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STORY OF THE MONTH: April 2026

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

The finalists for April were:

Wearing Clouds by Angela Carlton
A Prescription by Jinjia Grace Hu
Life of the Party by Marc Young
Catching Angels by Alyson Floyd
Collect by Paul D’Arcy

The winner of the April 2026 Story of the Month is…

Catching Angels

NEWS: May 2026 Submissions Open Early

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Authors are welcome to submit their stories for May 2026 as of today.

Typically, submissions are open from the 1st to 15th of each month. However, May 2026 submissions will be open from April 15 through May 15.

I will be away for a few weeks starting in late April, and I’d like to select and schedule some of the May stories before I leave.

Happy writing!

STORY OF THE MONTH: March 2026

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

The finalists for March were:

Return of the Muse by Bob Thurber
Busy not missing you by Zoe M.
self-conference by Maria Cargille
Can’t Tell You Why by Bob Thurber
Where I Would’ve Held Her by Tad K.

The winner of the March 2026 Story of the Month is…

Can’t Tell You Why

Editor’s Note: You might be curious why Bob Thurber has two stories up as finalists for the same Story of the Month award! I typically only post one story per month from each author, but I group stories into months based on when the Story of the Week post goes up, which sometimes slides into the next month. That was the case with Return of the Muse, which was posted on February 26 but fell into the March story of the month window.