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

Other Things by Perry McDaid

This story oozes creativity and world-building, qualities I’m always delighted to come across.

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

Audition by Magda Knight

The imagination in this story is exciting, and the fact that it’s self-referential about the word count adds a little bit more fun.

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

The finalists for September were:

Tatouage by Darren Lester
Intent by Perry McDaid
Moving On by Mark Farley
Surrender by Gwendolyn Jacob

The winner of the September 2016 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Moving On

I don’t think we’ve ever had someone win back-to-back Story of the Month honours, but Mark has stepped up his game big time with these entries. Can’t wait to see what comes next!

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

Wounded by Matthew Eichenlaub

There is so much story told around the edges here, great work using the margins to imply deeper character and meaning.

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

Surrender by Gwendolyn Jacob

The most effective twists completely change the emotional tone of the story. Sometimes they walk the line between the initial emotion and the after-emotion and blend them together in amazing ways. That’s what this story has done. I love plumbing into its depths!

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

Moving On by Mark Farley

Character and emotion distilled into a central metaphor. This is textbook microfiction.

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

Intent by Perry McDaid

Perry always comes up with complex characters and ideas, and he does a great job bringing them to life.

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

The finalists for August were:

Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse by Viv Burgess
What Carries Us Through by Jennifer L. Freed
Five minutes until ‘I do’ by Mark Farley
Alternative Fuel by V. Jane Schneeloch

The winner of the August 2016 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Five minutes until ‘I do’

The central metaphor of this story is just so brilliant that it deserves this level of recognition.

The story of the week for August 29 to September 2 is…

Tatouage by Darren Lester

I love the concept, and it’s well executed with showing, not telling. The mystery of who is speaking the last line is creepy, too, adding a bit more flavour.

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

Alternative Fuel by V. Jane Schneeloch

Jane has done a great job of getting across Romeo’s disappointment and Agnes’ dismissiveness. Good work demonstrating the “show, don’t tell” principle.