Enter EVENT’S 2024 Non-Fiction Contest!

 •  September 24

Our 2024 Non-Fiction Contest deadline is now extended until October 20, 2024. Featuring $3,000 in total prizes, plus publication in EVENT....

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50 Years of EVENT Magazine: Collected Notes on Writing

 •  March 15

Celebrate with us! 50 Years of EVENT Magazine: Collected Notes on Writing is now available.EVENT celebrates 50 years of publication with a Notes...

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30 Non-Fiction Writing Prompts

 •  February 24

“Writing is an act of great courage, and writing creative non-fiction raises up the stakes even higher. It is not a genre for the...

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REVIEWS from the ARCHIVES: Greg Bechtel’s “Boundary Problems” Kathy Page’s “Paradise & Elsewhere “

 •  January 17

REVIEWS from EVENT 44.1 Greg Bechtel's Boundary Problems & Kathy Page's Paradise & Elsewhere With a title like Boundary Problems, Greg Bechtel’s...

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The Relationship of Body and Harmony: Rob Taylor interviews Kate Braid

 •  August 12

Kate Braid has written many books of poetry and creative non-fiction. Her awards include for the Remarkable Woman of the Arts and Pandora’s...

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Poetry: “The Flies” by Dennis Cooley

 •  August 11

DENNIS COOLEY has been active on the Prairies as poet, editor, critic and publisher. He has received lifetime achievement awards from the League of...

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Bushwhacking Through Drafts: Krista Eide Interviews Contest Winner Hilary Fair

 •  July 29

HILARY FAIR is a writer from Ontario. Her work has been published in The New Quarterly and is forthcoming in Prairie Fire. Her essays have been...

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Non-Fiction: “Predator, Prey” by Hilary Fair

 •  July 8

HILARY FAIR is a writer from Ontario. Her work has been published in The New Quarterly and is forthcoming in Prairie Fire. Her essays have been...

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Skates, Pads, and Poems: Hannah Macready Interviews Ben von Jagow

 •  June 12

No Tourney Too Farby Ben von Jagow What we’re apt to remember, years from now, may not be much.Memory is tricky like that.It may cling to a...

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Poetry: “I Am Afraid of the Magnolia Blossoms” by Hayden Ward

 •  June 11

HAYDEN WARD is a writer and musician living in Tiohti:áke/Montreal on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. He holds a BA in...

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Michelle Hardy Reviews Novels from Kit Dobson and Sydney Hegele for EVENT 53/3

 •  May 22

Michelle Hardy Reviews: Kit Dobson, We Are Already Ghosts, University of Calgary Press, 2024Sydney Hegele, Bird Suit, Invisible Publishing,...

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Amanda Earl Reviews New Poetry from AJ Dolman and Concetta Principe for EVENT 53/3

 •  May 22

Amanda Earl Reviews: AJ Dolman, Crazy/Mad, Gordon Hill Press, 2024Concetta Principe, Disorder, Gordon Hill Press, 2024 In two recent...

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Noah Cain Reviews Three Books of Poetry for EVENT 53/3

 •  May 22

Noah Cain Reviews: Chimwemwe Undi, Scientific Marvel, House of Anansi Press, 2024Patrick Grace, Deviant, University of Alberta Press,...

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Fiction: “Recognition” by Sara Heinonen

 •  May 13

SARA HEINONEN’s story collection Dear Leaves, I Miss You All (Mansfield Press, 2013) was shortlisted for a 2014 ReLit Award. Her fiction has...

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