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Meet the 2021 Contest Shortlist!

July 21, 2021

CNFC Conference Recordings

June 4, 2021

2021 AGM Minutes Available

May 31, 2021

2021 AGM Package Available

May 14, 2021

2021 Contest Longlist Announced!

April 29, 2021

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📣 The Creative Nonfiction Collective Society an

📣 The Creative Nonfiction Collective Society and The Humber Literary Review are pleased to announce the 2021 contest short list!

Congratulations to the finalists:

Becky Blake (Ingénue) is a two-time winner of the CBC Literary Prize. Her debut novel, Proof I Was Here, was published in 2019 by Wolsak & Wynn. Becky teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Education. She is currently working on a second novel and a memoir-in-essays.

Hilary Fair (Your Plans to Leave Tomorrow) has taught in the Sarah Selecky Writing School and worked in publishing for The Walrus Magazine. In between, she became a potter while studying Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy. She identifies now as a re-emerging emerging writer. Her work has been published in Change Seven and short-listed in several contests.

Carla Harris (A Slowest Growing Up) is a disabled queer writer, performer and interdisciplinary artist from Treaty 4 territory, living in Regina Saskatchewan. They teach improvisation and creative experimentation, rooted in poetry, music, art and theatre. Harris is currently working on a poetry manuscript and a play, in unconfined #CripTime.

Višnja Milidragović (Dressing Up) is a (CNF) writer, Canadian (im)migrant, (lucid) dreamer, and a wanderer at heart (even when her body is in stillness). Born in the former Yugoslavia (current-day Bosnia), she finds home (today) on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Sel̓íl̓witulh Nations (Vancouver). She is currently writing her first memoir.

We expect to announce the winner next week.
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Today and every day, as writers if we chose to tel

Today and every day, as writers if we chose to tell other people's stories (which has its own set of considerations), we have a responsibility to tell them with care, cultural context and deep listening.

“The paramount purpose of literature focusing on a specific cultural group should be to present the culture in a realistic and insightful manner, with the highest possible degree of verisimilitude. However, the body of literature on Indigenous Peoples mostly fails to achieve this standards… The failure comes from a colonial practice of transmitting “information” about Indigenous Peoples rather than transmitting Indigenous Peoples’ perspectives about themselves."

Excerpt from Dr Gregory Younging’s Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous Peoples (Brush Education, 2018) (Publisher’s link in bio 👆)

Told within the framework of 22 style principles, the guide includes advice on culturally-appropriate publishing practices, how to collaborate with Indigenous Peoples, when and how to seek the advice of elders, terminology to use and avoid, and case studies of best practices.

More than a style guide, it's a vital part of our reconciliation.
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Further resources:
📖 National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Reports (link in bio 👆)

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#indigenousliterature #indigenousauthors #truthandreconciliation #amreading #NIHM2021 #elevatemarginalizedvoices #TRC

June is Pride month, but it’s about more than ra

June is Pride month, but it’s about more than rainbows and parades - it’s an invitation to expand our minds and our language, to challenge biases and assumptions, to widen our connections and communities.
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Reading books by LGBTQ2S+ authors is a place to start.
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In the final pages of CFNC member Cooper Lee Bombardier’s memoir Pass With Care (Dottir Press, 2020) they write of the “duty” of trans people writing memoir to “write fearlessly and non-didactically.” In this collection of lyrical essays and poetry, Bombardier did just that.
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What have you read lately from the LGBTQ2S+ community? What’s on your TBR pile or must-read lists?
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Let us know! 👇
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It's the weekend - the perfect time to catch up on

It's the weekend - the perfect time to catch up on your conference viewing! 🍿

Remember: The 2021 CNFC Virtual Conference recorded sessions are available for registered attendees ONLY until July 5, 2021. Follow the link (in bio! 👆) to access the login page and check your email from June 4 for the password!

