NQ and WritersNL are teaming up to present NL’s first creative non-fiction writing contest – essay, memoir, biography, travelogue, long-form journalism, or an excerpt from a longer piece are all up for submission. Open to anyone over 18 – but the content must have some relevance and connection to NL. 2500 words, submitted by February 10, 2025, to info@writersnl.ca
Good luck writers! We look forward to seeing your work.
“They’re all looking forward, making plans for their future. Some are in school, working, or both. Sometimes they’re the sole breadwinner in their family. They all have these underlying pressures that most of us have been sheltered from.”
I’M NOT SURE who first referred to them as the “Dear Old” Southside Hills, or if anyone still calls them that. Possibly the name went out of fashion when the huge oil tanks were built. But the nickname seems to have stuck for a while in the early 1900s, a curious term of affection for the imposing hillside that gives shape to St. John’s Harbour.
By: Nina Elliott When we returned to Twillingate in 2017, I made a personal commitment to become an ‘artist’. I was still hesitant to embrace the identity, however I…