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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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.

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New on the Blog 🐚 “A Ripple or a Faint Sparkle”: An Interview with Poet and EVENT Reading Service Editor gillian-harding russell Read the full interview: www.eventmagazine.ca/2026/09/an-i...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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. www.eventmagazine.ca/2026/09/poet...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It may be true story, 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,now is great time to send us your work. www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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 discounted contest entries to students, enter and recieve a one-year subscription for just $19.95! Find the guidelines here: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Our friends at Room Magazine need your support! Canada's oldest feminist literary magazine is urgently fundraising to keep publishing marginalized voices. Please donate if you can, or share their fundraiser to help spread the word. galabid.com/save-room-ma...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A strong through line can connect scenes that seem unrelated at first and give the essay another layer of meaning. EVENT's 2026 Non-Fiction Contest deadline is October 15. Find the full guidelines and submit at www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We will be exhibiting at Word Vancouver on September 19! Stop by to chat with our team, learn more about the magazine, and pick up a copy of EVENT in person. We're looking forward to spending the day with Vancouver's literary community. Come say hello if you're there!

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Our 2026 Non-Fiction Contest is open until October 15, with $3,000 in total prizes and publication in EVENT for all three winners. Find the full guidelines at www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/ More writing tips are on the way. In the meantime, share your favourite tip or writing exercise.

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Structure. Creative Non-Fiction Tip.

True stories do not need to move from beginning to end or maintain an “essay” structure.

Try fragments, braided sections, or hermit crab forms to complicate the chronology.

Ask yourself: Is there a shape or strucuture that serves this story in particular? Experiment with a new form." On abstract blue and pink background.

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2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest
Enter by October 15

$3000 in cash prises &
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Submit at eventmagazine.ca"

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Spotted EVENT in the wild, and in very good company. 📚️ Get a copy at select newsstands and Chapters Indigo locations, or order the latest issue directly from our website: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thinking of entering EVENT’s 2026 Non-Fiction Contest? EVENT 55/1 features last year’s three winning essays + judge Vinh Nguyen’s essay. Read it now with a digital subscription: $18.95 for 1 year. www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

You may have seen my face pop up on EVENT's feed lately, so I thought I should introduce myself! I'm Olivia MacDonald, EVENT's Magazine Intern this summer. I'm currently completing a Master of Publishing at Simon Fraser University and am also co-editor-in-chief of Bitter Magazine.

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

New on the EVENT Blog 🌱 Read a preview of "The Krishna of Kelowna" by Vivek Sharma Read the full excerpt from the poem, then find two complete poems in EVENT 55/1: www.eventmagazine.ca/2026/08/poet...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

What writing prompt or tip always gets you unstuck? Share your favourite below so other writers can try it too. EVENT’s 2026 Non-Fiction Contest is open until Oct. 15, with $3,000 in prizes + publication for all three winners. Submit: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We’re excited to announce Minelle Mahtani as the judge for EVENT’s 2026 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! Mahtani is an award-winning writer and author of May It Have a Happy Ending, winner of the Hubert Evans Prize for Non-Fiction. Enter by Oct. 15: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Do you have an essay you believe in? 2025 judge Vinh Nguyen encourages you to take the leap and send it our way. EVENT’s 2026 Non-Fiction Contest is open until October 15, with $3,000 in prizes and publication for all three winners. Read the full guidelines: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

What are our 2025 Creative Non-Fiction Contest winning essays about? Swipe through to find the essay that speaks to you! Selected by judge Vinh Nguyen, author of The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse. Read all three winners + Vinh's judge's essay in EVENT 55/1. www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

Event Magazine cover announcing the three winners of the 2025 Creative Non-Fiction Contest — "Metaphors We Die By" by Jennifer Manuel, "Waiting for The Bus..." by Meredith Quartermain, and "The Shrine" by Hannah Amaris Roh; In Event 55/1, swipe to read by themes.

Event Magazine: 1 Metaphors We Die By (Jennifer Manuel) — mother‑daughter, family secrets, grief; 2 Waiting for The Bus… (Meredith Quartermain) — caregiving, marriage, daily routines; 3 The Shrine (Hannah Amaris Roh) — Korean identity, academia, imposter syndrome.

