The story of the week for March 2 to 6 is…

Busy not missing you by Zoe M

The story of the week for February 24 to 28 is…

Return of the Muse by Bob Thurber

The story of the week for February 17 to 21 is…

Expulsion by Emily Ryan
and
Flicker by Ed McManis

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

The Modern Brometheus by Joe Pearson

The story of the week for February 2 to 6 is…

Haunted by Uninvited Guests by Liam MacDonald
and
Memento Mori by Kip Knott

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

The finalists for January were:

BB by John Szamosi
Without a Trace by Peggy Acott
We Remain by Vicky Hinault
A Little Night Music by Jim Parisi

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

BB

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

The Astronaut by Sarp Sozdinler

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

A Little Night Music by Jim Parisi

The winner of the 2025 Story of the Year, along with the $50 prize and enshrinement in the Hall of Fame, is:

Still Life by Paul D’Arcy

Very fittingly given his story’s subject, Paul has drawn a subtle yet powerful character portrait. We see the character and their implied backstory emerge slowly, with each “pencil stroke,” until the final few sentences bring it all together into heartbreaking clarity. Even the choice of perspective–the use of second-person pronouns–helps the reader step into the character’s inward-looking, reflective, lonely mindset.

Honourable mentions go to Omiage by Meredith McLean and Inheritance by Nathan Jones.

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

We Remain by Vicky Hinault