Million Writers Award
Top Ten Stories of 2007
Here they are: The top ten online short stories of 2007. I encourage people to also check out the Notable Stories of 2007, from which I selected the top ten stories. The notable stories listing includes the online magazines and journals which were selected as the year's best.
This year's award is sponsored by the Edit Red Writing Community. As a result of this sponsorship, the award features a $300 prize for the overall winner of the public vote.
Thanks to everyone for helping to support online literature.
Jason Sanford
editor and publisher
storySouth
Top Ten Stories of 2007:
- "Do Not Hate Them Very Much" by Matthew M. Quick (Agni)
- "Friday Afternoons on Bus 51" by Sruthi Thekkiam (Blackbird)
- "Postcards from my Brother" by Paul Yoon (Memorious)
- "We Never Talk About My Brother" by Peter S. Beagle (Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show)
- "The Ethical Dilemma of a Sandwich Down the Pants" by Kelly Shriver (Pindeldyboz)
- "The Hide" by Liz Williams (Strange Horizons)
- "Alex Trebek Never Eats Fried Chicken" by Matt Bell (Storyglossia)
- "Grinder" by X.J. Kennedy (StoryQuarterly) Note: free registration required to read this story.
- "The Surgeon's Tale" by Cat Rambo and Jeff VanderMeer (Subterranean)
- "News About Yourself" by Scott Wolven (Thuglit)
