This is no April Fools’ Day joke! EVENT is celebrating National Poetry Month by opening for poetry submissions from Canadian citizens and residents until April 30! Submission guidelines: buff.ly/3zlNd1a

Announcing the winners of our 2025 Non-Fiction Contest, judged by Vinh Nguyen! 🥇 “Metaphors We Die By,” Jennifer Manuel 🥈 “Waiting for the Bus: a memoir of dementia,” Meredith Quartermain 🥉 “The Shrine,” Hannah Roh Find the winning essays + judge’s essay in EVENT 55/1 (Spring/Summer 2026).

EVENT 54/3 features Notes on Writing essays, new poetry from Jade Y. Liu, Kevin Irie and Carolyn Nakagawa, plus fiction by Jason Jobin and Susan Mersereau, reviews of new books and much more! Cover photo is by Garrick Bassey.

CONOR KERR is a Métis/Ukrainian writer, Labrador-retriever wrestler and English professor from the Prairies who has lost every major literary award in Canada—some multiple times. He is the author of five books. Find Kerr's Notes on Writing essay, Half-Dozen Oysters, in our current issue: EVENT 54/3

Our annual book sale fundraiser is back! Find great deals on fiction, poetry, YA & kids’ books, cookbooks, textbooks, CDs, DVDs/Blu-rays, magazines & much more. New inventory and deals daily! 📍 Douglas College, New Westminster 📅 March 16–20, 10 am–5 pm daily 📖 All proceeds support EVENT Magazine

PABLO STRAUSS is a translator of fiction from Quebec and non-fiction from wherever. He was born In Williams Lake, grew up in Victoria, and has lived in Quebec City for two decades. Find Strauss' Notes on Writing essay, Finding the Right Music, in our current issue: EVENT 54/3.

JADE Y. LIU is a Chinese-Canadian poet from the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations.She has received the George McWhirter Prize in Poetry and twice won CV2’s 2-Day Poem Contest; her work was shortlisted for Arc’s Poem of the Year. Find two of Liu's poems in EVENT 54/3.

JESS HOUSTY (’CÚAGILÁKV) is a parent, herbalist and land-based educator from the community of Bella Bella. They live and thrive in their Heiltsuk homelands. Jess’s debut poetry collection Crushed Wild Mint was published by Nightwood Editions in 2023. Find three of Housty's poems in EVENT 54/2.

Announcing our 2025 Non-Fiction Contest short list! The winning entries and judge Vinh Nguyen's essay will be published in the Spring/Summer 2026 issue of EVENT.

Our condolences to Sandy Shreve's family and friends. Please read these lovely words on her art and life, thoughtfully collected and edited by Rob Taylor.

EVENT 54/3 (Winter 2025–26) is out now. Essays on writing & not writing, new poetry, and fiction by Conor Kerr, Bren Simmers, Jack Wang, Chris Bailey, Kevin Irie, A.C. Koch, Susan Mersereau, and more. Subscribers—watch your mailbox. Newcomers, purchase here: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

Caitlyn Carr interviews Chelene Knight about her new @houseofanansi.bsky.social book, "Safekeeping: A Writer’s Guided Journal for Launching a Book with Love," for @eventmags.bsky.social:

Cassie Williams interviews @tolu.ca about his new McClelland & Stewart poetry collection, "Unravel," for @eventmags.bsky.social:

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...

ELLIE SAWATZKY is the author of None of This Belongs to Me (Nightwood Editions, 2021). Her poems have appeared most recently in The Walrus, Canadian Literature and SAD Mag. Find two of Sawatzky's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

Got the Juneuary blues? Curl up with a copy of EVENT 54/2. Filled with fiction, poetry, and CanLit book reviews, it might be just the thing to break you out of those winter doldrums. Single issues or subscriptions available: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

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...

On the EVENT Blog: an excerpt from "Your Breasts are like Twin Fawns" by Dora Prieto. "The ecstatic angels of her eyes, so alive, so living, in the green laser-haze of the party." Read the full except here: www.eventmagazine.ca/2026/01/poet...

Join us Fri, Jan 30 (6–8pm) for the Geist 35th Anniversary Issue Launch Party at The Pleasant (2434 Main St). Readings from Geist, EVENT & friends, an open mic, and cake. Stick around after to mingle. RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/geist-frie...

KEVIN SHAW lives in Ottawa. His poetry has appeared in The New Quarterly, CV2, The Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review and elsewhere. His debut poetry collection, Smaller Hours, was published by icehouse press (Goose Lane Editions) in 2017. Find two of Shaw's poems in EVENT 54/2.

Happy new year from your friends at EVENT! If you haven't yet, pick up a copy (or subscription) of EVENT 54/2. Purchase and subscribe here: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

The year begins with fresh pages. EVENT 54/2 is out now. Inside: work by Alex Kitt, Maria Saba, Russell Thornton, Dora Prieto, Aidan Chafe, Jess Housty & more. Cover art: Caravan Park, Wonga Beach by Daniel Sneep. Order or subscribe: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

LESLIE PALLESON has been published in The Dalhousie Review, The Antigonish Review, filling Station, and more. She is the winner of the 2024 Alberta Magazine Awards silver medal. Find her work in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

There’s still time to make use of our special holiday deal. Get two EVENT subscriptions for the price of one—a full year of poetry and prose for you and someone you love. Use code 2FOR1 at checkout: www.eventmagazine.ca/product-cate...

MEZI is a Vancouver-based poet, photographer and Zen student. His work appears or is forthcoming in The Malahat Review, filling Station, Plenitude, The Inflectionist, Beyond Queer Words and elsewhere. www.mezi.site. Find three of Mezi's poems in EVENT 54/1.

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Hey, just a reminder that @eventmags.bsky.social is open for submissions for this month and January. I am excited to read your new poems! BIPOC writers are especially encouraged to submit www.eventmagazine.ca/submit/

A new @elliesawatzky.bsky.social poem is always cause for celebration! 🥳 "Vaporwave" is up over at @eventmags.bsky.social:

MARK TRUSCOTT’s third book, Branches (Book*hug, 2018), won the inaugural Nelson Ball Prize. Recent poems appear or are forthcoming in The Ampersand Review, Antiphony, Columba, Dialogist, The Fiddlehead, Grain, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review and elsewhere. marktruscott.ca.

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JESS HOUSTY (’CÚAGILÁKV) is a parent, herbalist and land-based educator from the community of Bella Bella. Jess’s debut poetry collection Crushed Wild Mint was published by Nightwood Editions in 2023. Find three of Housty's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

Happy #BCMagazineDay! As a BC magazine, we’re grateful for the writers, editors, photographers, and readers who keep local stories alive. Discover more through the MagsBC catalogue or the Non-Traditional Newsstands around the Lower Mainland. If you already subscribe, tell us what keeps you reading.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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: www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/10/poet...

"Shame Flavoured" by @allegorically.bsky.social, from the Fall 2025 issue of @eventmags.bsky.social.

And check out his collection Gospel Drunk ualbertapress.ca/978177212546...

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...

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/

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...

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...

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/

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/