Want to know who’s won PRISM’s contests in previous years? Check out our previous PRISM contest winners page.
For contest guidelines, download and consult the contest entry PDFs.
Mail your entry and entry form to:
PRISM international
Creative Writing Program, UBC
Buch. E462 – 1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
Canada
OR enter online! (See specific contest details below.)
For all inquiries regarding the Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry contests, please contact the contest manager at prismwritingcontest@gmail.com.
Note: If you are submitting a cheque to pay your contest fees, please be patient! It may take up to 8 weeks to process your cheque. Also, each contestant receives a subscription to PRISM international which begins with the contest issues.
ANNUAL EARLE BIRNEY PRIZE FOR POETRY
An annual prize of $500 is awarded by the outgoing poetry editor to an outstanding poetry contributor published in PRISM international. Enter by regular submission only: no fee required.
We thank Wailan Low for her continued support.
SHORT FICTION CONTEST
DEADLINE: January 27, 2012 Extended to February 3, 2012
A $2000 grand prize is awarded to the best original, unpublished story (maximum 25 double-spaced pages) and the winner receives publication payment in the Fiction Contest Issue! Two runner-up prizes of $200 dollars are also conferred. Works of translation are eligible.
The entry fee is $28 for one story ($30 if submitting online), and $7 for each additional story. All entrants receive a one-year subscription to PRISM.
Fiction judge: Jessica Grant, an award-winning fiction writer, a member of Newfoundland’s Burning Rock Collective (members include Michael Winter and Lisa Moore), and the author of Making Light of Tragedy and Come, Thou Tortoise.
- By mail (see address above). Send your entry and entry form. You may pay entry fees via cheque or online through our store.
- Online. Submit your entry and pay online. (NOTE: Entry fee is $30 for online submission.)
POETRY CONTEST
DEADLINE: January 27, 2012 Extended to February 3, 2012
A $1000 grand prize is awarded for the best original, unpublished poem and the winner receives publication and payment in our upcoming Poetry and Fiction Contests Issue. $300 and $200 are awarded to runners-up. Works of translation into English are eligible.
Entry fee is $28 ($30 if submitting online) and may include up to three poems. Additional poems are $7 each. All entries receive a one-year subscription to PRISM.
Poetry judge: Jen Currin, author of three books of poetry:The Sleep of Four Cites (Anvil Press, 2005); Hagiography (Coach House, 2008); and The Inquisition Yours (Coach House, 2010), which is shortlisted for the 2011 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, the Lambda Literary Award in Poetry, and the Audre Lorde Poetry Award.
- By mail (see address above). Send your entry and entry form. You may pay entry fees via cheque or online through our store.
- Online. Submit your entry and pay online. (NOTE: Entry fee is $30 for online submission.)
NONFICTION CONTEST
Deadline: November 30, 2011 Extended to December 16, 2011!
PRISM international‘s Nonfiction Contest has an exciting $1500 Grand Prize.
The entry fee is $28 for one story ($30 if submitting online), and $7 for each additional story. All entrants receive a one-year subscription to PRISM.
Nonfiction judge: Amber Dawn, a writer, filmmaker and performance artist based in Vancouver. She is the author of the novel Sub Rosa (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2010), editor of the Lambda Award-nominated Fist of the Spider Woman (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2008) and co-editor of With a Rough Tongue: Femmes Write Porn (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2005).
There are two ways to send us your entry:
- By mail (see address above). Send your entry and entry form. You may pay entry fees via cheque or online through our store.
- Online. Submit your entry and pay online. (NOTE: Entry fee is $30 for online submission.)
