed

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

Mutant

Boomer delivered a beautiful ending to an eerie, classically sci-fi setup.