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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2021 Non-Fiction Contest Winners

 •  February 13

EVENT is proud to announce the winners of our 2021 Non-Fiction contest, judged by David A. Robertson. FIRST PLACE ($1,500): Penance,...

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2019 Non-Fiction Contest Shortlist

 •  February 27

Without further ado, here is the EVENT Magazine 2019 Non-Fiction Contest Shortlist: • ‘Understanding My Face,’ Michelle Brown,...

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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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2016 Non-Fiction Contest Shortlist

 •  August 3

After many a late night of thrilling reads, EVENT has selected its shortlist for our annual Non-Fiction Contest! Thank you to all the writers who...

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Review: Sean Arthur Joyce’s Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest & Vangie Bergum’s Downstream

 •  March 26

This non-fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/3. Sean Arthur Joyce, Laying the Children’s Ghosts to Rest: Canada’s Home Children in the...

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Review: Paul Vasey’s The River & David Zieroth’s The November Optimist

 •  December 11

This non-fiction review first appeared in EVENT 43/1 Paul Vasey, The River: A Memoir of Life in the Border Cities, Biblioasis, 2013 David...

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