By the traffic this blog is receiving from the storySouth 2008 Million Writers Award page, its obvious that people are eagerly awaiting our release of the list of notable stories of the year. Unfortunately, between the demands of work and life I was unable to finish coding the list for upload today. If all goes well, the notable stories will be released next Sunday. If I don't make that deadline, I give the readers, writers and editors of the world permission to both burn me in effigy and slander me at will on the literary blogs of their choosing.

As always, a big thanks goes to the Edit Red Writing Community for sponsoring the contest, which means there is a $300 prize for the overall winner. I should also note that the Edit Red community has nothing to do with me taking too long to compile this year's lists of notable stories.