2024 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest Winners:
Weird Card Winner: āThe Study ofĀ OwlsĀ and the Christmas Contronymsā by Daniel Roop
Unreal Holiday Celebration Winner: āTheĀ MycelialĀ Muffinheadsā Annual Pilgrimage to the Cave of Forget-Me-Nothingsā by C.L. Sidell
Stocking Stuffer Winner: āAll Eves for the Yuleā by A.S. Hahrwort
All the stories:Ā (in no special order other than appearance on the show):
āNativityāĀ by John Nicol
āThe Sadly Beautiful Life Cycle of the Mrs. ClausāĀ by Nicoletta Giuseffi
āRudolphaāĀ by Nicholas De Marino
āCountdown to ChristmasāĀ by John Wolf
āKeepers of the FruitcakeāĀ by Carla Rudy
āLiturgy for the Feast Among the GastrolithsāĀ by Cardigan Broadmoor
āO Unholy NightāĀ by Matthew Reyes
āNorthern RomanceāĀ by Reva Sherrard
āSt. OāClauseāĀ by Lancelot Schaubert
āAdventāĀ by Ben Daggers
āThere Was Only Ever One DeliveryāĀ by Brian B. Humby
āSanta Hooks Up a SabbaticalāĀ by Paul Lewthwaite
āCanaryāĀ by Stephanie Kelly
āGrowing Season of the GiverāĀ by J. Rohr
āLightsgivingāĀ by Greg Clumpner
āNiklausāĀ by Rosa Meronek
āThe Study of Owls and the Christmas ContranymsāĀ by Daniel Roop
āThe Mythical Muffinheadsā Annual Pilgrimage to the Cave of Forget-Me-NothingsāĀ by C.L. Sidell
āAll Eves for the YuleāĀ by A.S. Hahrwort
Please help support the contest, the podcast, and Weird Christmas website by donating/gifting any and all amountsĀ 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 organizationās standards. You can alsoĀ donate any amount through PayPalĀ by giving to
[email protected].
AĀ bigĀ thank you to both volunteer readers this season:Ā Dustin PariĀ (@dustinpari, who is always so wonderfully generous and optimistic and inspiring), andĀ my friend JoelĀ who wants nothing more to do with this whole thing.
Usual opening:Ā āO Holy NightāĀ by Tiny Tim,Ā āChristmas Doesnāt LastāĀ by Make Like Monkeys,Ā āSanta Claus BoogieāĀ by Hasil Adkins,Ā āSpace Age SantaāĀ by Ross Christman
Special opening:Ā āChristmas-Procrastination BluesāĀ byĀ Tom DeMasters.
Bumper music (ripped straight from YouTube): byĀ MyuuĀ (for the dark piano) and aĀ hostĀ ofĀ wonderfulĀ theraminĀ artists.
Contest results from previous years:Ā 2023,Ā 2022,Ā 2021,Ā 2020,Ā 2019,Ā 2018.