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Reader nominations for 2007 Million Writers Award

The 2007 Million Writers Award is now open for nominations. This page is for READERS to nominate one short story published in an online magazine during 2006. Editor nominations are here.

Note: Nominations are now closed.

Nominations will be accepted through April 15, 2007. To nominate a story, please first read the rules, then use the following format to place information in the comment box below:

storySouth
http://www.storysouth.com
Story: "7 Cornish Hens" by Erich Sysak
http://www.storysouth.com/fiction/2006/11/7_cornish_hens_1.html

Failure to use this format can result in nominations not being considered. Be sure to provide your name and a valid e-mail address or your nomination will not be considered.

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Note: If a story is already nominated below, there is no need to nominate that story multiple times. Attempts to "stuff" multiple nominations of the same story by one reader or a group of readers will be deleted.

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Pindeldyboz
http://www.pindeldyboz.com
Story:"Harvest My Heart" by Jeff Crook
http://www.pindeldyboz.com/jcheart.htm

Thieves Jargon
www.thievesjargon.com

Story: "Punchless Jimmy Collins" by Timothy Gager

http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=840

Konundrum
www.konundrum.com

Story: "All But Six" By Adam Cushman
http://lit.konundrum.com/prose/cushmana_all.php

Spork Press Weekly Fiction
www.sporkpress.com
Story: "Running" by Jamey Genna
http://sporkpress.com/weeklies/prose/archives/00000024.htm

The Cynic Online Magazine
http://www.cynicmag.com
Story: "All The Way To Dawn"....by D. H. Debelius, Jr.
http://archive.cynicmag.com/author.asp?author=DH%20Debelius%20Jr

The Hiss Quarterly
http://thehissquarterly.net
Story: Quell The Voices by Ann Hite
http://thehissquarterly.net/sot/hite.html


Verbsap
http://www.verbsap.com
story:The woggan stick, the maggottypie, and all the broken china
http://verbsap.com/06julyfic/sexton.html


Lablit.com
http://www.lablit.com
Story: The Toad, by Stefani Nellen
http://www.lablit.com/article/162

Ken*again

http://kenagain.freeservers.com/

Story: “Some Things My Sister Left Behind” by Lockie Hunter

http://kenagain.freeservers.com/PROSE.HTML#hunter

Outside Ink

Story: "The President's Parasite" by Jim Musgrave
http://www.outsiderink.com/06/fall/musgrave.php

Story: "The President's Parasite" by Jim Musgrave
http://www.outsiderink.com/06/fall/musgrave.php

VerbSap
http://www.verbsap.com/
Story: "La Difficulte d'Etre" by Richard Grayson
http://www.verbsap.com/06marfic/grayson.html

River Walk Journal

Story: "Revival" by Brenda G. Wooley
http://riverwalkjournal.org/vol3iss3/wooleyrevival.html

Whistling Shade
http://www.whistlingshade.com/
Story: "Boxes" by Michael Leone
http://www.whistlingshade.com/0601.html

Eclectica

http://www.eclectica.org

Story: "A Photographic Ear," by Phoebe Kate Foster

http://www.eclectica.org/v10n2/foster.html

Arabesques Review
http://www.arabesquespress.org
Story: Toward The Bottom by Kenneth Ryan
http://www.arabesquespress.org/journal/featuring/kenneth-ryan

VerbSap
http://www.verbsap.com
Story: "Fortune Cookie" by James Swingle
http://verbsap.com/06mayfic/swingle.html

Best Modern Fiction
http://www.bestmodernfiction.com/
Story: "Twelve Step Barbie" by Richard Grayson
http://www.bestmodernfiction.com/barbie.htm

Verbsap
http://www.verbsap.com
Story: "Another Song for You" by Nadine Darling
http://www.verbsap.com/2006winterissue/nadinedarlingfiction.html

Chick Flicks
http://www.chickflicksezine.com/

Story: "Begging For Liberation" by Mark Martin
http://www.chickflicksezine.com/archives/issue8/martin.html

Story: "Another Song for You" by Nadine Darling
http://www.verbsap.com/2006winterissue/nadinedarlingfiction.html

Slow Trains Literary Journal
http://www.slowtrains.com
Story: The Losers by J. C. Frampton
http://www.slowtrains.com/vol6issue1/framptonvol6issue1.html

TPQ OnLine
http://tpqonline.org/
Story: "Exhibitions" by Steven Gillis
http://tpqonline.org/exhibitions.html

Per Contra
http://www.percontra.net
Story: "Olives" by Nathan Leslie
http://www.percontra.net/5leslie.htm

Thieves Jargon
http://thievesjargon.com

Story: "Tsunami Party" by Caroline Kepnes

http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=587

Ken*again
http://kenagain.freeservers.com/
Story: “Some Things My Sister Left Behind” by Lockie Hunter
HYPERLINK
"http://kenagain.freeservers.com/PROSE.HTML#hunter"http://kenagain.frees
ervers.com/PROSE.HTML#hunter

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: "Those of Us Without Names" by Marc Phillips
http://thehissquarterly.net/words/phillips_cole.html

Submission for the Milton Award.

