Don Sedgwick has worked in the Canadian book and magazine industries for 35 years as a writer, editor, publisher, literary agent and educator. He is the Executive Director of the new MFA in Creative Nonfiction at the University of King’s College and also teaches in the university’s Master of Journalism program.
This year I didn’t buy myself a Christmas tree. Instead I bought one for a friend who had a hard year and two kids and not a lot of time to get her own. She appreciated the thought, but time and circumstances conspired against her and the tree stayed wrapped up on the front porch until it was almost time for the trek to her family’s home out of town.
Michael Winter tells the story of an unorthodox wood cabin, an accidental forest fire, and sharing a moment with a girl in a bikini. He told his story live at This Really Happened at WordFest in Calgary on October 16, 2013.
And the finalists are…
Who will win this year’s Lori? Find out at the QWF Gala on Tuesday, November 19th, at the Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre, 2490 Notre-Dame West.
Time is running out, so get your submissions in to the carte blanche/Creative Nonfiction Collective Society creative nonfiction competition. The winner will receive $500 and her/his text will be published in carte blanche. The winner will be announced in 2014.