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

The finalists for January were:

A False Hope by L.D. Water
Home by Yash Seyedbagheri
A Country Walk by Ben Mimmack
Homecoming by Finn Burnett
Roxana by Karalyn Wayne
The Tragedy of P–k by C.M.F. Wright

The winner of the January 2021 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Homecoming

Finn Burnett did a great job of setting off the cycle of hopelessness and hopefulness in the character’s life, with beautiful use of language.