30 Non-Fiction Writing Prompts
“Writing is an act of great courage, and writing creative non-fiction raises up the stakes even higher. It is not […]
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2016 Non-Fiction Contest Winners: An Interview with M. Bayless
M. BAYLESS is the author of four books for children. She lives in Vancouver, with their cats and lots of […]
Put Your Best Line Forward: A FACEBOOK Contest
Put Your Best Line Forward Are you thinking of submitting to EVENT’s 2017 Non-Fiction Contest? What better way to test […]
Announcing 2017 Non-Fiction Contest Judge: J. Jill Robinson!
EVENT’s 2017 Non-Fiction Contest is open for submissions until April 15. Winners will receive fame and fortune: up to $1500 […]
2016 Non-Fiction Contest Winners: An Interview with Hilary Dean
“On Watch,” Hilary Dean’s winning piece, is part of a project exploring issues of identity and belonging within the larger framework […]
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2016 Non-Fiction Contest Shortlist
After many a late night of thrilling reads, EVENT has selected its shortlist for our annual Non-Fiction Contest! Thank you to […]
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 #24
In Gena Ellett’s essay, “The Back Roads,” which won EVENT’s 2015 Non-Fiction Contest, she writes about the death of a […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #23
When Hemingway was famously challenged by his friends to write a story using only six words, he wrote the following: […]
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 […]
Non-Fiction Prompt #21
For this exercise, you’ll write a piece of non-fiction in an experimental format: as a list. In a 2011 issue of […]