The story of the week for April 5 to 9 is…

Bella’s Bang on Trend on Buttermere by Maggie Seren

The story of the week for March 29 to April 2 is…

The Water Carrier by Fiona McKay

The story of the week for March 22 to 26 is…

How to Comfort a Mountain by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky

The story of the week for March 15 to 19 is…

For Mike by Jennifer L. Freed

The story of the week for March 8 to 12 is…

Elsewhere by Andrin Albrecht

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

The finalists for February were:

First Laugh by Marc Littman
Impressing an Old Flame at Our 25th High School Reunion by Bob Thurber
I Call My Mother by Jennifer Freed
Juniper by Michael Anthony Fagan
Unsinkable by David Derey

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

I Call My Mother

There’s so much depth to the moment conveyed in Jennifer’s story. There’s a pain of distance, both physical and emotional, but also a closeness and a sort of warmth felt from “observing” the relationship between the mother and her nurse. Excellent work.

The story of the week for March 1 to 5 is…

Bonkers by Robert Markovich

The story of the week for February 22 to 26 is…

Unsinkable by David Derey

The story of the week for February 15 to 19 is…

Juniper by Michael Anthony Fagan

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

The finalists for January were:

A False Hope by L.D. Water
Home by Yash Seyedbagheri
A Country Walk by Ben Mimmack
Homecoming by Finn Burnett
Roxana by Karalyn Wayne
The Tragedy of P–k by C.M.F. Wright

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

Homecoming

Finn Burnett did a great job of setting off the cycle of hopelessness and hopefulness in the character’s life, with beautiful use of language.