The story of the week for April 20 to 24 is…

Catching Angels by Alyson Floyd
and
Collect by Paul D’Arcy

The story of the week for April 13 to 17 is…

Life of the Party by Marc Young

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!

The story of the week for April 6 to 10 is…

A Prescription by Jinjia Grace Hu

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.

The story of the week for March 30 to April 3 is…

Wearing Clouds by Angela Carlton

The story of the week for March 23 to 27 is…

Where I Would’ve Held Her by Tad K.

The story of the week for March 16 to 20 is…

Can’t Tell You Why by Bob Thurber

The story of the week for March 9 to 13 is…

self-conference by Maria Cargille

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

The finalists for February were:

The Astronaut by Sarp Sozdinler
Memento Mori by Kip Knott
Haunted by Uninvited Guests by Liam MacDonald
The Modern Brometheus by Joe Pearson
Flicker by Ed McManus
Expulsion by Emily Ryan

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

The Astronaut