Creative Nonfiction: The Final Issue

The Best of Thirty Years of Creative Nonfiction

Thirty-two essays representing some of the finest work Creative Nonfiction published over its seventy-eight issues, with an introduction by Lee Gutkind. Available now for purchase.

  • What is Creative Nonfiction?

    True Stories, Well Told

    True stories based on real-world experience are the most powerful tools humans have for communicating information, fostering empathy, and changing ourselves, our culture, and the world.

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What is Creative Nonfiction?

Dive in with CNF Founder and Editor, Lee Gutkind

Creative Nonfiction magazine defines the genre simply, succinctly, and accurately as “true stories well told.” And that, in essence, is what creative nonfiction is all about.

In some ways, creative nonfiction is like jazz—it’s a rich mix of flavors, ideas, and techniques, some newly invented and others as old as writing itself.