The storySouth Million Writers Award

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:

$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

Previous Million Writers Awards

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.