Call For Submissions The Reader S 15Th Annual Pure Fiction Issue

• The 2013 Pure Fiction issue

In January, the Reader will publish its 15th annual Pure Fiction issue, a collection of short stories submitted by mostly local fiction writers paired with illustrations by mostly local artists. This year, we’ll take submissions until November 15.

Pure Fiction’s most recent success is Jessie Ann Foley, a Chicago Public Schools English teacher who had work in the 2010 and 2012 issues. That first story, “The Carnival at Bray,” about a teen girl uprooted from Chicago when her family moves to Ireland, became the opening chapter in her debut novel of the same name published earlier this month by Elephant Rock Books.