Announcing the LET DOWN YOUR HAIR Contest Shortlist
Event Mags • February 26EVENT's editor and editorial assistants have read the submissions to our LET DOWN YOUR HAIR contest and shortlisted the thirteen stories and poems....
M. Bayless Named a Magazine Grands Prix Finalist
Event Mags • April 7M. Bayless, a winner of EVENT's 2016 Non-Fiction Contest, is a finalist for the inaugural Magazine Grands Prix, held by Magazines Canada! Her...
30 Non-Fiction Writing Prompts
Event Mags • February 24“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...
2016 Non-Fiction Contest Winners: An Interview with M. Bayless
Event Mags • February 7M. BAYLESS is the author of four books for children. She lives in Vancouver, with their cats and lots of fish. She is pursuing an MFA in Creative...
Announcing 2017 Non-Fiction Contest Judge: J. Jill Robinson!
Event Mags • December 15EVENT’s 2017 Non-Fiction Contest is open for submissions until April 15. Winners will receive fame and fortune: up to $1500 in prizes and...
2016 Non-Fiction Contest Winners: An Interview with Hilary Dean
Event Mags • December 6"On Watch," Hilary Dean's winning piece, is part of a project exploring issues of identity and belonging within the larger framework of mental...
2016 Non-Fiction Contest Shortlist
Shashi Bhat • August 3After 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...
Non-Fiction Prompts #26-30
Shashi Bhat • April 13Completed some of our previous prompts but don't feel your essay is quite done yet? Or do you have an older essay you'd like to whip into shape to...
Non-Fiction Prompt #25
Shashi Bhat • April 11For this exercise, you'll write about an incident from your life that has two sides to it. For example, you might describe an argument between...
Non-Fiction Prompt #24
Shashi Bhat • April 11In Gena Ellett's essay, "The Back Roads," which won EVENT's 2015 Non-Fiction Contest, she writes about the death of a childhood friend. Early in the...
