PRISM international is proud to announce the winning pieces from our 2023 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize along with Mercedes Eng’s judge’s essay. Mercedes Eng is a prairie-born poet of Chinese and settler descent living in Vancouver on the unceded...
We received so many amazing stories for this contest, a big thanks to each and every writer who submitted and trusted us with their work. Without further ado, we are so pleased to announce our longlist for the Jacob...
Our shortest-form contest is now open for submissions until May 1st! The Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms is judged by PRISM’s editorial board. We’re ready to sink our teeth into your flash fiction, micro-memoir, poetic hybrids...
The first news of 2021: Our Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize winners, as chosen by contest judge Ariana Brown! Congratulations Karen, Natalie, and Imani! Grand Prize “only the bottom left quadrant of my hair is full” by Karen Lee karen...
Winter means one thing around these parts: our annual Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction is now open for submissions! The prize is named for Jacob Zilber, who played a central role founding the University of British Columbia’s department...
We’re announcing a new annual prize! The Wreck Beach Prize for Prose will be PRISM international’s second in-house prize. Like our Earle Birney Prize for Poetry, this prize is worth $500 and will be awarded annually. And with that,...
We’re thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s Creative Non-fiction Contest, as chosen by judge Alexander Chee! Grand Prize “Ghost Bread” by Angelique Stevens Angelique Stevens is Haudenosaunee and Italian. Her nonfiction can be found in LitHub, The...
The following pieces have been shortlisted for the 2020 Creative Nonfiction Contest! Check back soon for the winners announcement, chosen by this year’s contest judge, Alexander Chee. (PS, our Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize is open for submissions until October...
We’re so excited to share our longlist for the 2020 Creative Non-Fiction Contest! We were blown away by the number of submissions and the quality of writing for this contest. Thank you to all the writers who submitted and...