Million Writers Award was a short storyliterary award presented annually by storySouth[1][2] from 2003 to 2016.[3][4] It honored the best online short stories. The award was structured to be egalitarian allowing for anyone to nominate a story including readers, authors, editors and publishers; prize money was donated by readers and writers; and the winners were selected by public vote from a short-list of entries selected by judges.[5][6]