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WNIJ launched it's first "Three-Minute Fiction" contest in September, 2015 with a prompt issued by award-winning author, GK Wuori:I'm a curious person. No, I'm a nosey person. Nooo. I'm a snoop, and it's finally gotten me into trouble.We received more than 100 submissions. Wuori, a Pushcart Prize-winner, selected five authors and we invited them to our studios to record their stories. Wuori then selected another five authors for honorable mentions, and we include their readings in this archive.We welcome your comments to these stories. And if you talk about this series on social media, please use #WNIJReadWithME.WNIJ's "Three-Minute Fiction" was inspired by an NPR contest of the same name.

Here's The First Story For "Three-Minute Fiction"

Carl Nelson

Remember last month when we launched our first-ever contest for short fiction? We called it "Three-Minute Fiction," inspired by an NPR contest of the same name.

GK Wuori, a Pushcart-Prize winning author, issued https://youtu.be/37vRQaL93Yg" target="_blank">the prompt, and agreed to be our judge. When the deadline arrived on Sept. 20, we had more than 100 submissions.

After much deliberation, Wuori selected five finalists who get to read their stories on our air. All of these were winners, he says, so we'll broadcast the author readings in the order he called them -- one per day this week during Morning Edition.

Wuori also selected five honorable mentions; we'll post these authors reading their work later this week.

In the link below, Wuori describes the qualities he liked about the first of his finalists:

The author is Terry Dickow of Rochelle, Illinois. Below, we posted a video of Dickow reading his story, "Untitled."

Tomorrow, we'll post the 2nd of Wuori's finalists. Listen during Morning Edition at 6:44 and 8:44 (CT). Then come back here to see a video of the author reading his/her story.

Thanks to all the authors who submitted stories. We're already making plans to have another short fiction contest next year. In the mean time, keep writing! Someday you might get to share your story with WNIJ listeners.

Good morning, Early Riser! Since 1997 I've been waking WNIJ listeners with the latest news, weather, and program information with the goal of seamlessly weaving this content into NPR's Morning Edition.
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