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

The finalists for September were:

Inbox Emptiness by Yash Seyedbagheri
Drowning by Ran Walker
The Boy in the Box by Robert Markovich
Swept Away in a Sea of Gray by Le Anne Welder

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

Inbox Emptiness

Yash has made excellent use of language to craft a wonderful portrait of the character without relying on direct description. The character’s depth makes it easy to draw out empathy from the reader. All around a very well executed story.