EDITOR: I just discovered that I hadn’t selected/announced a Story of the Month for a few months in a row, somehow! Apologies for the mistake and the very late selections!
The Story of the Month is chosen from the Story of the Week winners announced from the past month.
The finalists for March were:
The Keen Gardener by Deborah Tapper
We Have Always Played With the Faceless Doll by Joel O’Flaherty
Widowhood @ 72 by Shoshauna Shy
The Monument by Ron Scully
Sólarkaffi by Râna Campbell
Happily Ever After by Susan Gale Wickes
The winner of the March 2024 Story of the Month, and the $10 prize, is…
The Monument
Editor: What a strong month! In other months, I could easily have chosen We Have Always Played with the Faceless Doll or The Keen Gardener as a story of the month, but I landed on The Monument because of its layering and strength of delivery. Well done to all of these authors!