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

The finalists for January were:

Nature by Jon Fain
Why I can’t go home again by Bob Thurber
A Sense of Perspective by Andy Hedgecock
The Sheriff by Adam Sirovátka
Tree Fall by Lillian

The winner of the January 2020 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Why I can’t go home again

The journey through this story brings us deep into darkness before making an almost casual turn into the light. The title is a microcosm of the story: sad and hopeless at first, but flipped upside-down into a joyful declaration once you’ve reached the final sentence. Bob Thurber continues to deliver month after month.