Although I agree that all the stories were great, it's Susie's year in my mind.
I admired all the talent displayed by the entrants and appreciated their imaginations and writing skill.
A tall order for CZ to adjudicate.
RIP SQ. We clashed a bit way back when - at first I couldn't abide laughter at moism, which was often Susie's go to coping suggestion - as I found no humour at all in my Mormon interlude, and the accounts here from BICs were far worse than my own experience. I have mellowed a bit on that score but still, to me, the only humour in Mormonism, ironically, is that displayed by its ex-members and supportive nevermos who protest with talent (such as satirically) and often other myriad under-stated ways.
Well, maybe I laughed a bit during SMs at the oft-repeated refrain between myself and another convert that "the Emperor has no clothes!" as we struggled to come to terms with this strange church we had joined and stranger yet, felt duty bound to stick with. I was so surprised when I first came to RfM and the Emperor thing was a frequent comment by many. I felt sheepish that I had twigged to that early on but somehow it didn't translate into quickly concluding that the Mormon Church was not what we had thought. Despite being desperately unhappy from my baptism night onwards I tried for three whole long dark years to live up to the "covenants" I had made, even though I had no earthly clue what the heck it was all about. Even the so-called temple class was way short on actual helpful realistic details. Why all the secrecy and obfuscation? A little bit cray-cray from this perspective now.
As for SQ, it's strangely quiet here without her. I'm so glad she submitted a short story and wish she was here to give us another one next time.