Guild Literary Complex

You know the saying good things come in pairs? We couldn’t agree more and this month we have quite the literary duo – Palabra Pura: Want and our Annual Prose Awards.

 

But before we get into those events, let’s not forget one very important deadline. Submissions for the 2014 Prose Awards are due on October 1st.  Don’t miss your chance to win $500 in our fiction or nonfiction categories.

 

And now, onto the events…

 

Curated by the energetically talented Cyn Vargas, this month’s Palabra Pura: Want lineup includes Bobby Biedrzycki, Adriana Galvan, and Kevin Kane. Witness them explore the fundamentals of desire back at our usual spot, La Bruquena, on Wednesday, October 15th at 7:30 pm.

 

Craving some competitive prose? Our annual Prose Awards is October 22nd at 7:30 pm at the Chopin Theatre. Don’t miss your opportunity to see Chicago’s best go head-to-head, along with our renowned judges, Award-winning Novelist Janet Burroway and Booklist Editor Donna Seaman. Head’s up: admission for this event is $8, but we promise it’ll be worth it.

 

And just in case you haven’t done so yet, be sure to check out our Dispatches blog as several Chicago authors reflect on their recent trip to Norway to attend the Kapittel conference, where literature’s most daring gather in support of exiled writers and freedom of speech. All the details can be found here.

 

We’ll see you there.