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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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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Announcing EVENT’s 2024 Non-Fiction Contest Winners

 •  March 28

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

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Poetry: “Glazing” by Michael Goodfellow

 •  March 28

MICHAEL GOODFELLOW is the author of the poetry collections Naturalism, An Annotated Bibliography (2022) and Folklore of Lunenburg...

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A Choreography of Meanings: Elena Johnson Interviews Isabella Wang

 •  March 17

ISABELLA WANG is the author of the chapbook, On Forgetting a Language, and her full-lengthdebut, Pebble Swing, shortlisted for the Dorothy...

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Announcing EVENT’s 2024 Non-Fiction Contest Short List

 •  February 27

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

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Fiction: “Cut Off” by Zilla Jones

 •  February 27

ZILLA JONES is an African-Canadian woman writing in Treaty 1 (Winnipeg). In 2023, she won the Journey Prize and was shortlisted for the Bronwen...

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Avery Qurashi Reviews New Fiction for EVENT 53/2

 •  February 18

Avery Qurashi Reviews: RM Vaughan, Pervatory, Coach House Books, 2023Russell Smith, Ed., Secret Sex: An Anthology, Dundurn Press,...

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