PRISM international is made possible with the support of a team willing to offer their time and passion for the written word. We’d like to introduce you to some of the amazing people who contribute to the print and digital versions of the magazine.
Dana Mavilla
Dana Mavilla (she/her) is a writer living on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She enjoys singing, spending time with her family and friends, and taking her puppy, Lilo, for walks. She is currently pursuing a degree in sociology and creative writing at the University of British Columbia.
Lindsay Raynard (she/her)
Lindsay Vermeulen (she/her) is a writer and editor dwelling on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, sometimes called Vancouver. She likes chocolate, afternoon tea, social justice, classical music, being outside, and heartbreakingly beautiful books.
Miriam Gallou
Miriam Gallou is a writer and graduate of the Creative Writing MFA at Guelph University. She loves to write realist stories with haunting narratives and an unbeatable soundtrack.
Her creative work has been featured in Quill & Quire, and as an award winner in december magazine. She is currently completing a certificate in publishing, to further engross herself in the literary world.
Emily Coppella
Emily Coppella (she/her) lives on traditional Anishinaabe Mississauga territory. She completed her M.A. In English Language and Literature at Queen’s University and her B.A. in English at Carleton University with a concentration in Creative Writing and a minor in Women and Gender Studies. Her poetry has been published in several international literary magazines. You can find her on Instagram @emilycoppella.
Joe Enns
Joe Enns is a Canadian writer, painter, and fisheries biologist on Vancouver Island. His writing has appeared in The Dalhousie Review, FreeFall, The Fiddlehead, GUSTS, and Portal Magazine, and book reviews in The Malahat Review and The British Columbia Review. Joe has a BA in Creative Writing and a BSc in Ecological Restoration.
Corey Morrell
Corey Morrell lives in Vancouver, BC, but still finds time to visit his hometown of Castlegar to enjoy the beautiful mountains and lakes of the West Kootenays. His work has appeared in The Garden Statuary, W49, LURe, and HiPo. In 2023, his short story “Paradise” was shortlisted for the Annual ESA Short Story Competition. He’s currently working on his first novel The Pines, a Neo-Northwestern Gothic which he plans to have completed by summer 2024. In his spare time, he enjoys travelling, camping, boxing, creating music, and spending time with family and friends.
Ashanthi Francis
Ashanthi Francis is a writer based in Toronto, Ontario. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including Lake Effect, MUSE Magazine, and The Temz Review, and was shortlisted for The Fiddlehead’s creative non-fiction prize. She is currently studying creative writing at the University of Toronto, where she will complete her first manuscript.
Kaye Miller
Kaye Miller grew up on Treaty 7 land. Their work can be found in Plenitude, Grain, The Ex-Puritan, Vagabond City Lit, and elsewhere. They love dinner parties, giving book recommendations, and collecting beach glass. They are an MFA candidate at the University of Guelph.
Emily Pegg
Emily Pegg’s short fiction has appeared in journals across Canada and the US. When she isn’t writing, she’s probably knitting or talking about knitting. She lives on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations in Vancouver, BC with her partner and unruly cats, and is currently working on her first novel.
Dylan Bach
Dylan Bach (he/him) holds an MFA from UBC’s School of Creative Writing. He writes weird and speculative fiction and attends to the business of stay-at-home dads.
Willow Delp
Willow Delp is a current Amherst College student. Their work has been published in Roi Fainéant, Coffee Ring Review, Litmora Literary Magazine, and The Indicator, among other publications.
Charliee Greenbank
Charliee Greenbank (They/She) is a Queer Autistic Metis writer who works in multiple genres including: poetry, creative nonfiction, stage/screenwriting, and likes to dabble in fiction and songwriting. Charliee has been published in multiple editions of Pearls: A Douglas Student Anthology with their poetry and screenwriting. She is completing their Bachelor of Fine Arts: Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.
Rasma Haidri
Rasma Haidri grew up in Tennessee and makes her home on a rural Norwegian coastal island. Her writing appeared recently in Prairie Schooner and River Teeth, and is forthcoming in Rattle. See her books, Blue Like Apples and As If Anything Can Happen, poems, writing prompts, and more about Rasma at www.rasma.org.
Julia Cottrelle
Julia Cottrelle lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her Corgi, Audrey. She is a graduate of SFU’s The Writer’s Studio, has been mentored by Leah Mol, and presently studies at Humber’s Creative Writing Certificate with Colin McAdam. Julia’s work has appeared in The Fiddlehead, SubTerrain, and The Emerging Writer’s Reader’s Series, among other places. She is a passionate editor and provides compassionate manuscript consults. Her work can be found at https://juliacottrelle.wordpress.com/
Courtney Bill
Courtney Bill is currently pursuing a degree in creative writing. Her work has appeared in PRISM, Canthius, The /tƐmz/ Review, Literary Heist, January Magazine, and elsewhere. She is writing a short story collection about girls and women who get to be a little evil.
Ashraf Zaghal
Ashraf Zaghal is a writer and environmental engineer. He is a graduate of the UBC Creative Writing MFA program. His poetry has been published in The Literary Review, Metamorphoses, Transference, and Four Way Review. He likes to walk along small rivers and pick up twigs and stray stones.
Our readers are a crucial part of our magazine, and we are so grateful for the careful attention and respect they show to each and every submission we receive. We truly couldn’t do it without them!