Michael Lake Reviews New Essays for EVENT 51/3

 •  August 28

Michael Lake Reviews: Elizabeth Yeoman, Exactly What I Said: Translating Words and Worlds, University of Manitoba Press, 2022Tim Bowling, The...

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Announcing EVENT’s 2022 Non-Fiction Contest Shortlist

 •  January 31

EVENT is proud to announce our 2022 Non-Fiction Contest shortlist, judged by Jenny Heijun Wills. “It’s Funny Because It’s True,”...

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Kate Dooley Reviews Non-Fiction from Madhur Anand and Billy-Ray Belcourt for EVENT 49/3

 •  April 27

Kate Dooley Reviews: Madhur Anand, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart, Strange Light, 2020 Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My...

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Preview Erin MacNair’s Winning 2018 Non-Fiction Contest Entry, “Where Things Rise, Unannounced”

 •  October 18

Erin MacNair's story, "Where Things Rise, Unannounced" was the winner of EVENT's 2018 Creative Non-Fiction Contest. This story appears in EVENT...

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Creative Non-Fiction Contest Deadline, EXTENDED to October 23: Don’t Miss Out, $3,000 in prizes!

 •  October 15

Contest Details: eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/ Deadline Extended: October 23, 2019 (postmarked or submitted online) Genre: Creative...

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Preview the 2018 Non-Fiction Contest Winner: ‘Where Things Rise, Unannounced’ by Erin MacNair

 •  July 3

-- Erin MacNair is a writer and metalsmith residing in North Vancouver, BC. Her work can be found in The Walrus, Room, Feathertale Review, and...

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2018 Non-Fiction Contest Winners

 •  March 29

And the winners are… FIRST PLACE ($1,500): ‘Where Things Rise, Unannounced’ by Erin MacNair, North Vancouver, BC SECOND PLACE...

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30 Non-Fiction Writing Prompts

 •  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...

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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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