The Reader's annual fiction issue comes out December 24.

Submissions are being taken at fiction@chicagoreader.com. The deadline for submissions is November 10. Stories of any length are welcome.

Here are the five excellent stories we ran last year. And here's the 2006 issue.

Sending your piece in the body of an e-mail works best, but you can also send a link or an attachment. Please don't submit work that's been published elsewhere.

Send a letter to the editor.

From the Reader blogs

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