Reflections on Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, (Auto)Biography, Life-Writing, and the Essay
05 Feb 2013 at 09:31
Julija Šukys
Calls for Submissions, Contests and Prizes, Creative Nonfiction, Essays, Personal Essays, Uncategorized, Writing
First Prize: $1,000 and publication (Winter 2014) Runner-up (if applicable) will be considered for publication Judge: Scott Russell Sanders Deadline: All submissions must be entered by March 15, 2013 Fourth Genre will seek the best creative nonfiction essay for its ninth annual Fourth Genre Steinberg Essay Prize. Authors of previously unpublished manuscripts are encouraged to enter. All submissions [...]
11 Jan 2013 at 10:33
Julija Šukys
Academia, Calls for Submissions, Creative Nonfiction, Environmentalism, Essays, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing
Creative Nonfiction and Arizona State University’s Global Institute of Sustainability are looking for remarkable true stories that illuminate and present the human side of environmental, economic, ethical, and/or social challenges related to the state of the planet and our future. We welcome personal essays or stories about extraordinary individuals or communities, and stories about innovative [...]
28 Dec 2012 at 12:14
Julija Šukys
Biography, Canada, CanLit, Creative Nonfiction, Epistolophilia, Essays, Ona Šimaitė, Publicity, Publishing, Quebec, Reviews, Uncategorized, Virginia Woolf
Maisonneuve Magazine is published out of Montreal and “has been described as a new New Yorker for a younger generation, or as Harper’s meets Vice, or as Vanity Fair without the vanity.” The quarterly offers “a diverse range of commentary across the arts, sciences, daily and social life.” When the publication asked its contributors to [...]
07 Dec 2012 at 20:54
Julija Šukys
Academia, Adam Gopnik, Chris Arthur, CNF Conversations, Creative Nonfiction, Dylan Thomas, Essays, Georgia o'Keefe, Interviews, Ireland, Journeys, Ordinariness, Paul Valéry, Personal Essays, Reviews, Uncategorized, Writing
Chris Arthur, On the Shoreline of Knowledge: Irish Wanderings. Iowa City: Shoreline Books, 2012. The carefully crafted, meditative essays in On the Shoreline of Knowledge sometimes start from unlikely objects or thoughts, a pencil or some fragments of commonplace conversation, but they soon lead the reader to consider fundamental themes in human experience. The unexpected [...]
07 Dec 2012 at 20:53
Julija Šukys
Buddhism, Chris Arthur, CNF Conversations, Creative Nonfiction, E. B. White, Editing, Essays, Interviews, Ireland, Patrick Madden, Paul Valéry, Personal Essays, Structure, Uncategorized, Writing
Chris Arthur, On the Shoreline of Knowledge: Irish Wanderings. Iowa City: Shoreline Books, 2012. This is Part II of a two-part interview with Chris Arthur. Click here to access Part I. Julija Šukys: Like you, I’m obsessed with the writing of ordinary lives. The following passage is marked in pencil and with exclamation marks in [...]
14 Sep 2012 at 10:27
Julija Šukys
Academia, Calls for Submissions, Canada, Essays, Interviews, Publishing, Reviews, Uncategorized, Writers' Workshops, Writing
I’m reposting this from Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs. It seems like a good opportunity for community-building, and I may send them something about my essay workshop this fall. Perhaps you have something to share too: After a successful conference in Toronto this past spring, CCWWP (Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs) needs your [...]
17 Aug 2012 at 16:41
Julija Šukys
Canada, Creative Nonfiction, Essays, Events, Personal Essays, Phillip Lopate, Uncategorized, Writers' Workshops, Writing
Eight Thursdays, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. (October 4 to November 22, 2012) 1200 Atwater Ave., Suite 3, Westmount Workshop leader: Julija Šukys Workshop fee: $155 for QWF members; $175 for non-members For more information, or to register: 514-933-0878 or julia@qwf.org *** “Every man has within himself the entire human condition.” – Montaigne (And every woman [...]
03 Jun 2012 at 13:05
Julija Šukys
Academia, Archives, Biography, Canada, Children, Creative Nonfiction, Domesticity, Eastern Europe, Editing, Epistolophilia, Essays, Exile, Feminism, France, Interviews, Journeys, Language and Multilingualism, Letters, Libraries, Life-writing, Lithuania, Marketing, Media, Mothering, Ona Šimaitė, Publicity, Publishing, Research, Reviews, Uncategorized, Vilna Ghetto, Vilnius, Virginia Woolf, Writing
Here’s an interview I did with ForeWord Reviews, a great publication that focuses on books published by independent presses. You can access the original here (scroll down to the bottom of the page): Conversational interviews with great writers who have earned a review in ForeWord Reviews. Our editorial mission is to continuously increase attention to [...]
15 Mar 2012 at 10:10
Julija Šukys
Countdown to Publication, Creative Nonfiction, Editing, Epistolophilia, Essays, Journalism, Journeys, Personal Essays, Publishing, Rejection, SheWrites, Structure, Uncategorized, Writing
I’m leading a writer’s workshop on the personal essay in the fall. I’m happy about it, because the essay is a form I love. I tend to write essays at the beginning of a bigger project, and use them as a way to test out ideas and to work through central questions of longer projects. [...]
07 Jan 2012 at 16:41
Julija Šukys
Canada, Children, Domesticity, Epistolophilia, Essays, Friendship, Journeys, Language and Multilingualism, Malta and Gozo, Mothering, Personal Essays, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing
Ah, another year. Like most families, perhaps, ours does a year-end review on New Year’s Eve. We go through our calendar and reflect on what we’ve accomplished, experienced, and learned over the past 12 months. Looking back over that 2011 calendar, I realized that, for me, it was a year of laying groundwork: I prepared [...]