The Big Stupid Review
http://thedrillpress.com
Story: "To See Right Again" by David Quinn
http://www.thedrillpress.com/tex/2006-10-01/tex-2006-10-01-seeright-dquinn-01.shtml

Ken*again

http://kenagain.freeservers.com/

Story: “Some Things My Sister Left Behind” by Lockie Hunter

http://kenagain.freeservers.com/PROSE.HTML#hunter

Barcelona Review
http://www.barcelonareview.com/
Story: ROUTES by Laura Hird
"http://www.barcelonareview.com/eng/eng15.htm"

Crimson Highway

http://www.crimsonhighway.com

Story: "Striptease on Mount Rushmore" by Ed Lynskey

http://www.crimsonhighway.com/fiction/1206/striptease.html

Apogee Magazine
http://www.apogeemag.com/index.html
Story: "Melissa and the Good Legislator" by Richard Grayson
http://www.apogeemag.com/prosepoetry/melissa.html

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: "Those of Us Without Names" by Marc Phillips
http://thehissquarterly.net/words/phillips_cole.html

Adirondack Review
http://www.adirondackreview.homestead.com
Story: "Here's What I'll Give You" by Amy Havel
http://www.adirondackreview.homestead.com/havel.html

The Stickman Review
http://www.stickmanreview.com
Story: "Casanova" by Stefan Kiesbye
http://www.stickmanreview.com/V5N2/contents/kiesbye.html

Storyglossia
www.storyglossia.com
Story: "Tattooed People" by Seth Harwood
http://www.storyglossia.com/eighteen/sh_tattooed.html

VerbSap
http://www.verbsap.com
Story: "Dark Matter" by Randall Stickrod
http://verbsap.com/06mayfic/stickrod.html


Ken*again
http://kenagain.freeservers.com/
Story: “Some Things My Sister Left Behind” by Lockie Hunter
http://kenagain.freeservers.com/PROSE.HTML#hunter

http://www.southernhum.com

Story: "Butterflies are Free" by Lockie Hunter

http://www.southernhum/lockie-hunter

Thieves Jargon
www.thievesjargon.com
Story: "Mmmmmmm, Steak!" by Caroline Kepnes
http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=753

Thieves Jargon
http://thievesjargon.com

Story: "Tsunami Party" by Caroline Kepnes

http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=587

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: "Those of Us Without Names" by Marc Phillips
http://thehissquarterly.net/words/phillips_cole.html

Story: "Discarded" by Richelle Putnam
http://www.southernhum.com/richelle-putnam/

Eclectica
http://www.eclectica.org/index.html
Story: "Dr. Patel's Planets" by Richard Grayson
http://www.eclectica.org/v10n2/grayson.html

Ghoti Magazine

http://www.ghotimag.com

Story: "Mysteries Disappear and Life Stands Explained" by Phoebe Kate Foster

http://www.ghotimag.com/archives/issue6/Foster1.htm

Arabesques Review

http://www.arabesquespress.org

Story: "The Exquisite Delectation of Not Knowing" by Phoebe Kate Foster

http://www.arabesquespress.org/journal/phoebe-kate-foster-2312206

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: "Those of Us Without Names" by Marc Phillips
http://thehissquarterly.net/words/phillips_cole.html

Thieves Jargon
http://www.thievesjargon.com
Story: "I Tried, But It Turned Into A Deal" by James Greco
http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=718

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: "Those of Us Without Names" by Marc Phillips
http://thehissquarterly.net/words/phillips_cole.html

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: "Those of Us Without Names" by Marc Phillips
http://thehissquarterly.net/words/phillips_cole.html

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: "Those of Us Without Names" by Marc Phillips
http://thehissquarterly.net/words/phillips_cole.html

