2019 Speculative Writing Contest- CLOSED

 •  December 19

Submissions for this contest are now closed.2019 LET DOWN YOUR HAIR Speculative Contest Details Are you tired of magazines telling you they just...

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EVENT’s new editor: Farewell from Elizabeth Bachinsky, hello from Shashi Bhat.

 •  September 10

It's been a busy summer here at EVENT. We ran our 27th annual creative non-fiction contest and put out a new Notes on Writing issue. That's not...

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Announcing the winners of EVENT’s 2014 Creative Non-Fiction Contest

 •  September 4

Ten manuscripts were chosen from the entries received by EVENT’s Editor and assistants and sent without the writers’ names to Deborah Campbell...

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In Conversation on Conversation: EVENT Interviews Joanne Arnott

 •  May 1

Although often used as a presentation space, the view from the Teck Gallery at Simon Fraser University’s downtown Vancouver campus threatens to...

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Deadline: April 15th

 •  April 12

What are you waiting for? (Potential) fame and (moderate) riches await you. $1500 in prizes available for your story. Stories must be 5000 words or...

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Review: Sean Virgo’s Dibidalen and Barry Webster’s The Lava in My Bones

 •  April 3

This review first appeared in EVENT 42/2 Sean Virgo, Dibidalen: Ten Stories, Thistledown Press, 2012 Barry Webster, The Lava in My Bones,...

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EVENT Magazine at Word Vancouver, featuring Billeh Nickerson and Anne Fleming

 •  October 6

Word Vancouver has come and gone, wrapping up last (rainy) Sunday. Fortunately the organizers managed to move the exhibitors and most of the...

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