The story of the week for November 23 to 27 is…

Let’s Pretend by Larissa Thomson

The story of the week for November 16 to 20 is…

Extra Time by David Holloway
and
Songs for the Light by Noriko Jayasekera

Been a while since we had a double, but I wanted to honour both of these!

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

Blowing Off the Dust by B.S. Roberts

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

The finalists for October were:

Mourning Mama by Yash Seyedbagheri
Every Tuesday by Lisa Marie Lopez
She Rises by Mary Haynes
A feather and a boy by Anne Catherine Vassallo

The winner of the October 2020 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Mourning Mama

The phrase “A cracked word” is a brilliant ending to an emotionally evocative piece. Yash has been contributing excellent work to the site for a long time, and this is one of his best.

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

The Vagrant by Travis D. Roberson

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

Stress Turned My Soul to Copper and Steam by Maria Cargille

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

A feather and a boy by Anne Catherine Vassallo

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

She Rises by Mary Haynes

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

The finalists for September were:

Inbox Emptiness by Yash Seyedbagheri
Drowning by Ran Walker
The Boy in the Box by Robert Markovich
Swept Away in a Sea of Gray by Le Anne Welder

The winner of the September 2020 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Inbox Emptiness

Yash has made excellent use of language to craft a wonderful portrait of the character without relying on direct description. The character’s depth makes it easy to draw out empathy from the reader. All around a very well executed story.

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

Every Tuesday by Lisa Marie Lopez