30 Non-Fiction Writing Prompts
Event Mags • September 15“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...
REVIEWS from the ARCHIVES: Greg Bechtel’s “Boundary Problems” Kathy Page’s “Paradise & Elsewhere “
Event Mags • January 17REVIEWS from EVENT 44.1 Greg Bechtel's Boundary Problems & Kathy Page's Paradise & Elsewhere With a title like Boundary Problems, Greg Bechtel’s...
J.R. McConvey Longlisted for the Journey Prize
Event Mags • September 2We're thrilled for J.R. McConvey, who has not one, but two stories longlisted for the 2016 Journey Prize. One of these stories is "How the Grizzly...
Cover It Up: How to Get Your Photo on EVENT’s Cover
Shashi Bhat • July 21We would love to receive more cover art submissions. Most EVENT covers are sourced through artist websites, photo blogs, local galleries, Instagram,...
Issue 45-1: Notes on Writing
Shashi Bhat • July 1845-1, EVENT's annual Notes on Writing issue, provides a rare inside glimpse at the lives of five notable Canadian writers. Kevin Spenst writes...
Non-Fiction Prompt #22
Shashi Bhat • April 4In her short non-fiction piece, "What You Learn in College," Karen Donley-Hayes writes about a personal experience playing strip spin-the-bottle in...
Review: Brett Josef Grubisic’s This Location of Unknown Possibilities & Ed MacDonald’s Atomic Storybook
Shashi Bhat • February 22This fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/2 Brett Josef Grubisic, This Location of Unknown Possibilities, Now or Never Publishing, 2014 Ed...
Non-Fiction Prompt #17
Shashi Bhat • February 20Like Prompt #11, this exercise requires you to consider an unexpected antagonist: your own body. There are countless memoirs about illness, so many...
Non-Fiction Prompt #14
Shashi Bhat • January 22Write about a time you were out of your element, a fish out of water. The "fish out of water" story is a classic one, with potential for tension,...
Non-Fiction Prompt #13
Shashi Bhat • January 19A favourite movie of mine is that 1998 Gwyneth Paltrow flick, Sliding Doors. The narrator runs to catch a subway train. In one version of her life,...
