http://www.sweetsixteenshortstories.com Hundreds of votes have already been cast in the open bracket, and 6 of the 8 match-ups are still too close to call. Visit the site, read the excerpts, and cast your votes. You can also submit a story of your own for the open bracket. http://www.sweetsixteenshortstories.com/submission.html Submissions for the open bracket have started coming in, but we know there are still people working on stories under the tight time pressue so we've pushed the submission deadline back from March 31 to April 14. See the submission guidelines for more. http://www.sweetsixteenshortstories.com The First Round of the Invited Bracket closes today, so go ahead and cast your last votes. Then look back tomorrow for second round action. Also: the deadline for submission into the open bracket, with strong chances of winning $5 and a fair chance of winning $50, is one week from today. See the submission guidelines for more. http://www.sweetsixteenshortstories.com/openbracket.html You may now vote on the open bracket match-ups. These stories came in through the open submission process and will compete for the right to face the winner from the invited field. http://www.sweetsixteenshortstories.com/Matchups/1finals.html The Final Four in the Invited Bracket has now been determined and voting started approximately half an hour ago. This round of voting will determine the representatives for each of the prompts, setting up a showdown between the two prompts in the Finals. http://www.sweetsixteenshortstories.com/matchups/invited_finals.html Vote in the Invited Bracket and the Open Bracket Finals, where stories from prompt 1 and prompt 2 meet to compete for a cash prize.