My story “Monkey Heaven” has been named one of the the best online short stories published during 2008 by the judges of the Million Writers Award. Check out the full list of Notable Stories; ten finalists will be chosen on May 15, and then there’s a period of public voting. I’m in competition with a ton of phenomenal writers who I admire intensely (Robert Olen Butler, Kim Chinquee, Nick Mamatas, Jill McCorkle, and Cory Doctorow), so I’m not too optimistic about my chances…. but “Monkey Heaven” WAS one of only 18 stories nominated by more than one judge.

I look forward to the MWA list of Notable Stories every year, as a good laundry list of the most exciting online literary journals and a sort of checklist of who I should be reading regularly; sorta like the Pushcart Prize anthology.

From their website:

“The purpose of the storySouth Million Writers Award is to honor and promote the best fiction published in online literary journals and magazines during 2008.”

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL LIST

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