Canadian non-profit and registered charity for nonfiction writers. creativenonfictioncollective.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3mltjupjpdc25Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 CNFC-subTerrain CNF Contest!14 May 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltjupjpdc25https://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3ml4iudfax22zCongratulations to the CNFC-subTerrain CNF contest shortlisted writers!05 May 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4iudfax22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3mkayr72to22mWe are thrilled to announce the 2026 CNFC-subTerrain Creative Nonfiction Contest Longlist!24 Apr 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkayr72to22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3mgxqkzdm7k25Only a couple of days left to enter the CNFC-subTerrain contest! Learn more here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/13 Mar 2026 20:22 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxqkzdm7k25https://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3mczknhzbx22sJoin us for this 90-minute workshop next month. FREE for members. $30 for non-members. Register here: https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/programming/webinars/22 Jan 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczknhzbx22shttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3mbwmt6n44s2tThe CNFC-subTerrain contest is open! Click here for full contest rules and deadline: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/08 Jan 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwmt6n44s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lzo5atjgl22rCongratulations Laura!!!25 Sep 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzo5atjgl22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lz4zow3znc23Congratulations to CNFC treasurer, Laura MacGregor!18 Sep 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4zow3znc23https://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lylaxvoh222kCNFC treasurer, Laura MacGregor, has made the CBC Nonfiction Prize Longlist! Learn more about Laura and her piece, “The Invisible Woman”: https://www.cbc.ca/books/literaryprizes/the-invisible-woman-by-laura-macgregor-1.761298311 Sep 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lylaxvoh222khttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lyg3kwaets2gJoin us for our first CNFC webinar of the 2025-26 season! FREE for members. $30 for non-members. Register here: https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/programming/webinars/09 Sep 2025 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyg3kwaets2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lxi4rd3vgc2yNew on the CNFC blog! Read it here: https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/interview-with-gloria-blizzard/28 Aug 2025 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxi4rd3vgc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lusazy4yf22iKaren Moore’s winning essay is now published in @fiddlehd.bsky.social Congratulations, Karen!25 Jul 2025 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lusazy4yf22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3ltpcwzqbjk2bRead Sheila Martineau’s essay, “In The Dying Room”, now published on the CNFC website! https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/2025-2nd-place-winner/11 Jul 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltpcwzqbjk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lthoxxndkk2bMiranda 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: https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/2025-3rd-place-winner/08 Jul 2025 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthoxxndkk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3logpfidb522jWe’re thrilled to welcome our 2025 board of directors! Learn more here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/about/board/05 May 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3logpfidb522jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lo75qdx6es2pCongratulations to the winners of the 2025 CNFC-The Fiddlehead Creative Nonfiction Contest!02 May 2025 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo75qdx6es2phttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lmrzxftvl22sCongratulations to the CNFC-The Fiddlehead Contest Shortlist! Learn more about the writers here: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/14 Apr 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrzxftvl22shttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3ll53vecm5k2dA little over a week until the online festival, and members get a great deal! https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingtruth/24 Mar 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll53vecm5k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lk7gg2op3c2xFantastic speaker lineup for the festival! Learn more here: https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingtruth/12 Mar 2025 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7gg2op3c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lk2gteqyrk2kDon’t miss “The Three Bodies Problem”, a memoir workshop with Danny Ramadan, at the 2025 online festival! Members receive $100 off the festival pass! https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingtruth/10 Mar 2025 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2gteqyrk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lizbdotahs2hHow 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! https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingtruth/25 Feb 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizbdotahs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lipa2cqoqc2mWe are thrilled to announce Lisa Bird-Wilson as the keynote speaker for the online festival! https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingtruth/21 Feb 2025 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lipa2cqoqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3limp32r5ck2hJoin us March 6th for The Unconventional Essay, with Adrienne Gruber. Free for members. $25 for non-members. Register here: https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/programming/webinars/20 Feb 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3limp32r5ck2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lihuvktqlc26REGISTRATION 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. https://creativenonfictioncollective.ca/reconcilingtruth/18 Feb 2025 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihuvktqlc26https://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lhjr7nv6r22rContest deadline is Feb. 14th! creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/ #booksky #writers06 Feb 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjr7nv6r22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lh2l5xmf3k2cGet writing this weekend! Contest rules: creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/31 Jan 2025 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2l5xmf3k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cnfc.bsky.social/post/3lglpbtwmzc2gOnly three weeks left to enter! creativenonfictioncollective.ca/cnf-contest/25 Jan 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:fhpzin47hdvbv3w2ejdokrx4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lglpbtwmzc2g