CREATIVE NONFICTION
True stories, well told.
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Our long-awaited "Memoir" issue is (finally) here!
It's been a long wait, but the new issue of Creative Nonfiction, #73: "Memoir," should be in the hands of subscribers this week (if not already ... depending, of course, on the mail).
The issue celebrates stories of the self in the world. Writers find (or, at least, try to find) meaning in familiar as well as unimaginable moments—the loves, losses, and joys that define our lives. Also in this issue: the seductive dangers of self-mythologizing, the memoir-in-pieces, tiny truths, and more.
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Current calls for submissions
WRITE NOW @ CNF
Connect & learn
CNF's webinars and self-guided courses can help you get motivated, find a writing community, and more. Here's what's coming up:
SELF-GUIDED COURSE
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Explore the rich possibilities between photograph and experience.
Class opens Sep 28; enrollment is open until Oct 16.
WEDNESDAY WEBINARS
Registration closes 24 hours before each event.
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How to maintain your creativity in an uncertain world.
2 pm EDT w/ Lisa Ellison
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Crafting more compelling scenes.
2 pm EDT w/ Grace Hwang Lynch
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Finding the bigger story.
2 pm EDT w/ Adriana Ramírez
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Writing about journeys other than your own.
2 pm EDT w/ Deesha Philyaw
ONLINE CLASSES
Join CNF's growing online writing community
Since 2011, our online classes have helped thousands of writers tell their stories better. Our 5-week classes offer firm deadlines, a flexible schedule that fits your needs, and feedback to help you keep writing and improving your work.
This fall, we're offering 14 different classes, all designed to help you achieve your writing goals. Here's how we can help you:
FUNDAMENTALS—open to all levels.
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Write every day, no matter what.
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Add some spice to your story.
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Tackle your book one day at a time.
INTERMEDIATE courses.
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Make every word count.
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Inform & entertain your reader.
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Bring your story to life.
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Tell your story.
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Make an impact.
ADVANCED courses.
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Move beyond the basics.
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Transform your work.
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Take a deep dive into a topic.
[NOTE: The Foundations of Creative Nonfiction, Introduction to Audio Storytelling and Podcasting, and Writing the Lyric Essay classes are full.]
TINY TRUTHS
Winners from CNF’s ongoing micro-essay contest
Our daily Twitter contest is a great way to get your work into Creative Nonfiction. To join, follow us @cnfonline and tag your submissions #cnftweet.
Here are a few of our recent favorites:
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@theinnerzone: Staying indoors, I see the way light moves across walls, changes their colors. The bedroom's closet door that has been open for past six months because my son's LEGO train track blocks it. My mother, sitting still, thousands of miles away waiting for my phone call.
11:07 AM · Aug 7, 2020
@suemell2017: Nine seconds to warm the applesauce for my mom’s morning meds. To replace my disdain for her neediness with a light-hearted care. To see sunlight flicker as wind bends back the spirea branches, setting tiny white petals adrift. The microwave beeps. I go on with the day.
1:52 PM · Aug 13, 2020
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@evorbachcollins: Her collection of four-leaf clovers was safely tucked away in her flower press and the plastic cardholders of her Hello Kitty wallet. She had an uncanny ability to spot them, zooming in like a hawk sighting a tiny mouse in acres of grassland.
11:44 AM · Aug 14, 2020
@chesleycade: Called Dad early this morning, as I watched the men across the street cut down a tree. Said he was driving to a childhood lake, to float out on the water—and as we talked, the tree fell. His voice cut out—“Might lose ya, in the hills”—and the men picked up the pieces.
12:38 PM · Aug 25, 2020
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DISTRACTIONS
What we’re reading
+ Esquire: Fact Checking Is the Core of Nonfiction Writing. Why Do So Many Publishers Refuse to Do It?
+ Nieman Storyboard: Rewriting the “Hero’s Journey” to Fit a Feminine Narrative
+ Lit Hub: A Taxonomy of Nonfiction; Or the Pleasures of Precision
+ "Neutral Masks" by Eleanor Garran
+ "Depredations" by Margo Steines
+ "His Apple Pie" by Lisa Lanser Rose
+ "Marco Polo in Missoula" by Emily Withnall
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Classifieds
Write your personal transformation story for Transformations, a project of the Narrative Storytelling Initiative and a publishing channel of the L.A. Review of Books. Modest payment offered. Work with veteran, award-winning editors. - Submit pitches here.
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