Publishing – Creative Nonfiction Collective

Interview with Robin Pacific

April 3, 2024

Guest Blog Posts, Interviews, Members, Members Blog, Publishing

Hollay Ghadery is a multi-genre writer living in Ontario on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/ Memoir. Her collection of poetry, Rebellion Box was released by Radiant Press in 2023 and her collection of short stories, Widow Fantasies, is forthcoming with Gordon Hill in September 2024. Hollay…

How winning the 2015 CNFC contest changed me

February 12, 2024

Contests, Guest Blog Posts, How to Be a Happy Writer, Members, Members Blog, Publishing, winners

Kirsten Fogg is a bilingual Australian-Canadian journalist, editor and award-winning essayist who has been shaped by living in four countries and by the suicide of her 16-year-old brother. Her essays have been published in journals including Creative Nonfiction and The Malahat Review and adapted by ABC Radio National Australia. Her journalism has appeared in various world media. She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction (2022). Sign up to her newsletter here: Writer out of Residence and connect with her on…

Interview with Beth Kaplan

January 31, 2024

Guest Blog Posts, Interviews, Members, Members Blog, Publishing

Christopher Moore and Beth Kaplan have both served on the CNFC board and the conference committee. With the release of Beth’s new book Midlife Solo, a memoir-in-essays, they felt the membership might be interested in their conversation about the nuts and bolts of putting together an essay compilation. __ Christopher Moore: Beth Kaplan has taught nonfiction writing at two Toronto universities for decades and is the author of three previous memoirs as well as a number of other works. All…

Interview with 2024 CNFC Contest Judge, Lisa Bird-Wilson

January 9, 2024

Contests, Craft, General, Guest Blog Posts, Interviews, Members, Members Blog, Publishing

Interview with 2024 CNFC Contest Judge, Lisa Bird-Wilson Volunteer Margaret Lynch interviews 2024 CNFC/HLR Contest Judge, Lisa Bird-Wilson who shares her thoughts on writing, reading, and what she’s looking for in contest submissions. Lisa Bird-Wilson is a Saskatchewan Métis and Cree writer whose work appears in literary magazines, newspapers, and anthologies across Canada. Her most recent book, Probably Ruby (2021), is published internationally and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, for the Amazon First Novel Award,…

2023 Contest Shortlist

May 2, 2023

Contests, Craft, General, Members, Publishing

Congratulations to the five writers who’ve made the CNFC-HLR nonfiction contest shortlist! Our judge, Donna Morrissey, had some tough choices to make. According to her, the finalist selection process was difficult because the calibre of writing in each of the longlisted pieces was quite high. 2023 CNFC-HLR nonfiction contest shortlist: Anita Allen – “Funhouse” Raymond Gariepy – “The Unborn and Born Dead are Yet Among Us” Rayyan Kamal – “Departure Lounge” Dhana Musil – “By Association” Laura Ollerenshaw –…

The Road to a Book, Part Three

January 30, 2021

General, Guest Blog Posts, Publishing

The third and final part of Beth Kaplan’s three-part series of essays focused on the writing and publishing of her new memoir, Loose Woman: my odyssey from lost to found

The Road to a Book, Part Two

November 29, 2020

General, Guest Blog Posts, Publishing

Part 2 of Beth Kaplan’s three-part series of essays focused on the writing and publishing of her new memoir, Loose Woman: my odyssey from lost to found

The Road to a Book, Part One

October 27, 2020

General, Guest Blog Posts, Members, Publishing

Part 1 of Beth Kaplan’s three-part series of essays focused on the writing and publishing of her new memoir, Loose Woman: my odyssey from lost to found

One CNFC member’s very unusual publishing journey

November 7, 2018

Members Blog, Publishing

“You have stolen my image,” read the subject line. I waited until I had a few minutes of spare time to read the rest of the email. It was Friday. Deadline day at the Haliburton Echo, a weekly community newspaper where I’d been interning for two months. I had until noon to file all my stories and photos for the week. When I finally read the email, sent by an Indian photographer by the name of Udayan Sankar Pal, I…

CNF Round-up #4

October 30, 2015

Publishing, Resources

Links to news, information, stories, and other things of interest to creative nonfiction writers Compiled by Julija Sukys Wondering where to submit your work or read the newest texts of our genre? Canadian journals that publish CNF include Malahat Review, Prairie Fire, Room, Antigonish Review, Brick, and carte blanche. There are many others, I’m sure, that I’ve forgotten, so do send more Canadian titles this way as they come to mind. Still, if you’re reading this roundup, chances are that…