Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 CNFC-subTerrain CNF Contest!

Congratulations to the CNFC-subTerrain CNF contest shortlisted writers!

We are thrilled to announce the 2026 CNFC-subTerrain Creative Nonfiction Contest Longlist!

Only a couple of days left to enter the CNFC-subTerrain contest! Learn more here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/

Join us for this 90-minute workshop next month. FREE for members. $30 for non-members. Register here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/programming/...

The CNFC-subTerrain contest is open! Click here for full contest rules and deadline: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/

Congratulations Laura!!!

Congratulations to CNFC treasurer, Laura MacGregor!

CNFC treasurer, Laura MacGregor, has made the CBC Nonfiction Prize Longlist! Learn more about Laura and her piece, “The Invisible Woman”: www.cbc.ca/books/litera...

Join us for our first CNFC webinar of the 2025-26 season! FREE for members. $30 for non-members. Register here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/programming/...

New on the CNFC blog! Read it here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/interview-wi...

Karen Moore’s winning essay is now published in @fiddlehd.bsky.social Congratulations, Karen!

Read Sheila Martineau’s essay, “In The Dying Room”, now published on the CNFC website! creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/...

Miranda Ryan won third place in the CNFC-The Fiddlehead CNF contest this year. Read her essay, “How to Befriend a Crow”, now published in the CNFC website: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/...

We’re thrilled to welcome our 2025 board of directors! Learn more here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/about/board/

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 CNFC-The Fiddlehead Creative Nonfiction Contest!

Congratulations to the CNFC-The Fiddlehead Contest Shortlist! Learn more about the writers here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/

A little over a week until the online festival, and members get a great deal! creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingt...

Fantastic speaker lineup for the festival! Learn more here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingt...

Don’t miss “The Three Bodies Problem”, a memoir workshop with Danny Ramadan, at the 2025 online festival! Members receive $100 off the festival pass! creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingt...

How has creative nonfiction changed in the past twenty years? Join CNFC co-founders Myrna Kostash and Betsy Warland for this engaging discussion at the online festival! creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingt...

We are thrilled to announce Lisa Bird-Wilson as the keynote speaker for the online festival! creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingt...

Join us March 6th for The Unconventional Essay, with Adrienne Gruber. Free for members. $25 for non-members. Register here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/programming/...

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! From the challenges of writing memoir to our responsibility as storytellers and researchers writing true events, join us for twelve sessions over four days April 2-5, 2025. creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingt...

Canadian Creative Nonfiction Writers! Get published in The Fiddlehead! Our Creative Nonfiction contest with @cnfc.bsky.social‬ closes TONIGHT at 11:59 PM PST. Enter now before it’s too late! creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/

Contest deadline is Feb. 14th! creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/ #booksky #writers

Get writing this weekend! Contest rules: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

Only three weeks left to enter! creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/