Deadline: April 15th

 •  April 12

What are you waiting for? (Potential) fame and (moderate) riches await you. $1500 in prizes available for your story. Stories must be 5000 words or...

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Review: Sean Virgo’s Dibidalen and Barry Webster’s The Lava in My Bones

 •  April 3

This review first appeared in EVENT 42/2 Sean Virgo, Dibidalen: Ten Stories, Thistledown Press, 2012 Barry Webster, The Lava in My Bones,...

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The Man Who Started It All: An interview with EVENT’s Founding Editor, David Evanier

 •  March 27

The past catches up with us in the strangest ways. A few weeks ago, I got an email from EVENT Editor Elizabeth Bachinsky: ‘David Evanier has...

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In a Reality TV Show Kind of Way: A Brief Interview with Benjamin Willems

 •  March 13

Benjamin Willems’s ‘I dream of my standalone Quiznos’ placed second in EVENT’s 2013 Non-Fiction Contest and is featured in our current issue...

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Review: Rachel Wyatt’s Suspicion and Anthony Bidulka’s Stain of the Berry

 •  February 27

This review first appeared in EVENT 42/2 Rachel Wyatt, Suspicion, Coteau Books, 2012 Anthony Bidulka, Stain of the Berry, Insomniac Press,...

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Notice of Retraction

 •  February 26

EVENT magazine retracts the following book review, published in the 42/3 Winter 2013/2014 edition of EVENT magazine: Ayelet Tsabari, The Best...

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Welcome to eventmagazine.ca!

 •  February 4

Check out our site! We've worked hard through the winter to bring you our slick new website. A fresh look, a new URL, a redesigned shop, and some...

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EVENT 42/3 is here!

 •  February 4

Our latest Contest issue, EVENT 42/3, is now available at newsstands and in our new online store. 42/3 features the three winning entries from our...

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Review: Bradley Somer’s Imperfections & C. P. Boyko’s Psychology and Other Stories

 •  February 4

This review first appeared in EVENT 42/2. Bradley Somer, Imperfections, Nightwood Editions, 2012 C.P. Boyko, Psychology and Other Stories,...

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Congratulations to the winners of EVENT’s 2013 Creative Non-Fiction Contest!

 •  January 22

We read. We deliberated. We fought. We laughed. We cried. We deliberated some more. Then, we packaged up what we thought to be the best 10 creative...

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