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

CANADIAN WRITERS: EVENT is currently seeking fiction and poetry submissions from Canadian citizens and residents, both emerging and established. Make sure to submit early before we reach our cap! Find the full guidelines and submission link on our website: www.eventmagazine.ca/submit/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Have you been dreaming of seeing your work in the pages of EVENT? We are currently accepting fiction and poetry submissions from Canadian citizens and residents. We encourage you to submit early, as spaces are limited. Read our full guidelines and submit here: www.eventmagazine.ca/submit/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

K. A. POLZIN’s stories have appeared in Subtropics, swamp pink, Gulf Coast, Wigleaf and elsewhere. Polzin was shortlisted for the PRISM international Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. Find K. A. Polzin’s story "Guidelines" in EVENT 55/1: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

New on the EVENT Blog ⛵️ Read a preview of "Undercover" by Sue Murtagh: www.eventmagazine.ca/2026/07/fict... Find the complete story in EVENT 55/1.

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Take a peek inside our summer issue ⛱️ Discover fiction, poetry, and more from emerging and established authors in EVENT 55/1. Get your copy: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even... Canadian writers: submissions reopen in August for prose and poetry. We can’t wait to read your work!

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

New on the EVENT blog: reviews from EVENT 54/3. • Sumaiya Matin on Rabindranath Maharaj & Pratap Reddy • Avery Qurashi on Clea Young & Catherine Bush • Tintin Yang on Andrea Currie & Edem Awumey Read all three reviews: www.eventmagazine.ca/category/rev...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

CASSIDY MENARD (she/her) was born and raised in Yellowknife. She has a bachelor’s degree in writing from the University of Victoria and served on the editorial board of The Malahat Review. Read her full story in EVENT 55/1. Order now: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

WINSHEN LIU’s chapbook, Paper Money, was published with Driftwood Press in 2025. Find two of her poems in EVENT 55/1. 🌈 Have dreamy work you’d love to see in print? EVENT is open to poetry and prose submissions in July and August. Guidelines: www.eventmagazine.ca/submit/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Bring summer with you in EVENT 55/1. The cover, 'Patio Parasol' by Hannah Block, invites us to pause, to look up from our screens, and toward the sky. Inside: the 2025 Non-Fiction Contest winners, plus poetry, fiction, and reviews. Order your copy here: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

📢 Submissions are now open! July 1-31: General fiction and poetry, with a special invitation to BIPOC writers. August 1-31: Canadian fiction and poetry from Canadian citizens and residents. Submit early, as spaces are limited: www.eventmagazine.ca/submit/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Congratulations to Jennifer Manuel, first-place winner of EVENT's 2025 Non-Fiction Contest for "Metaphors We Die By." Find her winning essay in EVENT 55/1. Purchase the issue or subscribe here: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Read “Organic Matter,” one of three poems by Elaine Lee featured in EVENT 55/1, now on the EVENT blog. Purchase the issue or subscribe here: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

NEW on the EVENT Blog: “Stand Up For Yourself on the Page”: An Interview with Memoirist Nicole Breit. “Writing gives me a feeling of personal power and authority over my life when I often felt powerless at the time of an event I'm writing about.” Read the full interview: buff.ly/SgAaeiE

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

EVENT 55/1, our Spring/Summer 2026 issue, features the three winning essays of our 2025 Non-Fiction Contest, judged by Vinh Nguyen. The issue will hit subscribers' mailbox soon. Purchase it or subscribe here: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Do you have an essay that's a little weird? Take advice from past judge Michelle Cyca and enter it into EVENT's 2026 Non-Fiction Contest! Submit anytime until October 15, 2026: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We're eagerly awaiting the arrival of our spring/summer 2026 issue, EVENT 55/1, which features the three winning essays of our 2025 Non-Fiction Contest, judged by Vinh Nguyen. Subscribe or renew, and you won't miss it: www.eventmagazine.ca/subscriptions/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

RORY SAY's stories have recently appeared in The New Quarterly, Air/Light, Metastellar and Grain. A chapbook, THE MARKSMAN, was published by Red Bird Chapbooks in 2024, while a full-length collection, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO YOU, is forthcoming via Lethe Press. Read his story "Gladman" in EVENT 54/3

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

E.S. TAILLON is a queer, neurodivergent writer in Tkaronto. Their translation of SCENES FROM THE UNDERGROUND (House of Anansi, 2022) was short-listed for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, and their most recent translation is THE SEATED WOMAN (House of Anansi, 2025). E.S. Taillon has two poems in EVENT 54/3.

