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

The finalists for November were:

Haiku by Nick Young
Only a Minor Miracle by Sam Hall
A Bridle Tames a Kelpie Horse by Nat Parsons
The Sun Also Drifts by Sam Hall

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

Only a Minor Miracle

The uniqueness and creativity of the concept is simultaneously attention-capturing, beautiful, and off-putting. From there, the reader can discover whatever level of poignancy they wish to invest themselves into.

EDITOR’S NOTE: You’ll see that Sam Hall was awarded Story of the Week twice this month, despite the site’s policy of only allowing one submission per author per month. I accepted and published the stories within the same month in error, and should have caught the double submission up front, so I apologize for any unfairness to other authors. Once the stories were published and I realized the mistake, however, I did not think it would be fair or necessary to withdraw them. This does not indicate a change in policy going forward.