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EVENT 54/2, our Fall 2025 issue, features fiction from Alex Kitt and Maria Saba, creative non-fiction from Russell Thornton, poetry by Dora Prieto, Aidan Chafe and Jess Housty, book reviews by Marguerite Pigeon and Alex Trnka, and much more.
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Congratulations to the EVENT contributors with poems in Biblioasis's Best Canadian Poetry 2026. Order your copy from Biblioasis here: www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Congratulations to the EVENT contributors with poems in Biblioasis's Best Canadian Poetry 2026. Order your copy from Biblioasis here: www.biblioasis.com/shop/new-rel...
MARIA SABA’s novella The Secret of Names won the 2023 Joy Kogawa Award. Her collection My First Friend was an Iowa Short Fiction Award semi-finalist, with its title story earning a Pushcart nomination. Born in Iran and now in Ottawa. Read her story “Crossing Borders” in EVENT 54/2.
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
MARIA SABA’s novella The Secret of Names won the 2023 Joy Kogawa Award. Her collection My First Friend was an Iowa Short Fiction Award semi-finalist, with its title story earning a Pushcart nomination. Born in Iran and now in Ottawa. Read her story “Crossing Borders” in EVENT 54/2.
CALL FOR COVER ART: BC-based photographers: EVENT is seeking landscape images for an upcoming wrap-around cover. Please send low-res jpegs/PDFs to [email protected]. If selected, we’ll request hi-res files. Payment is $200 + 2 copies.
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CALL FOR COVER ART: BC-based photographers: EVENT is seeking landscape images for an upcoming wrap-around cover. Please send low-res jpegs/PDFs to [email protected]. If selected, we’ll request hi-res files. Payment is $200 + 2 copies.
Author JOY KOGAWA, best known for Obasan, has received the Order of Canada, the Order of BC, and Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun for her work preserving Japanese Canadian history. Read “Roosters” in our 50th Anniversary issue: www.eventmagazine.ca/product-cate...
Photo by Samuel Engelking
Photo by Samuel Engelking
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Author JOY KOGAWA, best known for Obasan, has received the Order of Canada, the Order of BC, and Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun for her work preserving Japanese Canadian history. Read “Roosters” in our 50th Anniversary issue: www.eventmagazine.ca/product-cate...
Photo by Samuel Engelking
Photo by Samuel Engelking
Toronto poet, grief & death worker, and organizer JODY CHAN is the author of sick, impact statement, and madness belongs to the people (forthcoming 2026).
Find three of Chan's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Photo credit: Albert Hoang
Find three of Chan's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Photo credit: Albert Hoang
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Toronto poet, grief & death worker, and organizer JODY CHAN is the author of sick, impact statement, and madness belongs to the people (forthcoming 2026).
Find three of Chan's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Photo credit: Albert Hoang
Find three of Chan's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Photo credit: Albert Hoang
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Thanks to @eventmags.bsky.social for including two new poems in their latest issue, including an ode to my moustache 🥸
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thanks to @eventmags.bsky.social for including two new poems in their latest issue, including an ode to my moustache 🥸
Did you know you can still grab a copy of our 50th Anniversary Notes on Writing issue? 70+ essays on the art and struggle of writing by Jane Urquhart, André Alexis, Joy Kogawa, Eden Robinson, Joshua Whitehead & more.
A perfect gift for the writer in your life. www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
A perfect gift for the writer in your life. www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Did you know you can still grab a copy of our 50th Anniversary Notes on Writing issue? 70+ essays on the art and struggle of writing by Jane Urquhart, André Alexis, Joy Kogawa, Eden Robinson, Joshua Whitehead & more.
A perfect gift for the writer in your life. www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
A perfect gift for the writer in your life. www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
ALEX KITT is an emerging writer from Red Deer, residing in Vancouver. He was the winner of The New Quarterly’s Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award in 2023 and received the 2024 National Magazine Award for Fiction. Find Kitt's story, Memory Box, in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ALEX KITT is an emerging writer from Red Deer, residing in Vancouver. He was the winner of The New Quarterly’s Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award in 2023 and received the 2024 National Magazine Award for Fiction. Find Kitt's story, Memory Box, in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
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Thank you to EVENT @eventmags.bsky.social and @raoulfernandes.bsky.social for featuring one the poems in my new book on your blog!! So excited to read 54/2 @allegorically.bsky.social and more!
