The 2012 Million Writers Award is now closed

Million Writers Award anthologies Spotlight Publishing has released two retrospective anthologies of Million Writers Award stories. For complete information, including how to order, go here for the SF/F anthology and here for the New Online Voices anthology.

The winners of the 2012 Million Writers Award have been announced. They are:

• First Place: "The Mill Pond" by xTx (from StoryGlossia)

• Second Place: "On Familiar Terms" by Kelly Cherry (from Blackbird)

• Honorable Mention: "The Butcher's Chimes" by Micah Dean Hicks (from Menda City Review)

$1,000 in cash and prizes!

Thank you to everyone who took part in this year's award. This year's prizes were:

• $500 for the overall winner, plus a $100 gift certificate from ThinkGeek
• $250 for the runner-up / second place winner
• $100 for the third place winner plus a $50 gift card to Powells.com, sponsored by writingprompts.us
• In addition, all three winners will receive free books from Dzanc Books (who also generously contributed to the overall prize money)

This year's donors were:

$100 or more	$50 to $100	Other Amounts
Spring Garden Press (publisher of storySouth) One anonymous donation	Daily Science Fiction Dzanc Books Rick Groszkiewicz Tarl Kudrick,  founder of On The Premises magazine StarShipSofa	Kathryn Baker Richard Bowes Jeremy Butler Cartwheel Media Barbara Diehl Mary Garber Anne Germanacos The Workplace Anthology Caroline Yoachim Peter Young Several anonymous donations

Thank you to all of our donors. While donations are not tax-deductible, the full amount (minus the Paypal service charge) goes toward prize money for the Million Writers Award. Our online fiction award literally wouldn't be the same without these generous people.

Quick links to 2012 Million Writers Award

• How the award works (i.e., the rules)
• Top 10 stories and the final judges
• The notable stories of 2011
• This year's editor nominations
• This year's reader nominations
  

Previous Million Writers Awards

• See the 2011 award
• See the 2010 award
• See the 2009 award
• See the 2008 award
• 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 founding editor Jason Sanford at lapthai@yahoo.com. For general updates about the award, be sure to check out Jason's website and his Twitter account.