Storyglossia
http://www.storyglossia.com

Story: "What Happened to Everything," by Seth Harwood
http://www.storyglossia.com/thirteen/sh_what.html

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: "Those of Us Without Names" by Marc Phillips
http://thehissquarterly.net/words/phillips_cole.html

San Francisco Bay Guardian
http://www.sfbg.com/
Story: "At the Chosen Point of Entry, Finding Loss"
http://www.sfbg.com/40/21/lit_loss.html

The Morning News
www.themorningnews.org

Story:
Barnosky and I

http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/spoofs_satire/barnosky_and_i.php

Wheelhouse Magazine

Story: "They're Looking For Us" by Lourdez Vazquez

http://www.wheelhousemagazine.com/fiction/theyre_looking_for_us.html

The Angler
http://angler.donavanhall.net/?n=0

Story: "Swept Aside," by Steven J. McDermott
http://donavanhall.net/angler/004/?n=6

Word Riot
http://www.wordriot.org
Story: “Single Malts of the Olympic Peninsula,” by Steven J. McDermott
http://www.wordriot.org/template.php?ID=843

Storyglossia
http://www.storyglossia.com/front.html
Story: "My Seventies Stories" by Richard Grayson
http://www.storyglossia.com/fifteen/rg_seventies.html

Thieves Jargon

"The Placebo Treatment" by Spencer Dew

http://thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=444

Underground Voices

"Never Stopped Waiting" by P. H. Madore

http://www.undergroundvoices.com/UVMadorePH.htm

Cherry Bleeds

Story: "Drunk Again, Wondering" by P. H. Madore

http://www.cherrybleeds.com/words/guest/ph-dec06.html

NOÖ Journal
http://www.noojournal.com/
Story: "My First Day in Fun City" by Richard Grayson
http://www.noojournal.com/view.php?mode=1&issue=four&id=62

Storyglossia
www.storyglossia.com
Story: "They Three at Once Were One" by Kristen Tsetsi
http://www.storyglossia.com/sixteen/kt_three.html

I vote
"They Three at Once Were One" by Kristen Tsetsi
http://www.storyglossia.com/sixteen/kt_three.html

Great statement, almost surreal. The writer has a wonderful way with words...paints a picture with a minimum of verbiage!

R.KV.R.Y Quarterly

http://www.ninetymeetingsinninetydays.com/

Story: Clattering of Bones by Clifford Garstang

http://www.ninetymeetingsinninetydays.com/GarstangFiction.html

Thieves Jargon
http://www.thievesjargon.com
Story: "Hot Tarnuda Wax" by J. C. Frampton
http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=827

Storyglossia
www.storyglossia.com
Story: "They Three at Once Were One" by Kristen Tsetsi
http://www.storyglossia.com/sixteen/kt_three.html

Storyglossia
www.storyglossia.com
Story: "They Three at Once Were One" by Kristen Tsetsi
http://www.storyglossia.com/sixteen/kt_three.html

Storyglossia
www.storyglossia.com
Story: "They Three at Once Were One" by Kristen Tsetsi
http://www.storyglossia.com/sixteen/kt_three.html

Spinetingler
http://www.spinetinglermag.com
Story: "Tigergirl" by Daniel Arenson
http://www.danielarenson.com/Daniel/tigergirl.htm

Spinetingler
http://www.spinetinglermag.com/
Story: "'Til Death Do Us Part" by Selaine Henriksen
http://www.spinetinglermag.com/canadian2006contents.htm

Carve Magazine
http://www.carvezine.com
Story: "Jayne With a Y" by Steven McBrearty

Eclectica
http://www.eclectica.org

Story: "Delete Forever" by Caroline Kepnes

http://www.eclectica.org/v10n1/kepnes.html

Pindeldyboz
http://pindeldyboz.com/
story: "Police Story" by Linera Lucas

http://www.pindeldyboz.com/llpolice.htm

Storyglossia
http://www.storyglossia.com
Story: “What Happened to Everything,” by Seth Harwood
http://www.storyglossia.com/thirteen/sh_what.html

Storyglossia
www.storyglossia.com
Story: "They Three at Once Were One" by Kristen Tsetsi
http://www.storyglossia.com/sixteen/kt_three.html

Ken*again

http://kenagain.freeservers.com/

Story: “Some Things My Sister Left Behind” by Lockie Hunter

http://kenagain.freeservers.com/PROSE.HTML#hunter

Spinetingler Magazine
http://www.spinetinglermag.com
Story: "The House on the Hill" by Bradley Somer
http://www.spinetinglermag.com/canadian2006story7.htm

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: Under the Kitchen Table by Jodi Laughlin
http://thehissquarterly.net/sot/laughlin.html

Verbsap
http://www.verbsap.com
Story: "The Haunting, Inexorable Poltergeist Of Our Lives" by Tom Burkett
http://verbsap.com/06julyfic/burkett.html

Lorelei Signal
http://www.loreleisignal.com
Story: "The Crone's Tale" by Amy Benesch
http://www.loreleisignal.com/CronesTale.html

This is a difficult story about a difficult topic.

