The storySouth 2008 Million Writers Award for Fiction
updated 7-17-08

The voting for the fifth annual Million Writers Award is now over and the winning story is "Alex Trebek Never Eats Fried Chicken" by Matt Bell (originally published in Storyglossia). Matt wins the overall prize of $300, which is provided thanks to the sponsorship of the Edit Red Writing Community. Second place goes to "Friday Afternoons on Bus 51" by Sruthi Thekkiam (Blackbird).

We will be running the Million Writers Award again next year, likely starting the process in mid January. Until then, anyone needing an online short story fix is invited to visit the blog and website of Jason Sanford, who runs the award. Jason's blog will contain updates on the upcoming award process, including calls for preliminary judges and other information, as we get closer to the start of the new year.

• Introduction to the Million Writers Award
• How the award works (i.e., the rules)
• Top ten stories of 2007
• Voting results
• Notable stories of 2007
• Reader nomination page.
• Editor nomination page.
• If you enjoy the Million Writes Award, consider supporting storySouth by making a donation to help cover award costs.
• See the 2007 award
• See the 2006 award
• See the 2005 award
• See the 2004 award
  
  

For additional questions or inquiries about the Million Writers Award, contact storySouth editor Jason Sanford at storysouth@yahoo.com (but please do not e-mail story nominations to him).