Creative Non-Fiction Contest 2021: The Shortlist

We know you’ve been waiting with bated breath. Here it is: the shortlist for the 2021 Creative Non-Fiction Contest. Many thanks, again, to all those who entered, and to our wonderful judge, Dr. Njoki Wane. Congratulations to the five writers whose contest submissions have been shortlisted!

The Awakening at Hains Point, Linette Marie Allen

Light and Shadow: One Painting, Two Lives, Emily McKibbon

An Artist’s Model, Tove Black

Searching for Leoni, Jillian Sunderland

I Can Feel Him Breathing, Tara McGuire

The list of winners will be coming your way next week, but until then, check out our Short Forms Contest, open now until November 15th!

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