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CREATIVE NONFICTION
True stories, well told.
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Creative Nonfiction #74: "Moments of Clarity" shipping soon.
Our new issue, Creative Nonfiction #74: "Moments of Clarity," features stories of sudden realizations, things that can’t be unsaid, and power dynamics laid bare.
Also in this issue: epiphanies in nonfiction, legal advice for writers, tiny truths, and more.
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Current calls for submissions
Other opportunities for writers
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:
WEDNESDAY WEBINARS
Registration closes 24 hours before each event.
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Secrets to writing engaging characters & vivid dialogue.
2 pm EST w/ Dinty W. Moore
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And find the right home for your work.
2 pm EST w/ Hattie Fletcher
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A memoir starter kit for the New Year.
2 pm EST w/ Sonja Livingston
SELF-GUIDED COURSE
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Create a daily writing habit.
Class opens Jan 18; enrollment is open until Feb 5.
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- and 10-week classes offer firm deadlines, a flexible schedule that fits your needs, and feedback to help you keep writing and improving your work.
This winter, we're offering 11 different classes 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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Learn the basics of the genre.
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Bring the past to life.
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Tackle your book one day at a time.
INTERMEDIATE courses.
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Express strong feelings with candor ... and compassion.
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Experiment with form.
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Tell your story.
ADVANCED courses.
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Make every word matter.
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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.
YEARLONG writing tracks.
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Make 2021 the year you write your memoir.
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Raise your personal essay game from good to great.
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: How the birds have gotten plump, finding a variety of seeds at the feeder, our days a blur on the calendar. A snake ends up on our kitchen floor, the only drama we've had in months. While we push it into a bottle, release it outside, it looks as lost as we are.
11:12 AM · Nov 19, 2020
@Shumpgullion: Out the door, camera in hand. A dozen steps before I think of the small plastic card in the computer's side. Look down to confirm: NO MEMORY. Look back up and there he stands. Not ten feet away a buck has drifted from the trees. Eyes meet, and hold. A memory.
1:29 PM · Nov 23, 2020
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@toddmeeka: In the compost, a burst of blood red catches my eye among the decaying greens and browns: cherry tomatoes looking ready to pluck from withered vines. We’d ripped them out at the root when first frost threatened, thinking they’d never ripen, believing them already dead.
6:29 PM · Nov 25, 2020
@PunyFingers: I tell my mother falling snow flakes look like a swarm of angry white bees dislodged from a hive. That’s weird, she says. How can she know? She’s never seen snow fall, the sleeve of white it unfolds. Will apply for a visa for her. Again.
6:43 AM · Nov 30, 2020
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DISTRACTIONS
What we’re reading
+ Lit Hub: On the Power of Essayistic Compression in Flash Nonfiction
+ Brevity: Election Anxiety Got You Down? Write More, Post Less
+ "Spectrum" by Stephanie Cawley
+ "Catch: A Memory in Three Fragments" by Kat Moore
+ "When We Say No" by Katy Mullins
+ "Fear of Poetry" by Claudia Monpere
+ "In the Afterlife Every Night Is Wine Wednesday" by Gregory Emilio
Staff recommendations
+ Check out what books we're enjoying over at bookshop.org.
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Classifieds
FREE MASTERCLASS. Finish Your Nonfiction Book in 2021: 3 Shifts You Need to Make. Lay the right foundation and accomplish this milestone goal. Hosted by Janna Maron, editor of Under the Gum Tree literary magazine. - Sign up here.
Monthly Mentorship: A seven-month-immersive program for writers who long to become their own best editors, deepen craft, and establish a guilt-free approach to accountability. Pro bono consults to discuss goals can be scheduled by emailing katey.schultz@gmail.com. - Learn more.
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