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

The finalists for June were:

Turning Around by Yash Seyedbagheri
This is Definitely the Last Time by H.A. Piacentino
Father’s Day Again by Bob Thurber
Dot to Dot by Laura Dobson

The winner of the June 2021 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…

Father’s Day Again

Bob’s story feels deeply vulnerable and is delivered with his usual evocative style, painting a thousand words’ worth of picture with each short phrase.