A coefficient was dropped sometime during the calculation process, but the Million Writers Award has finally settled upon the Top Ten Stories of 2004. The winners are:
- Terry Bisson "Super 8" (Scifiction.com)
- Jai Clare "Bone on Bone" (Agni)
- Xujun Eberlein "Second Encounter" (Paumanok Review)
- Alicia Gifford "Toggling the Switch" (Narrative Magazine)
- Richard Grayson "Branch Libraries of Southeastern Brooklyn" (Fiction Warehouse)
- Trebor Healey "The Mercy Seat" (Blithe House Quarterly)
- Dave Housley "Ryan Seacrest Is Famous" (Barrelhouse)
- Joan Shaddox Isom "Remade Tobacco" (Eclectica Magazine)
- Corey Mesler "Madame Sabat’s Grave" (Pindeldyboz)
- Chika Unigwe "Dreams" (Eclectica Magazine)