God’s County by Henry Osborne
I am pleased to (belatedly) share the second runner-up for the 2025 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms, Henry Osborne’s God’s County! This piece takes us on a journey past the end of the road, urging us...
Editor to Editor: An Interview With Benjamin Wood
Introduction: Back in the spring, during my first weeks as prose editor for PRISM, I was working in our office when I found myself distracted by the big shelves of PRISM back issues dating all the way back to...
Judge’s Essay: Molly Cross-Blanchard
For this year’s Jacob Zilber Contest for Short Fiction, PRISM International was lucky enough to work with Molly Cross-Blanchard as a judge for our final shortlist. Molly was fair, thoughtful, and caring. Below is her judge’s essay about the...
On Afterbirth and Transformations: An Interview with Emma Cleary
I had the pleasure of meeting Emma when she presented at the CRWR Faculty & Alumni Showcase, sharing an art-and-movie-recommendations-filled presentation on the creative research that fuelled her debut novel, Afterbirth. (Thanks for the new additions to my Letterboxd!) ...
I Keep Touching Myself To The Theory That The Bullet Is A Metaphysical Construct by Michael Okafor
The first runner-up for the 2024 Pacific Spirit poetry prize, Michael Okafor’s I Keep Touching Myself To The Theory That The Bullet Is A Metaphysical Construct, lives up to the enormous promise of its name. This poem starts with...
Doll-House Dunes by Eve Cavanagh
Today I have the privilege of sharing with you the Winner of Prism International’s 2025 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction, as chosen by judge Christina Cooke: Doll-House Dunes by Eve Cavanagh. This is a moving and original piece that I think you’ll really...
BIRD by NmaHassan Muhammad
Dear reader, I am honoured to share here the winner of the 2025 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for Short Forms, Bird by NmaHassan Muhammad. This touching, tender, bittersweet piece makes the most of its sparingly chosen words, all the...
From the Archives: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN KNOWS WHERE by Stefanie Lee
Image: In From Out by Parsa Malihipour (fka Glossy Pupils) (from Issue 63.2, Spring 2025). Hello dear reader! Happy solstice to you and yours <3 As we wait for the days to slowly grow longer, I’d like to offer...
How To Date Casually by M.L. Henderson
You’ve all been emailing us asking “please, please, how do we date casually?” We finally have the answer, after a fashion. Here’s M.L. Henderson’s “How To Date Casually,” 2nd runner up for Prism International’s 2025 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short...