We are so excited to announce the longlist for our 2024 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! A big thank you to our Room collective members for the creation of this longlist, and a big congratulations to these talented writers.
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Room Magazine’s 2024 Creative Non-Fiction Contest Longlist
- Tending the Wild, by Deanna Partridge-David
- Maybe You are not Used to Women Talking, by Nadine Monem
- Blue State, by Liz Kellebrew
- Wedding Gold, by Yu Xin Shi
- The Cure for Hiccups, by Tammy Thorne
- My Sister Sleeps on the Slope of Mount Sinani, by Adele Barclay
- My Parents Never Quite Explained, by Emily Ma
- Sunoco, by A.R. Sherbatov
- Black Eagle, by Arwyn Carpenter
- Handful of Her Ashes for the Potter, by Judith Stiles
- The Wall Inside of Me, by Chelsey K. Dyck
- My father, digging, by Grainne Downey
- The Courage to Remember, by Eleni Gouliaras
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A big thank you to all those who submitted their a piece to this year’s Creative Non-Fiction Contest: it takes courage to submit non-fiction work and we are grateful to have been given the chance to read your writing.
These pieces are now up for consideration for the shortlist, to be read by our wonderful judge, Angela Sterritt. The shortlist will be announced and winners will be announced in coming weeks, so keep your eyes peeled for those! If you missed submitting to our Creative Non-Fiction contest this time around, our Short Forms Contest is now open for submissions!
