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Reader nominations for 2008 Million Writers Award

The 2008 Million Writers Award is now open for nominations. This page is for READERS to nominate one short story published in an online magazine during 2007. Editor nominations are here.

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Nominations will be accepted through March 31, 2008. 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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storySouth
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Story: "7 Cornish Hens" by Erich Sysak
http://www.storysouth.com/fiction/2006/11/7_cornish_hens_1.html

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Nossa Morte
http://www.nossamorte.com
Story: "Buried Treasure" by Robert Laughlin
http://www.nossamorte.com/nov.07/buriedtreasure.html

Story: "The Last Stand of the Elephant Man" by Jennifer Pelland
http://www.helixsf.com/archives/Oct07/fiction/Q2_pelland_elephantman.htm

Zoetrope: All-Story
http://www.all-story.com
Story: "A Crisis for Mr. Lion" by William Preston
http://www.all-story.com/issues.cgi?action=show_story&story_id=349

Helix
http://www.helixsf.com
Story: "The Last Stand of the Elephant Man" by Jennifer Pelland
http://www.helixsf.com/archives/Oct07/fiction/Q2_pelland_elephantman.htm

Antithesis Common

http://www.antithesiscommon.com/

Story: "The Stranger Below" by Sam Vargo

http://www.antithesiscommon.com/issue6/pg8.htm

www.zygoteinmycoffee.com

Story: The Top of Grace's Upper Lip by Timothy Gager

http://www.zygoteinmycoffee.com/zygote70s/issue80thetopofgrace.html

Eclectica Magazine
http://www.eclectica.org/
Story: "Loss of Balance" by Anne Leigh Parrish
http://www.eclectica.org/v11n4/parrish.html

Barrelhouse

Story: "Seven Reasons Jerome Loves Sizzler"
by: Tom Lavagnino

Long Story Short

http://www.longstoryshort.us

Story: NANA by Monika Lange

http://www.longstoryshort.us/Aug07/NANA.html

storySouth
http://www.storysouth.com
Story: "In the Valley of Love and Delight"
http://www.eclectica.org/v11n1/shishin.html

Hub Magazine
http://www.hub-mag.co.uk

Story: "Man for a Moment" by Jeff Crook
http://www.hub-mag.co.uk/images/Hub_12.pdf

CautionaryTale
http://cautionarytale.com
Story: The World's Most Romantic City
http://cautionarytale.com/features/fillion_romantic.htm

JMWW
http://www.jmww150m.com
Story: "The Small Girl" by Patrick D. Hahn
http://jmww.150m.com/Hahn2.html

Story: "Souvenir" by Nicholas Ripatrazone

http://www.thievesjargon.com/workview.php?work=888

Clarkesworld

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/

"I'll Gnaw Your Bones, the Manticore Said" by Cat Rambo

http://www.clarkesworldmagazine.com/rambo_07_07.html

Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine
http://yjhm.yale.edu/
Story: 911 by Paul Rousseau
http://yjhm.yale.edu/essays/prousseau20070328.htm

River Walk Journal
Story: "Maternal Instincts" by Diane Kimbrell
http://www.riverwalkjournal.org/vol3iss5/kimbrellmaternal.html

Outsider Writers

www.outsiderwriters.org

Story: "The Night I Found Out I was A Somebody" by: Mathias Nelson

http://www.outsiderwriters.org/content/view/539/1/

Eclectica Magazine

http://www.eclectica.org/

Story: "Ten Who Made America!" by David Ewald

http://www.eclectica.org/v11n1/ewald.html

StoryGlossia
www.storyglossia.com
"The Ataturk of the Outer Boroughs" by Jacob M. Appel
http://www.storyglossia.com/26/ja_ataturk.html

Pindeldyboz
http://www.pindeldyboz.com/
Story: "Whisper" by Brian Allen Carr

http://www.pindeldyboz.com/bacscar.htm.,

Story: "Whisper to Scar" by Brian Carr

Eclectica Magazine
http://www.eclectica.org/
For the Eyes of Dogs to Come
http://www.eclectica.org/v11n3/grimmett.html

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Pindeldyboz
http://www.pindeldyboz.com/
Story: "Whisper" by Brian Allen Carr
http://www.pindeldyboz.com/bacscar.htm

Eclectica Magazine
http://www.eclectica.org/
Story: "Wonderful You" by Mary Beth Caschetta
http://eclectica.org/v11n3/caschetta.html

Small Spiral Notebook
Story: "Expendable" by Mary Beth Caschetta
http://www.smallspiralnotebook.com/fiction/2007/03/expendable_by_mary_beth_casche.shtml


Word Riot
http://www.wordriot.org/
Story: "Raul Shows Me Things" by A.S. King


http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1316

Literary Mama
http://www.literarymama.com
Story: "Family Vacation" by Janis Hubschman
http://www.literarymama.com/fiction/archives/001525.html

Eclectica Magazine
http://www.eclectica.org
Story: "Babies" by Gary Moshimer
http://www.eclectica.org/v11n4/moshimer.html

the2ndhand
http://the2ndhand.com
Story: "If Fred Dryer Had Been Sam Malone" by Jeremy Wilson
http://the2ndhand.com/archive/dryer.html

Eclectica
http:/www.eclectica.org/
Story: Hijras on the Highway by Rumjhum Biswas
http://www.eclectica.org/v11n1/biswas.html

Farmhouse Magazine
Story: "Last Day of Summer" by Steve Barker

http://www.farmhousemagazine.com/14Fbarker.html

Eclectica
http:/www.eclectica.org/

Story: "The Rhino of the Real" by Tim Horvath
http://www.eclectica.org/v11n2/horvath.html

