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The Creative Nonfiction Foundation pursues educational and publishing initiatives in the genre of literary nonfiction. Its objectives are to provide a venue, through the magazine Creative Nonfiction, as well as through the In Fact Books imprint, for high quality nonfiction prose (memoir, literary journalism, personal essay); to serve as the singular strongest voice of the genre, defining the ethics and parameters of the field; and to broaden the genre's impact in the literary arena by providing an array of educational services and publishing activities.
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Deadline: August 1, 2022
Creative Nonfiction is currently seeking original short nonfiction for the Sunday Short Read email, which reaches 8,000+ readers weekly. Accepted work is also featured and archived online. We’re open to submissions on any subject, in any style. Surprise us!
The only rules are that all work submitted must be short (1,000 words, max), nonfiction and original to the author, and not previously published. We’ll pay $50 on publication, and all work will also be considered for inclusion in Creative Nonfiction magazine.
Guidelines: Essays must be previously unpublished and no longer than 1,000 words. Multiple submissions are welcome, as are entries from outside the United States.
* There is a $3 convenience fee for online submissions. Subscribers to Creative Nonfiction and/or True Story magazine never pay a reading/convenience fee of any kind when submitting. Ever. You can find that submission portal here:
Deadline: August 1, 2022
Creative Nonfiction is currently seeking original short nonfiction for the Sunday Short Read email, which reaches 8,000+ readers weekly. Accepted work is also featured and archived online. We’re open to submissions on any subject, in any style. Surprise us!
The only rules are that all work submitted must be short (1,000 words, max), nonfiction and original to the author, and not previously published. We’ll pay $50 on publication, and all work will also be considered for inclusion in Creative Nonfiction magazine.
Guidelines: Essays must be previously unpublished and no longer than 1,000 words. Multiple submissions are welcome, as are entries from outside the United States.
* This portal is for subscribers to Creative Nonfiction and/or True Story magazine, who never pay a reading/convenience fee of any kind when submitting. Not a subscriber? You can submit work here:
Creative Nonfiction is seeking instructors and curriculum designers for 5- and 10-week asynchronous online courses, webinars, and self-guided courses. We’re also interested in expanding our programming to include teen workshops and live workshops over zoom.
We’re looking for instructors and publishing professionals from diverse backgrounds and cultural experiences who are passionate and knowledgeable, with a genuine desire to help other nonfiction writers improve their craft.
We hire new instructors based on curriculum needs, which change from term to term. If you don't hear back from us immediately, it doesn't mean we're not interested.
For Creative Nonfiction magazine, we’re looking for writing about writing—smart and insightful ideas related to the art, craft, history, or philosophy of creative nonfiction. We’re open to pitches for these kinds of pieces:
We’re not especially interested in:
For upcoming issues, we’re currently looking specifically for pitches related to:
To pitch an idea, you’ll need:
Writing-about-writing generally ranges in length from 1,000 to 3,000 words; this is a paying market.
Do you have an idea for a literary timeline? An opinion about essential texts for readers and/or writers? An in-depth, working knowledge of a specific type of nonfiction? Pitch us your ideas; Creative Nonfiction accepts query letters for the following sections of the magazine:
AFTERWORDS is the final page of the magazine. We're open to just about any idea that can be presented completely in one page, though we are more inclined toward pieces that take a lighter look at the genre, craft, and/or industry. Examples: First sentences from first books (#38); The ever-expanding nonfiction subtitle (#39); Side gigs for the nonfiction 99% (#45).
BETWEEN THE LINES focuses on the business of writing and the contemporary publishing landscape. This section is reserved for more serious, newsy (in a general way) topics.
Examples: The future of literary magazines in America (#38); A defense of navel-gazing (#39); The line between documentation and exploitation (#44).
REQUIRED READING catalogues and explores essential texts for nonfiction readers and writers. Pieces can be as simple as a list or as complex as a lyric essay.
Examples: David Shields' inspirations and recommendations (#38); Norman Mailer's indispensible nonfiction, as recommended by his biographer (#39).
THEN & NOW tracks significant developments in the genre and can include timelines or other creative comparisons.
Examples: A history of the genre (and the magazine) from 1993 to 2009 (#38); Environmental writing since "Silent Spring" (#44); Our longstanding obsession with true crime (#45).
LIFE ONLINE provides a unique perspective of what the literary life is like online. Examples: The virtual realities of online advice columnist Sugar (#42); Of online anger, puppy dogs and ice cream (#43); Is online publishing permanent enough/ (#44).
UNDER THE UMBRELLA explores one subset or type of writing that falls under the creative nonfiction umbrella--dad memoir, extreme travel writing, as well as lesser-known kinds of creative nonfiction--and the patterns that connect these types of writing.
Examples: CNF's Armchair Guide to Stunt Writing (#38); Family History Narrative (#41); Sex Worker Memoirs (#45).
WRITER AT WORK offers an analysis of or an in-depth look into a specific writer's writing process.
Examples: Gay Talese's approach to composition (#39); E.B. White's use of literary effect in "Death of a Pig" (#41).
Note: Nothing increases your publishing chances more than a familiarity with the magazine; we recommend you become a subscriber, but a working knowledge of our recent issues is a great place to start, too.
Queries only. Please do not send completed pieces. Please do not send attachments. Please send brilliant, original ideas and a solid plan for turning those ideas into brilliant pieces of writing.
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