The story of the week for July 10 to 14 is…

Let Me Mourn by Chidi Young

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

The finalists for June were:

The Librarian and the Time Machine by Chelsea Allen
Mother’s First Breath by Nina Miller
We Call It Home by Heather Haigh
Perennial by Jann Everard
More Than Sleep by Laura Besley

The winner of the June 2023 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

The Librarian and the Time Machine

The story of the week for July 3 to 7 is…

Shadow Dreams by Bob Thurber

The story of the week for June 26 to 30 is…

The Buddy Bench by Miranda Keskes

The story of the week for June 19 to 23 is…

More Than Sleep by Laura Besley

The story of the week for June 12 to 16 is…

Perennial by Jann Everard
and
We Call It Home by Heather Haigh

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