We are incredibly delighted to announce the shortlist for our 2018 Creative Non-Fiction Contest. Congratulations to all the writers on this list! We were deeply moved by your stories.

PRISM international’s 2018 Creative Non-Fiction Contest Shortlist

“It Wasn’t Weakness” by Emily Casali (Langley, British Columbia)

“The Grey Whale” by Sydney Roberts (Campbell River, British Columbia)

“How to Dig a Ditch” by Antonia Crane (Los Angeles, California)

“Feral” by Kat Savino (Brooklyn, New York)

“La Llorona: The Weeping Woman” by Wendy Noonan (Portland, Oregon)

“The Edge of It” by Wendy Noonan (Portland, Oregon)

Stay tuned for our announcement regarding this year’s winners selected by this year’s judge, Jonathan Kemp.

Interested in submitting to one of our future contests? If you’re a writer of poetry or fiction, consider submitting to the inaugural Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize or the Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. See our contests page for more details.