Announcing the Winner of the 2025 Short Story Award

Charlotte Gerwin of Guelph, Ontario, Canada is the winner of the 2025 Short Story Award. Charlotte Gerwin, author and winner of the 2025 Short Story Award Her short story "Mary's Merry Mugs" is a tender, witty, and quietly devastating piece that uses an everyday object—a mug—to trace love, ambition, time, and memory. It won the contest for several reasons: Fresh, charming premise with real…

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