Calling all writers! PRISM Reviews is currently accepting interviews and reviews of prose, theatre, poetry, creative nonfiction, and graphic forms (600-1300 words). We want interviews that delve into the creative realms of writers and theatremakers. We want reviews that...
PRISM international stands in solidarity with Black communities across the United States, Canada, and beyond, in asserting that Black Lives Matter. We join them in demanding justice for the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Regis Korchinksi-Paquet, and countless...
the pacific spirit poetry prize judge’s essay Billy-Ray Belcourt – The Not-Yet and the What-Is-To-Come the pacific spirit poetry prize grand prize winner syan jay – CROSS-SECTIONS OF SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS & SHELLS, 2013 the pacific spirit poetry prize runners-up Tara McGowan-Ross...
This year’s judging was not easy at all. In fact, it took us so long, because there were so many amazing entries. Our longlist is longer than ever, but we are so happy with every name on it!
Congratulations to all longlisted authors! What an achievement!
After the success of previous themed issues such as “Liminal“, “Bad“, and “Dreams” we decided we just had to do another one! PRISM’s RUIN issue seeks writing that interrogates destruction, loss, and what it means to rebuild. Ruin is not just about wanton...
We have been dreaming about this for sooooooooo long! But it’s here! We cannot wait for you to read it! Get your copy NOW! We will be launching the content in style with not one but two parties! Come...
Kamloopa is an Indigenous artistic ceremony that follows two urban Indigenous sisters, Kilawna and Mikaya, and their new friend, Edith, as they struggle in their own ways to understand themselves and their cultures. As they each come to terms with what it means to reconnect with their homelands, ancestors, and one another, it becomes clear that this story is not a hero’s journey; it doesn’t follow the “typical” three act play in structure or story arc. The artistic ceremony focusses on kinship relations, rather than a central conflict: this is a journey between women, a journey that happens within, between, and outside of themselves. It’s a journey that happens on Indian time: existing now, bringing the past, and holding the future. As the three women move through the world, they face issues of assimilation, disconnection, and loss, and the audience is witness to every ignorant, painful, funny, and awkward moment of what it means to find your way home again.
PRISM international is proud to announce the winner of the 2017 Earle Birney Poetry Prize is Lydia Kwa for her poem “Letter to My Former Selves” published in PRISM 56.1: Liminal, available now!
Earle Birney established UBC’s MFA program in Creative Writing in 1965–the first university program in Canada. The Earle Birney Poetry Prize, awarded annually and worth $500, is PRISM‘s only in-house prize. A very special thanks to Mme. Justice Wailan Low for her generous and ongoing support.