Blog – Creative Nonfiction Collective

Interview with Donna Morrissey

January 3, 2023

Contests, Craft, Guest Blog Posts, Interviews, Resources

Interview with CNFC Contest Judge, Donna Morrissey In December 2022, CNFC volunteer, Nancy O’Rourke, interviewed the 2023 CNFC Contest Judge, Donna Morrissey. Read about Donna’s thoughts on writing, reading, and advice for CNFC contest writers. – Donna Morrissey has published seven national best-selling novels. She has received awards in Canada, the U.S. and England and her novel, Sylvanus Now, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize. Donna’s fiction has been translated into several different languages. She was nominated for a Gemini for her script, The Clothesline…

A Small Selection of Favourite Craft Books

December 10, 2022

Craft, Guest Blog Posts, How to Be a Happy Writer, Members Blog, Resources

AnnMarie MacKinnon is a CNFC member and board member. She shares a thoughtful list of books on the craft of writing creative nonfiction, for yourself or as a gift for another writer in your life. _ In just a week, winter will be upon us. The short days and long evenings of the season practically beg us to embrace the hygge mood and curl up with a book. And what better way to spend a few of those darker hours…

Getting Your CNF Writing into the Winner’s Circle

September 28, 2022

Contests, Guest Blog Posts, Interviews, Members, winners

Nancy O’Rourke, for the CNFC Blog CNFC member and volunteer, Nancy O’Rourke, a former CNFC contest winner and jury reader, interviewed two jury readers from the 2022 contest, Allyson Latta and Becky Blake. The interview explores how potential contest writers can best prepare their submissions to improve their chances of winning. BECKY BLAKE is a two-time winner of the CBC Literary Prize (for non-fiction in 2017 and short fiction in 2013). More recently, she was the 2021 winner of the CNFC/Humber…

Congratulations to the winner of the 2022 CNFC/HLR Nonfiction Contest!

June 26, 2022

Contests, General News, Members, Uncategorized

The Creative Nonfiction Collective Society and The Humber Literary Review are pleased to announce the winner for this year’s creative nonfiction contest. Congratulations to Taslim Jaffer! Her submission Survival “is beautiful through and through, an elevated memoir that goes beyond rich storytelling into universal themes about motherhood and immigration. It takes great skill to weave together entomology and ethnography into a personal narrative, but the writer’s sharp voice and exquisite craft makes it seamless” according to our contest judge, Omar Mouallem…

Protected: 2022 Conference Recordings

June 26, 2022

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Protected: AGM Package Available

May 30, 2022

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CNFC and HLR Contest Longlist Announced!

May 30, 2022

Contests, General News, Members, Uncategorized

The Creative Nonfiction Collective Society and The Humber Literary Review are pleased to announce the long list for this year’s creative nonfiction contest.

Protected: April 2022 Webinar Recording: How to Become a CNFC Nonfiction Contest Winner

April 25, 2022

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Help Run CNFC, for the fun of it

March 23, 2022

General, General News, Guest Blog Posts, Members

By Christopher Moore I’ll tell you a secret. Some of the board members and committee members at CNFC don’t have any serious credentials in finance, tech, marketing and promotion, administration, or any of those skills often thought useful for boards and committees. On the other hand, we have some who do have experience in those fields — and it’s very good to have them. But what mainly brings together those who volunteer to help run CNFC is a shared commitment…

Protected: March 2022 Webinar Recording: Nature Writing Panel

March 23, 2022

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