Reminder! PRISM international is offering free entries for self-identifying Indigenous writers for our poetry and fiction contests this year. The Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize, judged by Aisha Sasha John, closes on October 31, 2017. The Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction, judged by Thalia Field, closes on January 15, 2018.
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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.
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Reviewing the submissions we received in response to our new editorial team’s first call, “The Liminal,” a call intended to take what is often thought of as “marginal” and place it at the centre of our issue and our...
Prompt #1: Solstice Perhaps the only thing blistering is your tattered feet, clad in a new pair of Birkenstocks, expecting a sunny walk to the bus stop on June 20th, the day the calendar dictated as the first day...
We’re excited and honoured to announce the winners of the first-ever Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction, as selected by Jess Taylor! Grand Prize Winner “The Boat, as it Happened” by Carol Matthews – Nanaimo, BC Carol Matthews has...
We are delighted to announce that the following three poems have been chosen as our winners by Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke! Congratulations to the three winning poets, to everyone who made our short and long lists, and...
Congratulations to the following six poets named to the shortlist of the first Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize! We will announce the winners soon, as chosen by Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke. “Remains” by Heather Fraser – Victoria, BC...
We’re so pleased to announce that the following twelve poems by ten poets have been longlisted for the first-ever Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize. We received an overwhelming number of powerful entries from across the world and would like to...
PRISM is proud to present an excerpt from our 2016 Creative Non-Fiction Contest winning piece, “Choosing Your Poison” by Krista Foss. The full piece is forthcoming in our Winter issue (55:2), arriving on magazine stands and in mailboxes shortly. This...