In honour of #TranformationTuesday, I thought a writing prompt about transformations would be appropriate. This prompt can be approached several ways and depending on the genre. If you’re writing a poem, write down the word “transformation”. What does it...
Chinkstar Jon Chan Simpson Coach House Books, 2015 Review by Clara Kumagai Run is a Chinese-Scottish seventeen-year-old in Red Deer, Alberta, and he’s not particularly fond of his older brother. They clash, fight, and wrestle, and Run wonders how...
Review by Sasha Singer-Wilson Huff Written and performed by Cliff Cardinal Directed by Karin Randoja The Firehall Arts Centre and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival A Native Earth Performing Arts Production Breath is at the center of Huff. In...
Review by Amber McMillan Regeneration Machine Joe Denham Nightwood Editions, 2015 Joe Denham is a fisherman and carpenter living on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, and Regeneration Machine is his third book of poetry. Denham is not a poet churning...
We know that you’ve been waiting with bated breath, so we’ll end the suspense. Here are the winners of PRISM international’s 2015 Creative Non-Fiction contest, as chosen by judge Russell Wangersky. Grand prize: “Ghostly Transmissions from John D. Rockefeller”...
We announced our longlist on Thursday, and we’re narrowing it down… So here it is: PRISM international‘s Creative Non-fiction Contest short list for 2015! Only eight stories out of nearly 200 made the list. Here is the complete list (in no particular...
With three full days left to submit to our Short Fiction and Poetry Contests, you might need an extra push to finish up your entries. PRISM international has been fortunate enough to publish many emerging and established writers through...
Interview by Matthew Walsh Robyn Sarah’s most recent collection of poetry, My Shoes Are Killing Me, won the Governor General’s award for poetry in 2015. The poems touch on themes of nature, motherhood, and time, and allude to poets...
We’re excited to announce the long list for our 2015 Creative Non-fiction Contest! This year we received almost two hundred entries from Canada, and around the world. Of these, sixteen were selected for the long list. Without further ado, here is PRISM’s Creative...