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STORY OF THE MONTH: December 2021

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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 December were:

Passage by Brian Maycock
Homecoming by Maggie Nerz Iribarne
Fish Rain by Deborah Tapper
At 84 You Keep Your Glass Half Full by Jennifer L. Freed

The winner of the December 2021 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Fish Rain

Deborah’s story is a brilliant blend of humour and poignancy, one of my favourite combinations.

STORY OF THE MONTH: November 2021

News

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

The finalists for November were:

Haiku by Nick Young
Only a Minor Miracle by Sam Hall
A Bridle Tames a Kelpie Horse by Nat Parsons
The Sun Also Drifts by Sam Hall

The winner of the November 2021 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Only a Minor Miracle

The uniqueness and creativity of the concept is simultaneously attention-capturing, beautiful, and off-putting. From there, the reader can discover whatever level of poignancy they wish to invest themselves into.

EDITOR’S NOTE: You’ll see that Sam Hall was awarded Story of the Week twice this month, despite the site’s policy of only allowing one submission per author per month. I accepted and published the stories within the same month in error, and should have caught the double submission up front, so I apologize for any unfairness to other authors. Once the stories were published and I realized the mistake, however, I did not think it would be fair or necessary to withdraw them. This does not indicate a change in policy going forward.