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We are excited to announce Minelle Mahtani as the judge for EVENT’s 2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest!

Minelle Mahtani is a Muslim Iranian/Indian/Canadian writer, former TV producer and radio host. She is Chair of Canadian Studies at the University of British Columbia. Her memoir, May It Have a Happy Ending has been called a “magnificent and stunning debut.” It won the Hubert Evans Prize for best non-fiction of the year. She has been nominated for two National Magazine Awards and won a gold medal for best personal essay in the Digital Publishing Awards. Mahtani is also the author of the book Mixed Race Amnesia: Resisting the Romanticization of Multiraciality. Her work has appeared in The Walrus, Geist, Maisonneuve and Southeast Review. She is currently working on a book about erosion with UBC Press.

EVENT's 2026 Non-Fiction Contest is open until October 15, 2026, with $3,000 in total prizes and publication in EVENT for all three winners. Your entry fee also includes a one-year subscription or renewal. Find the full submission guidelines and submit through the link in our bio. by @eventmags

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EVENT celebrates 50 years of publication with a Notes on Writing anthology, featuring more than 70 personal essays with insights into the joys and struggles of the writer’s life and process, written by notable Canadian writers. Order yours now! Weighing in at 284 pages, this special anthology can be bought individually or given as a complimentary gift when you purchase or renew a subscription. Link in bio. by @eventmags

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Good news: There's still time to submit to Our 2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! The contest deadline has been extended to November 1! ✏️

Still stuck on what to submit? Fill in the blanks! The best stories come from real life.

Submit your work for a chance to win $1,500, $1,000, or $500, plus publication in EVENT.

Find contest details and submit through the link in our bio.

#CreativeNonFiction #WritingPrompts #EVENTMagazine #WritingContest #Litmag by @eventmags

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Good news for procrastinators—and perfectionists. 💫

EVENT’s 2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest deadline has been extended to November 1.

There’s still time to submit your creative non-fiction work for a chance to win a share of $3,000 in prizes and publication in EVENT.

Find the contest details through the link in our bio! We can't wait to read your work! by @eventmags

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STUDENTS! 📚️

EVENT’s 2026 Non-Fiction Contest has a discounted student entry rate!

Students can enter for just $19.95, and every entry includes a one-year subscription (or renewal) to EVENT. If you’re a student working on creative nonfiction, memoir, or personal essay, we’d love to read your work.

Not a student? Send this to a writer you know who is, or share it with an instructor, writing group, or creative writing program.

Enter by October 15 to be considered for $3,000 in prizes and publication in EVENT. Find the full contest guidelines and submit through the link in our bio. by @eventmags

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Seeking some non-fiction inspiration ahead of our contest deadline? Read the 2025 Non-Fiction Contest Winners in EVENT 55/1.

MEREDITH QUARTERMAIN is the author of Lullabies in the Real World (NeWest,
2020), Things Musing (above/ground, 2025) and several other books including poetry, short prose and novels. Her debut collection Vancouver Walking (NeWest, 2005) won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.

Our 2026 Non-Fiction Contest is open until October 15th. Find the submission guidelines through the link in our bio. by @eventmags

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Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table at Word Vancouver!

We asked readers and writers to get personal with creative nonfiction, and here’s some of what you had to say.

If you couldn't make it then, fill in the blank in the last slide and share your answer in the comments or on your story!

And if your answer has you thinking there might be an essay in you, our 2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest is open until October 15. by @eventmags

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18 days ago

Creative Non-Fiction Tip: Use something small, ordinary, or unexpected to tell a larger truth.

There is still time to submit to our 2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest. Every entry include a one-year subscription to EVENT, with a discounted rate for students, now is great time to send us your work.

Find the contest guidelines and submit through the link in our bio. by @eventmags

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New on the Blog 🐚 “A Ripple or a Faint Sparkle”: An Interview with Poet and EVENT Reading Service Editor gillian-harding russell

gillian harding-russell joins us to discuss poetic form, revision, inspiration, and the relationship between writing and editing poetry in her work with poets through EVENT's Reading Service.

GILLIAN HARDING-RUSSELL is a poet, editor and reviewer. She has published five poetry books and a new collection, Lift the Ear of the Nautilus (Turnstone), is forthcoming. Also, her eighth chapbook A Handle on Things (The Alfred Gustav Press) was published in summer 2026. She has had her poems short-listed three times for Exile’s Gwendolyn MacEwen chapbook award, and in 2016, the sequence “Making Sense” was chosen as Best Suite by a poet at any time in her career. Her poems have been anthologized in 23 poetry collections and published in journals across Canada. She received an MA from McGill and a PhD from the University of Saskatchewan, completing her doctoral dissertation on postmodern Canadian poetry. gillian is also the poetry editor of EVENT’s popular Reading Service for Writers.

Read the full interview on our blog. by @eventmags

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New on the EVENT Blog 🌸 Read an excerpt of "Because" by Sarah Wolfson

SARAH WOLFSON is the author of A Common Name for Everything (Green Writers Press, 2019), which won the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. Originally from Vermont, she is a longtime resident of Montreal, where she teaches at McGill University.

Click the link in our bio to read the full excerpt, then find two complete poems in EVENT 55/1. by @eventmags

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📚️ What can a creative non-fiction essay be?

It may be true, but it can still borrow from the tools of fiction.

There's less than a month to submit to our 2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest. Every entry include a one-year subscription to EVENT, with a discounted rate for students, now is great time to send us your work.

Find the contest guidelines and submit through the link in our bio. by @eventmags

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There is one month left to submit to our 2026 Non-Fiction Contest! Don't forget to submit your work by October 15th.

Did you know, we offer deeply discounted contest entry fees and one-year subscriptions to all post-secondary students! Are you are completing a creative writing MFA or an undergraduate student trying your hand at submitting for the first time? Submit to EVENT’s annual CNF contest for just $19.95. That’s a full $15 off our standard contest entry fee and includes a one-year subscription to EVENT.

Find the contest details and submit through the link in our bio. by @eventmags

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