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

The finalists for April were:

The Water Carrier by Fiona McKay
Bella’s Bang on Trend on Buttermere by Maggie Seren
A man (not her husband) by N. West Moss
Cancer by Marilyn McFarlane

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

A man (not her husband)

The depth of feeling in this story, and the significance of that emotional moment for the character, really lands with the reader and lingers in the mind in just the right way.