The story of the week for August 3 to 7 is…

I Point at the Shadows in Lieu of What I Dread by Graham Robert Scott

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

The finalists for July were:

Eating Year-Old Frozen Wedding Cake by Bob Thurber
Cracked Lives by Yash Seyedbagheri
Fate and Folding Laundry by Cheryl Caesar
Plot Hole by Jenn Linning
Defined by CMF Wright

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

Cracked Lives

The theme is a sadly familiar one, but Yash’s delivery of the metaphor is excellent and well deserving of being called the best story of July.

The story of the week for July 27 to 31 is…

Kneel by Eric Persaud

The story of the week for July 20 to 24 is…

Defined by CMF Wright

The story of the week for July 13 to 17 is…

Plot Hole by Jenn Linning

The story of the week for July 6 to 10 is…

Fate and Folding Laundry by Cherly Caesar

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

The finalists for June were:

Still Thirsty by Melanie Maggard
Smoothness Forever by Ben Fitzgerald
Brothers by Jayne Martin
In Memoriam by Thad DeVassie
Whodunnit by Kate Fellowes

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

In Memoriam

The indirectness of Thad’s story adds so much depth, leading the reader to emotion and message in a wonderfully subtle example of “show, don’t tell”.

The story of the week for June 29 to July 3 is…

Cracked Lives by Yash Seyedbagheri
and
Eating Year-Old Frozen Wedding Cake by Bob Thurber

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

Whodunnit by Kate Fellowes

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

In Memoriam by Thad DeVassie