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STORY OF THE MONTH: May 2020

News

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

The finalists for May were:

Home by Jo Withers
Lessons on Electricity, or: When in Quarantine with a Husband by Laurie Kuntz
Our Good Luck by Jennifer L. Freed
Start Over by Daniel Clark
First Blossom by Casey Laine
Stop looking at your phone, waiting for the dead to call by Bob Thurber

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

Our Good Luck

Back-to-back awards show the consistent quality of Jennifer’s work. Her piece in May resonated particularly with me, as I lost a grandparent earlier this year, not long before the COVID-19 restrictions came into effect. Even without the personal connection, though, this story had real power and speaks to one aspect of the challenging times we’re living in right now.

STORY OF THE MONTH: April 2020

News

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

The finalists for April were:

ICU by Donald A. Ranard
Survived by a Daughter by Casey Laine
Kith by Maria Cargille
Beautiful Things by Jennifer L. Freed
Beneath This Braided Mess of Meaning by Bob Thurber

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

Beautiful Things

With her signature emotional power and depth of metaphor, Jennifer has swept us away yet again.