Nine manuscripts were chosen from all entries by EVENT’s editor and editorial assistants, and sent without the writers’ names to Russell Wangersky for final judging. The short-listed entries are:

• ‘CARE’ by Susan Buis, Knutsford, BC
• ‘Cat Face’ by Kayla Czaga, Vancouver, BC
• ‘Remember This’ by Kathleen Kennedy, Mulmur, ON
• ‘Elements’ by Fiona Tinwei Lam, Vancouver, BC
• ‘The Day I Married Jesus’ by Cathy MacLean, Gibsons, BC
• ‘Inshallah’ by Jennifer Morgan, St. John’s, NL
• ‘Shopping Day’ by Leslie Sakata, Coquitlam, BC
• ‘Charcoal’ by Souvankham Thammavongsa, Stouffville, ON
• ‘I Dream of My Standalone Quiznos’ by Benjamin Willems, Victoria, BC

Winners will be announced soon, so stay tuned! Check out the winning pieces in EVENT 42/3 — coming this winter.

Thanks to those writers who sent manuscripts to us. We look forward to reading submissions for our 2014 Non-Fiction Contest next spring. Visit http://eventmags.com/contest-2014 for details.