Weird Christmas Podcast

2024 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest/Anthology Results Show

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2024 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest Winners:

Weird Card Winner: “The Study of Owls and the Christmas Contronyms” by Daniel Roop

Unreal Holiday Celebration Winner: “The Mycelial Muffinheads’ Annual Pilgrimage to the Cave of Forget-Me-Nothings” by C.L. Sidell

Stocking Stuffer Winner: “All Eves for the Yule” by A.S. Hahrwort

All the stories: (in no special order other than appearance on the show):

  • “Nativity” by John Nicol
  • “The Sadly Beautiful Life Cycle of the Mrs. Claus” by Nicoletta Giuseffi
  • “Rudolpha” by Nicholas De Marino
  • “Countdown to Christmas” by John Wolf
  • “Keepers of the Fruitcake” by Carla Rudy
  • “Liturgy for the Feast Among the Gastroliths” by Cardigan Broadmoor
  • “O Unholy Night” by Matthew Reyes
  • “Northern Romance” by Reva Sherrard
  • “St. O’Clause” by Lancelot Schaubert
  • “Advent” by Ben Daggers
  • “There Was Only Ever One Delivery” by Brian B. Humby
  • “Santa Hooks Up a Sabbatical” by Paul Lewthwaite
  • “Canary” by Stephanie Kelly
  • “Growing Season of the Giver” by J. Rohr
  • “Lightsgiving” by Greg Clumpner
  • “Niklaus” by Rosa Meronek
  • “The Study of Owls and the Christmas Contranyms” by Daniel Roop
  • “The Mythical Muffinheads’ Annual Pilgrimage to the Cave of Forget-Me-Nothings” by C.L. Sidell
  • “All Eves for the Yule” by A.S. Hahrwort

    • Please help support the contest, the podcast, and Weird Christmas website by donating/gifting any and all amounts at Ko-Fi.com (click here). The money from the prizes is all from donations. And the more donations I get, the more I can give to the contestants. My long term goal is to make every story count as a professional sale by most writing organization’s standards. You can also donate any amount through PayPal by giving to [email protected].

    A big thank you to both volunteer readers this season: Dustin Pari (@dustinpari, who is always so wonderfully generous and optimistic and inspiring), and my friend Joel who wants nothing more to do with this whole thing.

    Usual opening: “O Holy Night” by Tiny Tim, “Christmas Doesn’t Last” by Make Like Monkeys, “Santa Claus Boogie” by Hasil Adkins, “Space Age Santa” by Ross Christman

    Special opening: “Christmas-Procrastination Blues” by Tom DeMasters.

    Bumper music (ripped straight from YouTube): by Myuu (for the dark piano) and a host of wonderful theramin artists.

    Contest results from previous years: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018.

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