730pm - The short fiction and non-fiction submissions are in, and three finalists in each category will be revealed next week. Each of them will read their entry and be recognized before we announce the $250 cash-prize winners during the event. It’s like our version of the Oscars, but better. Why? Because the stories are your stories!

Thanks to everyone who submitted, and special thanks to our 2013 final judges, Cristina Henríquez (fiction) and Miles Harvey (non-fiction). This year’s Prose Awards is sponsored in part by Wicker Park Bucktown, SSA #33. WPB SSA#33 is administered by the WPB Chamber of Commerce.