Gena Ellett a National Magazine Awards Finalist
Hey guess what? Gena Ellett is a National Magazine Awards finalist in the Personal Journalism category! Her nominated essay, “The […]
Trevor Corkum a National Magazine Awards Finalist
Congratulations to Trevor Corkum, whose glittering, haunting story, “Dar a Luz,” has been selected as one of three finalists for […]
Non-Fiction Prompts #26-30
Completed some of our previous prompts but don’t feel your essay is quite done yet? Or do you have an […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #25
For this exercise, you’ll write about an incident from your life that has two sides to it. For example, you might […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #22
In her short non-fiction piece, “What You Learn in College,” Karen Donley-Hayes writes about a personal experience playing strip spin-the-bottle […]
Review: Sean Arthur Joyce’s Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest & Vangie Bergum’s Downstream
This non-fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/3. Sean Arthur Joyce, Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest: Canada’s Home Children […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #15
The November 15, 2015 episode of radio show This American Life told several stories around the theme of “Status Updates.” Their episode […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #14
Write about a time you were out of your element, a fish out of water. The “fish out of water” […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #13
A favourite movie of mine is that 1998 Gwyneth Paltrow flick, Sliding Doors. The narrator runs to catch a subway train. […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #12
Recall an incident from your childhood and write about it, limiting your narration to the child’s perspective, or the “Voice of […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #11
There are four basic different kinds of conflict: Man against man Man against self Man against society Man against nature […]