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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…

Meet Board Member, Akberet Beyene

February 28, 2021

General, Interviews, Members

An interview with Akberet Beyene, CNFC Member at Large

Meet Nabila Huq, Member-at-large

November 28, 2020

General, Interviews

In this interview, Lesley Buxton introduces Nabila Huq, new CNFC board Member-at-large.

An interview with Marion Agnew

September 8, 2020

General, Interviews, Members

Check out Lesley Buxton’s interview with Marion Agnew on writing her new book Reverberations: A Daughter’s Meditations on Alzheimer’s.

An Interview with Donna Besel

July 10, 2020

Covid-19, General, Interviews

Donna Besel’s essay, “The Bay Filly,” which tells the story of a trip to pick up her new horse when she was twelve, won first place in Prairie Fire Magazine’s Annual Creative Nonfiction Contest. The essay will be published in the summer edition of the magazine. Recently Lesley Buxton, CNCF’s membership coordinator, interviewed Donna about her impressive win.

Lesley Buxton and Sue Harper: A Time to Wonder

April 27, 2020

General, Interviews

Writer and CNFC board member Lesley Buxton discusses her upcoming CNF book aimed at 9 to 12-year-olds.