Got FOMO from missing out on this year's conference? ☹️ Don't worry - plans for 2022 in Edmonton are in the works!" 😁

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👋🏻 👋🏽👋🏿 Hey, CNFC conference goe

👋🏻 👋🏽👋🏿 Hey, CNFC conference goers!!
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The 2021 CNFC Virtual Conference recorded sessions are available for registered attendees to view.... but ONLY until July 5, 2021. Follow the link (in bio 👆👆) to access the login page and check your email from June 4 for the password!
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And if you missed out on this year's conference, don't worry - plans for 2022 in Edmonton are in the works!
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📚MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: . New CNFC member Valerie C

📚MEMBER SPOTLIGHT:
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New CNFC member Valerie Chelangat runs Tusome Books, an online bookstore that celebrates authors connected to Africa, Asia (Asia-Pacific, East and West Asia) and Canadian Indigenous peoples. Tusome also carry books written by and/or including themes affecting other marginalized communities such as people with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and LGBTQ+. Tusome [too-so-meh] is a Kiswahili word that means ‘Let us read.’ Kiswahili is a language spoken in several African countries.

Welcome, Valerie!
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Posted @withregram • @the_fold . From the Festi

Posted @withregram • @the_fold
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From the Festival of Literary Diversity: Four stunning reads for this month and all year long.

[ID: Graphic showcases four Indigiqueer titles celebrating Indigenous History Month and Pride Month. Titles are LOVE AFTER THE END Ed. Joshua Whitehead, NEDI NEZU by Tenille Campbell, A HISTORY OF MY BRIEF BODY by Billy Ray Belcourt, and IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE OKAY by Jaye Simpson.]

#PrideMonth #IndigiqueerLit #IndigenousHistoryMonth

Important advice from @juliacameronlive . . . #wr

Important advice from @juliacameronlive
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A #fridayfun writing assignment from The Pocket Mu

A #fridayfun writing assignment from The Pocket Muse by Monica Wood.
Play around a little and change the someone to you. Feel free to share what you write.

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THANK YOU to all the presenters and attendees of o

THANK YOU to all the presenters and attendees of our 2021 CNFC conference.

Although the event was virtual, there were plenty of opportunities to connect and learn. We hope you enjoyed the event as much as we enjoyed hosting it!
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For CNFC Members: Join us on Sunday May 16th at 4

For CNFC Members:
Join us on Sunday May 16th at 4pm EDT to celebrate CNFC members with book launches in 2021. Hope to see you there!
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Big thanks to Johanna Schneller and Ian Brown for

Big thanks to Johanna Schneller and Ian Brown for kicking off our 2021 virtual conference with their keynote: The Pleasures and Terrors of Writing Other Peoples’ Stories. They generously shared their experience and wisdom, leaving us with lots of terrific nuggets and tips imparted with plenty of humour.

More great sessions coming up today and tomorrow. Still time to register!

Check link in bio for more info about speakers, sessions and registration.
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Speaker Spotlight: CNFC 2021 Conference DEBBY DE

Speaker Spotlight: CNFC 2021 Conference SYLVIA NI

Speaker Spotlight: CNFC 2021 Conference

SYLVIA NICKERSON is a comics artist, writer and illustrator who lives in Hamilton, Canada. Her illustrations have appeared in The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. Her graphic novel Creation, her first published book, won a Doug Wright Award in 2020. She is currently artist in residence at Art Gallery of Hamilton where she is working on a speculative graphic novel about artificial intelligence.

Join us for this workshop to see how words and pictures work together to tell a story from the first person point of view.

Registration link in bio.

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Speaker Spotlight: CNFC 2021 Conference HAROLD R.

Speaker Spotlight: CNFC 2021 Conference

HAROLD R. JOHNSON is the author of a memoir, Clifford, several other works of nonfiction, and five novels. Born and raised in northern Saskatchewan, he had a career in law before focusing on writing. He is a member of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation and lived on his family territory with his wife Joan before their recent move to Gabriola Island, B.C. Among his forthcoming works is one entitled The Power of Story.

Join us for an in-depth conversation with Harold where he will evoke and analyze “the power of story” – also the title of one of his forthcoming books.

