The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced from the past month.
The finalists for May were:
Pink Horizons by Andrew Nosti
Postpartum by Larissa Thomson
Woman-ness by Kelli Short Borges
Wisdom by Carol Reeves
The winner of the May 2023 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…
Woman-ness
The story of the week for June 5 to 9 is…
Mother’s First Breath by Nina Miller
Hello, 50-word authors!
For the past several years, I have routinely sent out notices at the end of each month to authors whose stories were not selected to be published. Due to time constraints, I have unfortunately very rarely been able to provide feedback or critiques, but I felt it was important for people to know that their story had been read and considered.
The volume of submitted stories has consistently grown over the years, to the point that I’ve been sending out hundreds of emails at the end of each month, which is a fairly tedious process but still one that I felt was worthwhile. But… my email service has begun applying much more aggressive spam filtering recently, which means that the majority of the unused-story emails I send are now being bounced back to me.
Since most of the emails aren’t getting through, and the process of sending them is time-consuming, I’ve decided that I will no longer be sending out notifications for unused stories. That said, you’re welcome to inquire after your story at month’s end if you think there’s a chance it didn’t go through somehow, or if you’re hoping for some feedback.
Thanks for understanding, and thank you for continuing to read and write microfiction!
The story of the week for May 29 to June 2 is…
The Librarian and the Time Machine by Chelsea Allen
The story of the week for May 22 to 26 is…
Wisdom by Carol Reeves
The story of the week for May 15 to 19 is…
Woman-ness by Kelli Short Borges
The story of the week for May 8 to 12 is…
Postpartum by Larissa Thomson
The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced from the past month.
The finalists for April were:
Bees by Deborah Trowbridge
Widowmaker by Tim Boiteau
Closing the House by Carol Reeves
A Day at the Beach by Bob Thurber
Party Girls by Liz Mayers
Body by Jonathan Odell
The winner of the April 2023 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…
Widowmaker
The story of the week for May 1 to 5 is…
Pink Horizons by Andrew Nosti
The story of the week for April 24 to 28 is…
Body by Jonathan Odell