Announcing the LET DOWN YOUR HAIR Contest Shortlist

 •  February 26

EVENT's editor and editorial assistants have read the submissions to our LET DOWN YOUR HAIR contest and shortlisted the thirteen stories and poems....

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Upcoming Event: Aboriginal Voices, an Evening of Poetry & Prose

 •  November 9

On Thursday, November 16, EVENT Magazine and Douglas College's Aboriginal Student Services office will host five notable local Indigenous writers, in...

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Carleigh Baker Receives Vancouver Book Award

 •  October 18

Carleigh Baker has won the 2017 City of Vancouver Book Award for her collection, Bad Endings (Anvil Press). Carleigh is a book reviewer for EVENT,...

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Joanne Arnott Wins City of Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award

 •  October 15

We wish our warmest congratulations to EVENT poetry editor Joanne Arnott, winner of a 2017 City of Vancouver Mayor's Arts Award for Literary...

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Back-to-School Subscription Deal

 •  September 19

This fall, for a limited time only, students can purchase subscriptions to EVENT for less than half the cover price! For $20, you'll receive three...

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Call for Illustrators

 •  August 11

EVENT Magazine seeks talented emerging illustrators to produce work in response to the poetry and prose we publish. We’re looking for clean,...

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Jane Campbell in Best Canadian Essays

 •  July 17

Congratulations to Jane Campbell, whose creative non-fiction piece, "Good as Dead," which first appeared in EVENT 45/2, has been selected to appear...

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M. Bayless Wins Canadian Magazine Award

 •  April 29

"I had a good grip on the scissors when they plunged into Frank’s skull, so naturally I felt the firm resistance, then the sickening, slippery...

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M. Bayless Named a Magazine Grands Prix Finalist

 •  April 7

M. Bayless, a winner of EVENT's 2016 Non-Fiction Contest, is a finalist for the inaugural Magazine Grands Prix, held by Magazines Canada! Her...

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EVENT’s Annual Fundraising Book Sale

 •  March 17

Stop by the Douglas College concourse next week and pick up a book or two...or twenty. The sale will be staffed by our friendly EVENT...

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