Stories of the Week: Contest #331
Welcome back to your weekly wrap-up of the Reedsy Prompts contest! This week’s tales are hot off the press, so settle in and check out our latest contest winner, the runners-up, and recent popular entries in your preferred genres below.
Also, don’t forget to like and comment on your favorites! Our authors work hard on their submissions every week — your support and feedback mean the world to them.
Winner 🏆
First Snow
by
Mark Kodak
A woman wakes to first snow and must fulfill a promise that demands winter boots and an iron will. How far can her love travel on a mountain that seems so indifferent?
💡 Inspired by the prompt:
Start or end your story with someone watching snow fall.
📌 Why it won: Guest judge Evelyn Skye said: "'First Snow' captured me with its gorgeous prose. This short story painted an evocative picture of the quiet strength and love that finds it way through grief. I appreciated how Kodak's setting was as much a character as Ruth and her partner, all their histories rich and deeply portrayed. Bravo!"
Runners-up 🏅
The Ravens Who Watch
by
A. Y. R
A drifting postgraduate moves to a remote Icelandic town where winter lingers and ravens pay close (unwanted) attention. Who knew studying birds could unravel one’s sanity — or one’s humanity?
💡 Inspired by the prompt:
Include a moment in which someone knocks on a door right before or after midnight.
You're Melting.
by
James Scott
During an Alaskan winter, a teenage girl tries to survive in a remote cabin where a father’s idea of honesty makes the cold outside seem almost kind.
💡 Inspired by the prompt:
Set your story in a place where something valuable is hidden beneath the ice.
Stories you might like 👀
This week’s top stories from your preferred genres.
Fiction
The Noise Collector.
by
Gaby Nøhr
The Sound of Ice Growing
by
Laura Specht
Horror
Lost and Found
by
Akihiro Moroto
The Color of Snow
by
Saffron Roxanne
Fantasy
Dreams by Dragons
by
C. A. Janke
Glass Bones
by
Zoe Dixon
And there you have it: the latest and greatest of this week! If you want to change your preferred genres or opt out of this newsletter, you can do so anytime in your Account Settings.
Stay tuned for next week’s wrap-up, which will feature stories from the "Under the Weather" edition of our contest.
Happy reading,
Isabella, Chief Story Curator @ Reedsy
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