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Submissions are now open for our 2026 Non-Fiction Contest. There are $3,000 in total prizes, and all three winners will be published in EVENT. The entry fee is $34.95 per submission, or $19.95 for students, and includes a one-year subscription or renewal: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We’re thrilled to announce that Ellie Sawatzky’s poems “Truth Serum” and “Vaporwave,” from EVENT 54/2, have been nominated for a 2026 National Magazine Award @canadamediaawards.bsky.social in Poetry! You can read “Vaporwave” on our website: tinyurl.com/3zh58na9 #NMAS26

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Poetry: "Vaporwave" by Ellie Sawatzky - EVENT

Read "Vaporwave" by Ellie Sawatzky. Originally published in EVENT issue 54/2.

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

JACK WANG is the author of THE RIVETER (Anansi & HarperVia, 2025) and WE TWO ALONE (Anansi, 2020; HarperVia 2021). Find his Notes on Writing essay in EVENT 54/3: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This is no April Fools’ Day joke! EVENT is celebrating National Poetry Month by opening for poetry submissions from Canadian citizens and residents until April 30! Submission guidelines: buff.ly/3zlNd1a

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Announcing the winners of our 2025 Non-Fiction Contest, judged by Vinh Nguyen! 🥇 “Metaphors We Die By,” Jennifer Manuel 🥈 “Waiting for the Bus: a memoir of dementia,” Meredith Quartermain 🥉 “The Shrine,” Hannah Roh Find the winning essays + judge’s essay in EVENT 55/1 (Spring/Summer 2026).

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

EVENT 54/3 features Notes on Writing essays, new poetry from Jade Y. Liu, Kevin Irie and Carolyn Nakagawa, plus fiction by Jason Jobin and Susan Mersereau, reviews of new books and much more! Cover photo is by Garrick Bassey.

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EVENT 54/3 (Current Issue) - EVENT

Our Winter 2025-2026 issue, EVENT 54/3, features Notes on Writing essays by Conor Kerr, Bren Simmers, Pablo Strauss and Jack Wang, new poetry from Jade Y. Liu, Kevin Irie and Carolyn Nakagawa, plus…

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

CONOR KERR is a Métis/Ukrainian writer, Labrador-retriever wrestler and English professor from the Prairies who has lost every major literary award in Canada—some multiple times. He is the author of five books. Find Kerr's Notes on Writing essay, Half-Dozen Oysters, in our current issue: EVENT 54/3

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Our annual book sale fundraiser is back! Find great deals on fiction, poetry, YA & kids’ books, cookbooks, textbooks, CDs, DVDs/Blu-rays, magazines & much more. New inventory and deals daily! 📍 Douglas College, New Westminster 📅 March 16–20, 10 am–5 pm daily 📖 All proceeds support EVENT Magazine

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

PABLO STRAUSS is a translator of fiction from Quebec and non-fiction from wherever. He was born In Williams Lake, grew up in Victoria, and has lived in Quebec City for two decades. Find Strauss' Notes on Writing essay, Finding the Right Music, in our current issue: EVENT 54/3.

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

JADE Y. LIU is a Chinese-Canadian poet from the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations.She has received the George McWhirter Prize in Poetry and twice won CV2’s 2-Day Poem Contest; her work was shortlisted for Arc’s Poem of the Year. Find two of Liu's poems in EVENT 54/3.

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

JESS HOUSTY (’CÚAGILÁKV) is a parent, herbalist and land-based educator from the community of Bella Bella. They live and thrive in their Heiltsuk homelands. Jess’s debut poetry collection Crushed Wild Mint was published by Nightwood Editions in 2023. Find three of Housty's poems in EVENT 54/2.

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Announcing our 2025 Non-Fiction Contest short list! The winning entries and judge Vinh Nguyen's essay will be published in the Spring/Summer 2026 issue of EVENT.

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Our condolences to Sandy Shreve's family and friends. Please read these lovely words on her art and life, thoughtfully collected and edited by Rob Taylor.

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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

EVENT 54/3 (Winter 2025–26) is out now. Essays on writing & not writing, new poetry, and fiction by Conor Kerr, Bren Simmers, Jack Wang, Chris Bailey, Kevin Irie, A.C. Koch, Susan Mersereau, and more. Subscribers—watch your mailbox. Newcomers, purchase here: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

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