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STORY OF THE MONTH: April 2021

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

The finalists for April were:

The Water Carrier by Fiona McKay
Bella’s Bang on Trend on Buttermere by Maggie Seren
A man (not her husband) by N. West Moss
Cancer by Marilyn McFarlane

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

A man (not her husband)

The depth of feeling in this story, and the significance of that emotional moment for the character, really lands with the reader and lingers in the mind in just the right way.

STORY OF THE MONTH: March 2021

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

The finalists for March were:

Bonkers by Robert Markovich
Elsewhere by Andrin Albrecht
For Mike by Jennifer L. Freed
How to Comfort a Mountain by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky

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

Bonkers

Robert’s story of regret, of looking back on life and wondering what-if, is wonderfully evocative and well constructed.