A mystery in Afghanistan leads to the end of the world...
Lightning Days: finalist for the USA Book News Awards
Available at http://www.swimmingkangaroo.com

Or read the companion short story 'A Sea of Grass' at
http://www.swimmingkangaroo.com/wading.html

Our Stories
http://www.ourstories.us/
Story: "What Do We Want? When Do We Want It?" by Jeremy Adam Smith
http://www.ourstories.us/Story_Jsmith.htm

Storyglossia
www.storyglossia.com
Story: "They Three at Once Were One" by Kristen Tsetsi
http://www.storyglossia.com/sixteen/kt_three.html

Juked
http://www.juked.com/index.html
Story: "Rampant Burping, 1970" by Richard Grayson
http://www.juked.com/2006/03/rampantburping.asp

Spinetingler Magazine
http://www.spinetinglermag.com
Story: "Haven City" by Beverle Graves Myers
http://www.spinetinglermag.com/fall2006story13.htm

Carve Magazine
carvezine.com
Story: "Jayne With a Y" by
Steven McBrearty
http://www.carvezine.com/archives/2006/January/Jayne_With_A_Y.htm

Thieves Jargon
www.thievesjargon.com
Story: "Fresh Sludge" by Steven J. McDermott
http://thievesjargon.com/content/workview.php?work=693

Verbsap
http://www.verbsap.com/
Story: "The Cow's Tongue" by Isabella Hale
http://verbsap.com/06marfic/hale.html

Summerset Review
www.summersetreview.org
Story: "Raw Toscana" by Jeffrey N Johnson
http://www.summersetreview.org/06summer/toscana.htm

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: "Those of Us Without Names" by Marc Phillips
http://thehissquarterly.net/words/phillips_cole.html

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: "Those of Us Without Names" by Marc Phillips
http://thehissquarterly.net/words/phillips_cole.html

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: "Those of Us Without Names" by Marc Phillips
http://thehissquarterly.net/words/phillips_cole.html

Spork
www.sporkpress.com
Avoidance by Elizabeth Ellen
http://sporkpress.com/4_3/Ellen.html

The Hiss Quarterly
http://www.hissquarterly.com/
Story: "Those of Us Without Names" by Marc Phillips
http://thehissquarterly.net/words/phillips_cole.html

Crime and Suspense
www.crimeandsuspense.com
Story: "Heavy Burdens" by John J. Wilson (August 2006)
http://www.crimeandsuspense.com/index.htm

Author: Michael Hennessey

Story: "The Shaker Takes a Fall"

Mom Writer’s Literary Magazine
www.momwriterslitmag.com
Story: "Biscuit Connection" by Beth Groundwater
www.momwriterslitmag.com/FirstPlace.htm

Crime and Suspense
http//:www.crimeandsuspense.com

Story: "Caught Cheating" by John J. Wilson.
September 2006

Word Riot

http://www.wordriot.org

Story: "The Menstrual Cycle of the Mind" by Mark Vender

http://www.wordriot.org/template.php?ID=780

Strange Horizons
www.strangehorizons.com
Story: "The Desires of Houses" by Haddayr Copley-Woods
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2006/20060213/copley-woods-f.shtml

Soryglossia
In-Coming
http://www.storyglossia.com/sixteen/cl_incoming.html by Christiana Langenberg

The Rose and Thorn Literary Ezine

www.theroseandthornezine.com

Story:"Broken Dogs"

http://www.theroseandthornezine.com/Winter06/Dogs.html

LauraHird.com
www.laurahird.com
Story: Ramon by Chris Davis
http://laurahird.com/showcase/chrisdavis.html

Fiction Warehouse
http://www.fictionwarehouse.com/index.asp
Story: "It Was Thirty Years Ago Today" by Richard Grayson
http://www.fictionwarehouse.com/yr03/stories/060118g.asp

The Scruffy Dog Review
http://www.thescruffydogreview.com/
Story: T