Read 'Steve and I travel to Calgary' here:
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Read 'Steve and I travel to Calgary' here:
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Poetry: "Steve and I travel to Calgary" by Christina Shah - EVENT
Read an excerpt from Zilla Jones' short story, "Cut Off." Originally published in EVENT issue 53/3.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Thank you to EVENT @eventmags.bsky.social and @raoulfernandes.bsky.social for featuring one the poems in my new book on your blog!! So excited to read 54/2 @allegorically.bsky.social and more!
Read 'Steve and I travel to Calgary' here:
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Read 'Steve and I travel to Calgary' here:
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"Shame Flavoured" by @allegorically.bsky.social, from the Fall 2025 issue of @eventmags.bsky.social.
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Shame Flavoured" by @allegorically.bsky.social, from the Fall 2025 issue of @eventmags.bsky.social.
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And check out his collection Gospel Drunk
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November 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
And check out his collection Gospel Drunk
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J.R. MCCONVEY lives in the far west end of Toronto with his family. His fiction has been shortlisted for the Journey Prize and published in Joyland, The Malahat Review, and other journals. His 2019 collection, DIFFERENT BEASTS, won the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
J.R. MCCONVEY lives in the far west end of Toronto with his family. His fiction has been shortlisted for the Journey Prize and published in Joyland, The Malahat Review, and other journals. His 2019 collection, DIFFERENT BEASTS, won the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
NEW on the EVENT blog: Falling Sideways Through One-Way Gates: Elena Johnson Interviews Natalie Rice
"I only sit down to write if I’ve caught myself on a sharp image or have a heard or felt sense of what I want to say..."
Read the full interview here: www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/10/elen...
"I only sit down to write if I’ve caught myself on a sharp image or have a heard or felt sense of what I want to say..."
Read the full interview here: www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/10/elen...
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
NEW on the EVENT blog: Falling Sideways Through One-Way Gates: Elena Johnson Interviews Natalie Rice
"I only sit down to write if I’ve caught myself on a sharp image or have a heard or felt sense of what I want to say..."
Read the full interview here: www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/10/elen...
"I only sit down to write if I’ve caught myself on a sharp image or have a heard or felt sense of what I want to say..."
Read the full interview here: www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/10/elen...
Don't forget, our 2025 Non-Fiction Contest officially closes tomorrow, October 26th. Send us your best work before the end of the day. We won't be extending the deadline any further!
Submit here: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
Submit here: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
October 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Don't forget, our 2025 Non-Fiction Contest officially closes tomorrow, October 26th. Send us your best work before the end of the day. We won't be extending the deadline any further!
Submit here: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
Submit here: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
Read “Steve and I travel to Calgary," by Christina Shah. From if: prey, then: huntress, out now.
"business causal: the uniform of confusion, which the engineers simply ignore. no one brings proper footwear. harried airport carnival, a carry-on cubic cram..."
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"business causal: the uniform of confusion, which the engineers simply ignore. no one brings proper footwear. harried airport carnival, a carry-on cubic cram..."
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October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Read “Steve and I travel to Calgary," by Christina Shah. From if: prey, then: huntress, out now.
"business causal: the uniform of confusion, which the engineers simply ignore. no one brings proper footwear. harried airport carnival, a carry-on cubic cram..."
www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/10/poet...
"business causal: the uniform of confusion, which the engineers simply ignore. no one brings proper footwear. harried airport carnival, a carry-on cubic cram..."
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DORA PRIETO is a Vancouver-based poet and a 2025–27 Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Her debut collection, Girl Tejido, is forthcoming with House of Anansi (April 2027).
Find two of Prieto's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Find two of Prieto's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
DORA PRIETO is a Vancouver-based poet and a 2025–27 Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. Her debut collection, Girl Tejido, is forthcoming with House of Anansi (April 2027).
Find two of Prieto's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Find two of Prieto's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Didn't get your work in to our 2025 Non-Fiction contest in time? Well, you're in luck! We've extended the deadline to submit until October 26th, 2025.
