The winner of the Story of the Month Contest for December is Orientation by Paul Beckman. This was Paul's first appearance in Bartleby Snopes.
Note: The Story of the Month is a monthly contest voted on by the readers of Bartleby Snopes. Near the end of each month, voting begins and lasts for about one week. All current stories are eligible. The winner of the Story of the Month earns an automatic spot in the semiannual magazine.
Past Story of the Month Winners
December 2016 - Columbia Market by Paul Beckman
November 2016 - Orientation by David Hammons
October 2016 - Blue Moon Motel by Caitlyn Leonard
September 2016 - Everything is Peaceful Here Except for Missing You by Jake Weber
August 2016 - What Counts by Kate Wisel
July 2016 - Goat-Hearted by Timothy DeLizza
June 2016 - The Classroom by Jesse Ofsowitz
April/May 2016 - Larry Walters Has Flown Away by Rachel Richardson
March 2016 - Lean In by Carrie Cook
February 2016 - Laws of Motion by Kate Crosby
December 2015 - Cosmonauts by Clint Margrave
November 2015 - It Can, It Can, It Can by Eric Boyd
September 2015 - That Kind of Light by Maureen O'Leary
August 2015 - Troll by Ian Richardson
July 2015 - My Yellow Cup with the Tiger On by Scott McClelland
June 2015 - Coming Home by Louis Rakovich
April 2015 - The Great Strawberry by Robin White
March 2015 - Montreal by Ryan Napier
January 2015 - Forget-Me-Not by Philip Bowne
December 2014 - Goodbye to the Karls by Kelsey Englert
November 2014 - When a Body in the Water Hits Your Body by Kathleen J Woods
October 2014 - Death Pie by Bertram Allan Mullin
September 2014 - All the Sounds of China by Leonora Desar
August 2014 - Become One Flesh by Maria Pinto
July 2014 - Synchronic Conversations: a Tragedy in Triptych by Dan Reiter
June 2014 - Inventory by Amanda Hart Miller
May 2014 - A Night in the Diner by Michael Morshed
April 2014 - Land of Lost Fathers by Ryan J. Ouimet
March 2014 - Sorting by Andrew Bockhold
February 2014 - SnapCamus by Edward Lando
January 2014 - Maybe Let's Don't by Mark Jaskowski
December 2013 - MacGyver by Daniel Thompson
November 2013 - Forty-Seven Wives by Catherine Carberry
October 2013 - Now You See Me by Joseph Michael Owens
September 2013 - Heavy Shoes by Christopher DiCicco
August 2013 - She's Half by William Lemon
July 2013 - Victorian Novel by Jay O'Shea
June 2013 - The Des Moines Kabuki Dinner Theatre by David S Atkinson
May 2013 - Busy People by Jamez Chang
April 2013 - Solitary Swedish Houses by Gwyn Ruddell Lewis
March 2013 - The Stana Yurich Snatching by Refe Tuma
February 2013 - Fenway by Jeff Marcus Wheeler
January 2013 - The Incomplete Sentence by Kate Folk
December 2012 - Kim by Jeremy Gluck
November 2012 - Stella of the Angels by Christopher DeWan
October 2012 - My Other House is Cleaner by Michael Schrimper
September 2012 - An Upside Down Flier for a Ferris Wheel by Dillon J Welch
August 2012 - The Last Silver Button by Mandy Alyss Brown
July 2012 - Hair Club for Men and the Peacock Lady by Kristen Forbes
June 2012 - The Gag by Daniel Ball
May 2012 - Postpartum by Brittany Michelson
April 2012 - Ted by Brian Ross
March 2012 - The Competition by Margaret Mendel
February 2012 - Mr. Softie by Annie Hartnett
January 2012 - Quick & Painless by Shellie Richards
December 2011 - My Father and Jackson Pollock by Wesley McMasters
November 2011 - Superhero by Patrick Trotti
October 2011 - Darnell: Waiting on the Day by Beau Johnson
September 2011 - Reunion by Merle Drown
August 2011 - Runaway by Heather Luby
July 2011 - The Cord by Chip O'Brien
June 2011 - Our Home, the Hive by Peter Kispert
May 2011 - The Squirrel Hunter by CS DeWildt
April 2011 - A Kind of Bravery by Josh Orkin
March 2011 - An Interrogation by Matt Rowan
February 2011 - The Magician by Andrew Stancek
January 2011 - A Little Taste of Heaven by Jen Knox
December 2010 - Turtle's Christmas Pact by Meg Tuite
November 2010 - Mister Bink Habit by Michael Frissore
October 2010 - Cry Wolf by Jac Cattaneo
September 2010 - The River by Cliff Young
August 2010 - Last Stand by Ron Yates
July 2010 - Ambassadors for Christ by Robert Meade
June 2010 - Why Do You Kill Anything? by Brian Ted Jones
May 2010 - Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Elizabeth Skoski
April 2010 - Of a Story by Kevin Winter
March 2010 - She's My Mother by Sherri Collins
February 2010 - Puppet's Prognosis by Schuyler Dickson
January 2010 - The Whack-Job Girls by Bonnie ZoBell
December 2009 - Baptized in the Holy Ghost by Eric Bennett
November 2009 - The Bull by CS DeWildt
October 2009 - Cowboys, Indians, and Brothels by Eric Miller
September 2009 - The Second Coming by Townsend Walker
August 2009 - Slow Motion Riders by Richard Osgood
July 2009 - The Infirmary by Jessica Higgins
June 2009 - Membrane by Richard Santos
May 2009 - Scavenger by Ajay Vishwanathan
April 2009 - A Family Outing by Ethel Rohan
March 2009 - Cigarettes Don't Fit by Kyle Kuehner
February 2009 - Koala Tide by Sarah Rose
January 2009 - A Time to Die by Eric Bennett
December 2008 - Peas of a Pod by Jonathon Maisel
November 2008 - Deathbirth by Christopher T.Dabrowski
October 2008 - Fish Kicker by Margaret Mendel
September 2008 - Agaue's First Hunt by Trevor Doherty
August 2008 - The Key of C by Bryn Clark
July 2008 - A Sure Thing by Joseph Grant
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