Lone Star Stories

Story: "Angels of a Desert Heaven" by Marguerite Reed

http://literary.erictmarin.com/archives/Issue%2024/issue_24.htm

Farmhouse Magazine Sept/Oct 2007
www.farmhousemagazine.com
Story: Last Day of Summer by Steve Barker
http://www.farmhousemagazine.com/14Fbarker.html

the 2nd hand
http://the2ndhand.com
Story: "Baby Boy McCaffrey" by Xavier McCaffrey
http://www.the2ndhand.com/archive/babyboy.html

Oxford Magazine

"Waxy Maxy" by M.O. Walsh
http://community.muohio.edu/oxmag/node/21

Thrilling Detective
http://www.thrillingdetective.com
Story: "A Saving Grace" by Patricia Abbott
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/fiction/07_06_01.html

Storyglossia
http://www.storyglossia.com
Story: "Louder Gospel," by Anthony Neil Smith
http://www.storyglossia.com/21/ns_gospel.html

Green Integer
www.greeninteger.com
Story: Rider of the Jade Horse by Michael Disend

http://www.greeninteger.com/green_integer_review/issue_9/Michael-Disend.cfm

Thuglit
http://www.thuglit.com/
Story: "Death Don't Have No Mercy" by William Boyle
http://www.thuglit.com/zine/thug17/docs/deathdont.pdf

Dead Mule School of Southern Literature
http://www.deadmule.com
"Reena" by J. C. Frampton
http://www.deadmule.com/fiction/2007/04/jc-frampton-reena

Clarkesworld Magazine
http://www.clarkesworldmagazine.com
The First Female President by Michael De Kler
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/dekler_04_07

Literary Mama
http://www.literarymama.com
"Civil Ceremonies", by
Miriam N. Kotzin
http://www.literarymama.com/fiction/archives/001411.html

Southerngothic.org:

"The Dream Machine" by Justin C. Gordon
http://www.southerngothic.org/2007/09/dream-machine.html

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Storyglossia
http://www.storyglossia.com
Story: "Louder Gospel," by Anthony Neil Smith
http://www.storyglossia.com/21/ns_gospel.html

Storyglossia
http://www.storyglossia.com
Story: "Louder Gospel," by Anthony Neil Smith
http://www.storyglossia.com/21/ns_gospel.html

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Coyote Wild
http://coyotewildmag.com/autumn2007/mirror_murphy.html
Story: Mirror,Mirror
Author: Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy

Identity Theory
http://www.identitytheory.com/
Story: "Motor Repair," by Scott Wrobel
http://www.identitytheory.com/fiction/wrobel_motor.php

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Bare Root Review
"Sound and Vision" by Lisa Marie Nohner
http://www.southwestmsu.edu/CampusLife/BareRootReview/5nohner.htm

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/

Quay Journal
http://www.quayjournal.org
Story: "Cowless, Rainbowless" by Myfanwy Collins
http://www.quayjournal.org/1_1/cow.htm

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Free Darko
http://www.freedarko.com
Story: "Where You From" by Jake Lemkowitz
http://freedarko.blogspot.com/2007/08/where-you-from.html

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

The Dublin Quarterly
http://www.dublinquarterly.com
Story: "The Sandman" by Sandra Jensen
http://www.dublinquarterly.com/12/f_sjensen.html

Eclectica Magazine
http://www.eclectica.org
Story:"Keeper of Cats" by Rumjhum Biswas http://www.eclectica.org/v11n4/biswas.html

Pindeldyboz
http://www.pindeldyboz.com/
Story: "Whisper to Scar" by Brian Carr

http://www.pindeldyboz.com/bacscar.htm.,

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

The old Manof the Mountain, great story

Hot Metal Press
www.hotmetalpress.net
Story: "Headless Ignatz" by Frank Haberle
http://www.hotmetalpress.net/FrankHaberle.html

Storyglossia
http://www.storyglossia.com
Story: "Louder Gospel," by Anthony Neil Smith
http://www.storyglossia.com/21/ns_gospel.html

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

The Dublin Quarterly
http://www.dublinquarterly.com
Story: "The Sandman" by Sandra Jensen
http://www.dublinquarterly.com/12/f_sjensen.html

Clarkesworld Magazine
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com
Story: "Something in the Mermaid Way" by Carrie Laben
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/laben_03_07

Carve Magazine
http://www.carvezine.com/
Story: "The First Fire" by David Andrew Stoler
http://carvezine.com/MARCH07/stoler.htm

Identity Theory
http://identitytheory.com/
Story: "Dinosaur House" by Ali Fahmy
http://www.identitytheory.com/fiction/fahmy_house.php

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Carve Magazine
http://www.carvezine.com/
Story: "The First Fire" by David Andrew Stoler
http://carvezine.com/MARCH07/stoler.htm

The Dublin Quarterly
http://www.dublinquarterly.com
Story: "The Sandman" by Sandra Jensen
http://www.dublinquarterly.com/12/f_sjensen.html

Word Riot
www.wordriot.org
Story: "An Appointment" by Kevin Hardcastle
http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1224

Storyglossia
http://www.storyglossia.com
Story: "Louder Gospel," by Anthony Neil Smith
http://www.storyglossia.com/21/ns_gospel.html

The Dublin Quarterly

"The Sandman" by Sandra Jensen
http://www.dublinquarterly.com/12/f_sjensen.html

r.kv.ry. Quarterly

"Sixty-Nine Dollars" by Sandra Jensen

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

The story title is Old Man of the Mountain

Conte: A Journal of Narrative Writing
http://www.conteonline.net/
Story: "The Tasting Room" by Tim Millas
http://www.conteonline.net/issue0301/f01.shtml

Carve Magazine
http://www.carvezine.com/
Story: "The First Fire" by David Andrew Stoler
http://carvezine.com/MARCH07/stoler.htm