On the EVENT blog: Preview “Strike” by Jane Ozkowski from EVENT 53/1. Read the full excerpt through the link in our bio, and find the full story in our current issue, EVENT 53/1. buff.ly/46fZNPQ

EVENT 53/1, our Spring/Summer 2024 issue, features the three winning essays of our 2023 Non-Fiction Contest, judged by Omar Mouallem. Plus, poetry by Patrick Grace, Don Domanski and Rob Taylor, fiction by Margo McCall, and much more! Order yours: buff.ly/3VErAor

Thinking of entering our 2024 non-fiction contest? Here's a tip from last year's judge, Omar Mouallem. Our 2024 contest will be judged by award-winning journalist, essayist and literary critic Michelle Cyca. Enter your work here: buff.ly/3rTqd5U

We're thrilled to announce Michelle Cyca as the judge for our 2024 Non-Fiction contest! 📝 Michelle is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and editor at The Narwhal. Submit your entries by October 15th! Full details: buff.ly/3rTqd5U #NonFictionContest

I took a break from all my swimming to send out this newsletter because these books *demanded* to be written about: Juan Rulfo’s PEDRO PÁRAMO, translated by Douglas J. Weatherford; Iman Mersal’s TRACES OF ENAYAT, translated by Robin Moger, and Susie Boyt’s LOVED AND MISSED.

EVENT's fiction and poetry submissions are open until Sept 30th—or until we reach our cap, so don't wait! We're especially welcoming submissions from self-identified BIPOC writers. Submission guidelines and link: buff.ly/3zlNd1a

"She focuses on the distant clang of a canal boat's bell. She clears her throat and, for the first time in years, maybe since she was a child, she hums a tune, finds the words, and begins to sing." - "The Sarah's," by Franz Jørgen Neumann, in EVENT 53/1: buff.ly/3VErAor

BRITT GILLMAN (she/her) is a writer, librarian, and herbalist from Deep River, ON, published in The New York Times and more. Her story Hungry Daughter, won 2nd place in our 2023 Non-Fiction Contest. Submissions for our 2024 contest are now open: buff.ly/3rTqd5U

ESTLIN McPHEE is a writer and librarian who lives on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Their debut poetry collection is forthcoming in spring 2025 with Brick Books. Find three of Estlin's poems in EVENT 53/1.

I'll be reading on Sept 28 in Vancouver at this panel on Queer writing and genre - thanks to Jen Currin, the library's LGBTQIA2A+ curator for inviting me. I have a couple stories out in fall in EVENT Poetry & Prose and Plenitude Magazine, will likely read one of those wordvancouver.ca/main-day-event…

Summer is waning, but it's not over yet. Subscribe to EVENT and get three issues per year delivered to your door. Perfect for summer sun and winter rain: buff.ly/40lrGDi

There are only six more days to submit to our 2024 Fiction Contest! Don't miss your chance! Prize: $2000 + publication Entry fee: $35 (Includes 1-year subscription to The Fiddlehead) Submit: thefiddlehead.submittable.com/submit/297311/…

Don't forget, our non-fiction contest is open for submissions until October 15th. Judged by journalist, essayist and literary critic Michelle Cyca, the contest boasts $3,000 in total prizes, plus publication in EVENT. More info here: buff.ly/3rTqd5U

AYELET TSABARI is the author of The Art of Leaving, finalist for the Writer’s Trust Hilary Weston Prize, winner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for memoir, and more. This essay appeared in our 50th anniversary Collected Notes on Writing issue: buff.ly/3t8js4W

PATRICK GRACE is the managing editor of Plenitude Magazine. His first full-length poetry collection, Deviant, is now available (University of Alberta Press, 2024). Follow him on IG: @thepoetpatrick. Find two of Grace's poems in event 53/1: buff.ly/3VErAor

EVENT is still accepting fiction and poetry submissions from Canadian writers (citizens or residents) until September 30th! Or, until we hit our submission cap (so get your work in soon). Find editorial guidelines and our submission link here: buff.ly/3zlNd1a

"Baptize or release me, saltwater. I neighbour nothing, befriend no one, his beaching an abandonment, gentle, such kindness." From Florida Man: A Sestina, by Hollie Adams. Find this poem and more in EVENT 51/3: buff.ly/3VErAor

There is exactly 1 month left to submit to our 2024 Non-Fiction Contest! Judged by award-winning journalist, essayist and literary critic Michelle Cyca, and boasting $3,000 in total prizes, don't miss your chance to submit! buff.ly/3rTqd5U

Read Jane Shi's poem "raindeer sundeer clouddear" from EVENT 53/1, now on the EVENT website: buff.ly/4dWmrjl

"Beyond the chatter, a baby's cries wriggled into my ears. I looked up and saw an infant car seat on the adjacent table. A woman scooped a newborn into her arms. Its limbs had yet to unravel from nine months of confinement." - Where to Look by Susan Galante. EVENT 53/1.