Our latest themed issue, SPRAWL, is here! And yes, despite *gestures vaguely* everything, it’s still making its way to a mailbox near you. As written by editors Molly Cross-Blanchard and Emma Cleary, “the poetry, stories, and creative non-fiction in...
We are so pleased to announce our shortlist for the Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. “An Iconostasis” by Joseph Pearson “Bears and Other Beasts” by Kate Finegan “Dreaming in Search and Rescue” by E.G. Cunningham “Lightness” by Joshua...
Word counts got you down? Our shortest-form contest is now open for submissions. The Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms is judged by PRISM’s editorial board. We’re ready to sink our teeth into your flash fiction, micro-memoir,...
Happy Saturday! We are so pleased to announce our longlist for the Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. “An Iconostasis” by Joseph Pearson “Bears and Other Beasts” by Kate Finegan “Dayton” by AJ Strosahl “Dreaming in Search and Rescue”...
Due to temporary building closures on the University of British Columbia campus, PRISM will not be reading mailed submissions until further notice. We will continue to welcome submissions for our contests and issues online via Submittable. If you are...
Kristen Arnett had a big 2019. Her debut novel, Mostly Dead Things, became a New York Times bestseller and was named a best book of the year by The New York Times, NPR, The New Yorker, TIME, and Washington...
We’re so pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize, as chosen by judge Katherena Vermette. Congrats to Colleen, Cody, and Lou! Grand Prize “The Spring of Grade Nine” by Colleen Baran Colleen Baran is...
Happy Wednesday! We’re so pleased to announce the shortlist for our 2019 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize. Please join us in congratulating these six incredible poets! “Jungle, At Voltage” by Hari Alluri“why the sex addict is a porkchop preteNDN” by...
We were recently made aware that PRISM published a poem written by Steven Kummerfield, who was convicted of killing Pamela George. PRISM published Kummerfield’s poem under the name Stephen Brown in issue 55.1 in Fall 2016. At the time...