Come celebrate Washington City Paper's Fiction Issue! This past fall, local writers submitted short stories that comment, in big and small ways, on life in the District. Our panel of judges picked their favorites, which you can read now online and in the January 10 print edition of City Paper.

The winning writers will read from their stories and discuss how and why they write about the District. Whether you’ve resolved to read more fiction in the new year or just want to take a break from the news, we hope you'll stop by to listen.

City Paper Community Conversations

City Paper Community Conversations are a series of engaging panels, round tables, workshops, and discussions that bring our journalists, local experts, artists, and community leaders together for civil discussions and gatherings that touch a variety of topics that impact and interest the citizens of D.C. —from music to education and maternal health to athletics.