The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced from the past month.
The finalists for March were:
Return of the Muse by Bob Thurber
Busy not missing you by Zoe M.
self-conference by Maria Cargille
Can’t Tell You Why by Bob Thurber
Where I Would’ve Held Her by Tad K.
The winner of the March 2026 Story of the Month is…
Can’t Tell You Why
Editor’s Note: You might be curious why Bob Thurber has two stories up as finalists for the same Story of the Month award! I typically only post one story per month from each author, but I group stories into months based on when the Story of the Week post goes up, which sometimes slides into the next month. That was the case with Return of the Muse, which was posted on February 26 but fell into the March story of the month window.