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Author Archives: klundteigen
2012 NONFICTION CONTEST WINNERS!
PRISM is excited to announce the winners of this year’s nonfiction contest: Grand Prize: ”Ice Diaries: a climate change memoir” by Jean McNeil 1st runner up: “Something as Big as a Mountain” by Jane Cawthorne 2nd runner up: “Rules of Play” … Continue reading
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Tagged Amber Dawn, Jane Cawthorne, Jean McNeil, Katie Fritz, nonfiction contest
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Fun & Fearless: PRISM talks with Fiction Contest Judge Jessica Grant
Tomorrow is the deadline for our Short Fiction and Poetry contests, so we thought it’d be a good time to share some wisdom from this year’s fiction judge Jessica Grant. PRISM: In your short story collection “Making Light of Tragedy”, … Continue reading
POETRY & SHORT FICTION CONTEST DEADLINE EXTENDED
Good news! You still have time to submit your entry (or entries) to PRISM’s Poetry and Short Fiction Contests! We’re extending the deadline to February 3rd! Enter online or send us your submission snail mail.
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Tagged Contests, Deadline, Poetry contest, Short fiction contest
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Thanks for sharing your writing with us
The deadline for the nonfiction contest has come and gone. We received an avalanche of entries, and we’re honoured that so many people shared their writing and the stories of their lives with us. The shortlist will be announced at … Continue reading
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Enter our Writing Contests Online!
Now there are two ways to send your writing our way: snail mail or through our online submission system! Great news if you want to enter our nonfiction contest, but don’t want to stand in line at the post office. Non-contest … Continue reading
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Tagged Contests, Madeline Sonik, Online submission
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Furniture as Writing Advice
One of the most repeated pieces of writing advice I’ve heard involves not writing. “Put it in a drawer for a while/six months/a year.” It’s too bad that nothing happens in the drawer while you’re not looking: the ending writes … Continue reading
PRISM TALKS TO NONFICTION CONTEST JUDGE AMBER DAWN ABOUT TRUTH, FORM, & THE POWER OF NONFICTION
While October 31 means Halloween for many, here at PRISM it also means there’s only one month left until the deadline for our literary nonfiction contest! We recently interviewed our nonfiction judge Amber Dawn by email to talk about nonfiction. … Continue reading
Practice your kerning
Typography geeks rejoice! Now you can practice creating “pleasant and readable” text at KERNTYPE. Happy kerning.
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Rain, wind, and a collapsed tent: Vancouver Word on the Street Round-up
Inside the kids’ tent, craft supplies and paper and small books whirled with rain. The poetry tent collapsed. The poets wandered with hoods on, searching for refuge. Over at the PRISM table, we were spared the gusting winds, but the … Continue reading