This will be our only extension, so don't fall behind this time. Submit your work here: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
This will be our only extension, so don't fall behind this time. Submit your work here: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Didn't get your work in to our 2025 Non-Fiction contest in time? Well, you're in luck! We've extended the deadline to submit until October 26th, 2025.
This will be our only extension, so don't fall behind this time. Submit your work here: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
This will be our only extension, so don't fall behind this time. Submit your work here: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
Tomorrow’s the final day to enter EVENT’s 2025 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! Submit your work before time runs out: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
October 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Tomorrow’s the final day to enter EVENT’s 2025 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! Submit your work before time runs out: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
Three days to go. EVENT’s 2025 Non-Fiction Contest closes Oct 15th. $3,000 in prizes, plus publication for winners. Judged by Vinh Nguyen. Submit here: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
October 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Three days to go. EVENT’s 2025 Non-Fiction Contest closes Oct 15th. $3,000 in prizes, plus publication for winners. Judged by Vinh Nguyen. Submit here: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
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Kathryn MacDonald reviews Conversations with the Kagawong River by @sophieanneedwards.bsky.social in the fall 2025 issue of @eventmags.bsky.social! Check it out:
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October 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Kathryn MacDonald reviews Conversations with the Kagawong River by @sophieanneedwards.bsky.social in the fall 2025 issue of @eventmags.bsky.social! Check it out:
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AIDAN CHAFE is a poet and educator. His poems have appeared in CV2, EVENT, The Fiddlehead and PRISM international. He lives on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh peoples (Vancouver).
Find two of Chafe's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Find two of Chafe's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
October 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
AIDAN CHAFE is a poet and educator. His poems have appeared in CV2, EVENT, The Fiddlehead and PRISM international. He lives on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh peoples (Vancouver).
Find two of Chafe's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Find two of Chafe's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
One week left to enter EVENT’s 2025 Non-Fiction Contest. $3,000 in prizes, publication for winners, and judged by Vinh Nguyen. Students get a discounted entry (Only $19.95) Deadline: Oct 15th: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
October 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
One week left to enter EVENT’s 2025 Non-Fiction Contest. $3,000 in prizes, publication for winners, and judged by Vinh Nguyen. Students get a discounted entry (Only $19.95) Deadline: Oct 15th: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
Looking for new books to add to your fall/winter reading list?
Reviews from EVENT 54/1 are now up on our website. Read poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and essay reviews from writers Steven Maye, Cara Waterfall, Adam McPhee, and Sanchari Sur.
See them all at eventmagazine.ca
Reviews from EVENT 54/1 are now up on our website. Read poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and essay reviews from writers Steven Maye, Cara Waterfall, Adam McPhee, and Sanchari Sur.
See them all at eventmagazine.ca
October 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Looking for new books to add to your fall/winter reading list?
Reviews from EVENT 54/1 are now up on our website. Read poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and essay reviews from writers Steven Maye, Cara Waterfall, Adam McPhee, and Sanchari Sur.
See them all at eventmagazine.ca
Reviews from EVENT 54/1 are now up on our website. Read poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and essay reviews from writers Steven Maye, Cara Waterfall, Adam McPhee, and Sanchari Sur.
See them all at eventmagazine.ca
EVENT 54/2, our Fall 2025 issue, features fiction from Alex Kitt and Maria Saba, creative non-fiction from Russell Thornton, poetry by Dora Prieto, Aidan Chafe and Jess Housty, book reviews by Marguerite Pigeon and Alex Trnka, and much more.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
EVENT 54/2, our Fall 2025 issue, features fiction from Alex Kitt and Maria Saba, creative non-fiction from Russell Thornton, poetry by Dora Prieto, Aidan Chafe and Jess Housty, book reviews by Marguerite Pigeon and Alex Trnka, and much more.
www.eventmagazine.ca/product-cate...
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2 weeks left! EVENT’s 2025 CNF Contest closes Oct 15. $3,000 in prizes + publication. This year's judge is Vinh Nguyen (Writers’ Trust Prize shortlist). Students can now enter for $19.95: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
2 weeks left! EVENT’s 2025 CNF Contest closes Oct 15. $3,000 in prizes + publication. This year's judge is Vinh Nguyen (Writers’ Trust Prize shortlist). Students can now enter for $19.95: www.eventmagazine.ca/contest-nf/