The Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction is officially open, and we’re thrilled to announce Thalia Field as this year’s judge!
Continue reading Announcing The Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction Contest Judge: Thalia Field!
We get it. Sometimes, you just need some more time. So don’t stress if you think you’ve missed the deadline for the Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize. The new double extended deadline is now October 31st! We’re excited to give you a little more time to send us your best poems for our amazing judge, Aisha Sasha John.
Continue reading Need more time? The Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize deadline DOUBLE EXTENDED!
We have another Liminal teaser for you! Our prose editor, Kyla Jamieson, shares an excerpt of Kia Miakka Natisse’s moving nonfiction piece, “I Have a Brother Named Jamaal,” which is about growing up alongside her autistic brother. Read the full story in the forthcoming Fall issue (56.1), available for purchase at the start of November 2017. If you don’t yet have a subscription to PRISM, you can purchase one today at our web store!
Continue reading Liminal Prose Teaser: I Have a Brother Named Jamaal by Kia Miakka Natisse
“Deep-sea Radio” by Ned Baeck is forthcoming in the “Liminal” issue of PRISM, out this fall. Read our sneak-peak preview of this poem here, and get to know him in a mini interview with our poetry editor, Shazia Hafiz Ramji, below.
Continue reading Liminal Poetry Teaser: Mini Interview with Ned Baeck
We received so many amazing pieces of writing for this year’s contest. We’re excited and honoured to announce the winners of this year’s Creative Nonfiction Contest, as selected by Alicia Elliott! You can read all three pieces in our Winter issue 56.2, so be sure to pick up a copy!
Continue reading The 2017 Creative Nonfiction Contest Winners!
As we wait for our first themed issue in four years, “Liminal,” to return from the printer, our poetry editor, Shazia Hafiz Ramji, shares a sneak peek from its pages. “Deep-sea Radio” by Ned Baeck is forthcoming in the Fall issue (56.1) of PRISM. Shazia first heard Baeck read his work at the Twisted Poets Literary Salon open mic at the Cottage Bistro in Vancouver and reached out to him for some poems soon after. Read Baeck’s poem, “Deep-sea Radio,” below.
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Continue reading Liminal Poetry Teaser: Deep-sea Radio by Ned Baeck
We’re holding onto summer with a flashback to our Summer Issue 55:4, which was stacked with amazing contributors. Among them was Beasa Dukes, author of “The Heart-Hum.” Read the first of the three sections of this amazing piece below and check out our interview with them here. Weren’t able to pick up a copy of the issue during the summer? No worries, you can order one here!
Continue reading Issue 55:4 Flashback: The Heart-Hum by Beasa Dukes
Contents Jess Taylor – So Much Good Here: Notes on The Jacob Zilber Prize Jacob Zilber Grand Prize Winner Carol Matthews – The Boat, as it Happened Jacob Zilber Prize Runners-Up Adrick Brock – Chez Madame Christine Miscione –...
Contents George Elliott Clarke – A Very Healthy Endeavour Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize Grand Prize Winner Jordan Mounteer – The Reclamation of the Larches Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize Runners-Up Elizabeth Ross – Toronto Moms Group Laisha Rosnau – Chaff...