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Home » Pure Fiction

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Call for submissions: The Reader’s 15th annual Pure Fiction issue

by Jake Malooley October 17, 2014August 18, 2021

Who knows—a short story could be your debut novel’s first chapter.

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Call for submissions: The Reader’s 14th annual Pure Fiction issue

by Sam Worley October 17, 2013August 19, 2021

Submissions to our annual Pure Fiction issue are due November 15.

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Reader fiction, past and future

by Jerome Ludwig December 15, 2012August 19, 2021

A sampling of great fiction that’s appeared in the Chicago Reader over the years

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Call for submissions to the 13th annual Pure Fiction issue

by Jerome Ludwig September 27, 2012August 19, 2021

Hello, Chicago writers. Send in your best short stories for a chance to be published in our next Pure Fiction issue

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Starting today on the Bleader: Alderman Week

by Tal Rosenberg January 23, 2012August 19, 2021

This week’s “Variations on a Theme”: Alderman Week

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Fiction Week: The Ernie Bedlam Stories

by Craig Champlin January 20, 2012August 19, 2021

The fifth and final part of Craig Champlin’s “The Ernie Bedlam Stories”

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Fiction Week: The Ernie Bedlam Stories

by Craig Champlin January 19, 2012August 19, 2021

Craig Champlin’s Ernie Bedlam Stories

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Fiction Week: The Ernie Bedlam Stories

by Craig Champlin January 18, 2012August 19, 2021

Part three of Craig Champlin’s “Ernie Bedlam Stories”

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Fiction Week: The Ernie Bedlam Stories

by Craig Champlin January 17, 2012August 19, 2021

Pure Fiction: Craig Champlin’s Ernie Bedlam Stories, Part Two

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Fiction Week: The Ernie Bedlam Stories

by Craig Champlin January 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Pure Fiction: Craig Champlin’s “Ernie Bedlam” Stories, Part One, Variations on a Theme

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In this week’s Reader: Pure fiction

by Tal Rosenberg January 12, 2012August 19, 2021

What’s in the January 12, 2012 issue of the Reader

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Pure Fiction: call for submissions

by Jerome Ludwig October 24, 2011August 19, 2021

The Chicago Reader is accepting submissions for its annual Pure Fiction issue

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2000

by Michael Miner August 4, 2011August 19, 2021

The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader

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Indie Booksellers Choice Awards Finalists

by Jerome Ludwig May 2, 2011August 19, 2021

Indie Booksellers Choice Awards Finalists

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Fiction Issue: Call for Submissions

by Kiki Yablon September 15, 2010August 19, 2021

Submit your short fiction to the Reader’s 11th annual Pure Fiction issue.

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