The story of the week for August 28 to September 1 is…

For Judy by Todd Crawford

The story of the week for August 21 to 25 is…

Mother by Yong Takahashi

The story of the week for August 14 to 18 is…

Multiple Choice by Tracy Fells

The story of the week for August 7 to 11 is…

Neigborhood by Marjorie Arnett

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

The finalists for July were:

Ten by L.S. Engler
The Retreat by Matthew Eichenlaub
Ham for Tobacco by Henry F. Tonn
Life on Earth by Sarah Krenicki
Backtrack by B.C. Nance

The winner of the July 2017 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Backtrack

The unfolding-in-reverse delivery works exactly as intended, ramping to an agonizing anticlimax.

The story of the week for July 31 to August 4 is…

Out by Joey To

The story of the week for July 24 to 28 is…

Backtrack by B.C. Nance

The story of the week for July 17 to 21 is…

Life on Earth by Sarah Krenicki

P.S. I don’t remember the last time I had such a hard time choosing a story of the week. Keep the quality flowing, everyone!

The story of the week for July 10 to 14 is…

Ham for Tobacco by Henry F. Tonn

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

The finalists for June were:

Ice by Shawnta S. Barnes
Isn’t She Lovely? by Susan Lozano
Heirloom Gardening by Candace Kubinec
Table Manners by Christina Dalcher

The winner of the June 2017 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Table Manners

Christina’s unique way of presenting the story does a great job of getting the reader into the main character’s perspective, subtly masking the story’s complexity.