PRISM international publishes exciting, original material from established and unknown writers in Canada and around the world. We accept submissions year-round. Due to the high volume of submissions we receive each month, reply times range between 2 to 6 months, depending on the time of year.
Please note: PRISM does not accept submissions from students and faculty of the University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing Program (this includes the UBC Optional-Residency MFA Program). In order to submit, UBC alumni cannot have taken a UBC Creative Writing Program course during the previous two years.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
- For contest entries, please refer to our contest page.
- Send original, unpublished material in short fiction, poetry, translation (into English), literary non-fiction, and drama. We do not consider work that has appeared on the internet unless it has only been posted to writers’ forums for discussion.
- Include a brief cover letter with a short bio and publications list.
- If you have submitted your work to another magazine for consideration, please let us know in the cover letter.
- Note: we do not return manuscripts, so please ensure that you retain a copy of your submission for your files. We strongly prefer to reply via email. If you do not have an email address, include a self-addressed envelope (SASE) with sufficient Canadian postage, or an International Reply Coupon (IRC) if you are submitting from outside of Canada. NOTE: if incorrect/insufficient postage is provided, we cannot reply to or return your material.
- Along with your submission, please provide complete contact information, including an email address. Please indicate in your cover letter if you would like to receive a reply to your submission via email rather than mail.
- Manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced (in the case of prose) on letter-sized paper. Poetry should be single-spaced.
- We cannot accept email submissions.
- Send only one genre at a time — one story or 7 poems per submission. Maximum submission length: 25 pages.
- Non-fiction pieces should be creative, exploratory, or experimental in tone. Accompanying photographs will be considered for publication. We do not publish rhetorical, academic, or journalistic non-fiction.
- We do not publish genre writing such as romance, horror, or science fiction. Please read back issues of PRISM as a guideline.
- Translations are sought in all genres and must be undertaken with the permission of the original author. Wherever possible, include a copy of the original work. We are an English-language publication, and, as such, accept translations of work into English.
- We purchase first North American serial rights, and pay $40/printed page for poetry, $20/printed page for prose. Contributors receive a one-year subscription to PRISM international. The editorial board awards an annual $500 prize to an outstanding poetry contributor each year.
MAIL SUBMISSIONS TO:
PRISM international
Creative Writing Program, UBC
Buch. E462 – 1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
Canada