<<Registration link in bio>>
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#WeekendWisdom from Teresa Nielsen Hayden. . . . #

#WeekendWisdom from Teresa Nielsen Hayden.
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We are enormously grateful for the support of Univ

We are enormously grateful for the support of University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies and the University of King's College MFA Program. Both organizations have donated free writing courses to be raffled off as door prizes during our conference next weekend.

Registered conference participants will be eligible to win the UKing’s non-credit writing workshop valued at $500. Attendees of the CNFC Annual General Meeting will be eligible to win the UofT Continuing Studies writing course up to a maximum of $700.

Two more great reasons to register for CNFC’s 2021 conference and the AGM today! More info about speakers, sessions, and registration here: https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/annual-conference/conference/
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Speaker Spotlight: CNFC 2021 Conference IAN BROW

Speaker Spotlight: CNFC 2021 Conference

IAN BROWN is an acclaimed feature writer for the Globe and Mail. He is equally well-known for his work on TVO and CBC Radio, where he was moderator of Talking Books for more than a decade, and hosted Sunday Morning and Later the Same Day. He is the author of four books, including Sixty, which was shortlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize, and The Boy in the Moon, which won it and the B.C. National Book Award, and was chosen by the New York Times Book Review as one of the ten best books of 2011. He lives in Toronto with his wife, Johanna Schneller.

JOHANNA SCHNELLER is a leading freelance journalist specializing in entertainment features. She’s profiled the most prominent actors of our time, with cover stories appearing in Premiere, Vanity Fair, and Ladies Home Journal, among others. She hosts CBC’s The Filmmakers, interviewing directors and film experts about classic Canadian films, and previously hosted TVO’s Saturday Night at the Movies. She conducts on-stage interviews for the Toronto International Film Festival and the Toronto Library and co-wrote Uncontrollable, about Toronto’s notorious mayor, Rob Ford, and Woman Enough: How a Boy Became a Woman and Changed the World of Sport. She lives in Toronto with her husband, Ian Brown, and their two children.

Join us for their session to learn more about telling other peoples’ stories, an issue that most writers encounter.

<<Registration link in bio>>
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Speaker Spotlight: CNFC 2021 Conference MARION AG

Speaker Spotlight: CNFC 2021 Conference

MARION AGNEW’s collection of personal essays, Reverberations: A Daughter’s Meditations on Alzheimer’s, was shortlisted for the Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award for nonfiction. Her fiction and essays have appeared in literary journals in the U.S. and Canada and have been supported by grants from the Ontario Arts Council. A science writer and editor, she moved from the US to Canada in 2004 and is now a dual citizen. She lives in Shuniah, Ontario, on Anishinabewaki and Michif Piyii traditional territory, and looks at Lake Superior every day.

SUSAN OLDING is the author of Big Reader: Essays, and Pathologies: A Life in Essays, selected by 49th Shelf and Amazon.ca as one of 100 Canadian books to read in a lifetime. Her award-winning essays, fiction, and poetry have appeared widely in literary journals and magazines throughout Canada and the U.S. As a teacher and mentor, she has worked with writers at all stages of development. Currently, she’s affiliated with the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive. She lives in the traditional territory of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ nations, in Victoria, British Columbia.

Join us for their session to learn more about mentoring. <<Registration link in bio>>
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Speaker Spotlight: CNFC 2021 Conference KEN MCGOO

Speaker Spotlight: CNFC 2021 Conference

KEN MCGOOGAN is the award-winning author of fifteen books, among them Fatal Passage, Lady Franklin’s Revenge, Dead Reckoning, and Flight of the Highlanders. Before turning mainly to books, Ken worked as a journalist for two decades (Toronto Star, Montreal Star, Calgary Herald). He has served as chair of the Public Lending Right Commission and is a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Wolfson College, Cambridge. Ken teaches Creative Nonfiction at University of Toronto (where he won an award for teaching excellence) and in the MFA program at University of King’s College in Halifax.

Join us for Ken’s craft-focused workshop which explores such novelistic adventures as parallel narratives, framing, and intertwining.

Registration link in bio.
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