canadianspankee:
This feature has always been available. No need to ask. If you want to submit a story as per the instructions simply go ahead and do it.
CS
It ground to a halt as it was the same two or three people sending stuff through; unless you get a bunch of people contributing, it's not worth doing. We're not only asking for nominations, but a paragraph or two describing the particular story and why you think it merits being Story of the Week. So that means a bit of time and effort is required ... which unfortunately, is probably why we never got many takers.