Announcing EVENT’s 2024 Non-Fiction Contest Short List

February 27, 2025 at 6:48 pm  •  Posted in Announcements, Blogs, Home Page, News, Slider, Uncategorized, Welcome by

EVENT is proud to announce our 2024 Non-Fiction Contest short list! Judged by Michelle Cyca, this year’s contest saw 163 submissions.

  • Witches of Silver Creek, Adèle Barclay, Vancouver, BC
  • Deportment Classes and Other Calamities, Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt, Canton de Hatley, QC
  • The Remember Timeline, Stephanie Chou, Vancouver, BC
  • Predator, Prey, Hilary Fair, Clinton, ON
  • Budapest, Again, T.B. Grennan, Brooklyn, NY
  • Tens of Thousands of Wounds, Adrienne Gruber, Bowen Island, BC
  • Seasons of Summer, Višnja Milidragović, Vancouver, BC
  • Professional Stigmatizations, Shane Neilson, Cambridge, ON
  • Surrey Girl, Leslie Palleson, North Vancouver, BC
  • 1940 Lonsdale, Russell Thornton, North Vancouver, BC

Congratulations to all of the shortlisted writers. Contest results will be posted on our website and on social media in early March, and winners contacted before then. The winning entries and judge’s essay will be published in issue 54/1 of EVENT, Spring/Summer 2025.

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