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We’re back with another exciting update: the Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms shortlist!

We’ll be announcing the winners, as chosen by the PRISM editorial board, on Monday, July 15. Our Creative Non-fiction contest is closing the same day. Get on it!


“Suicidal Chickens” by Danell Clay, Prince George, BC

“I Swallow Creatures Whole” by lue boileau Toronto, ON

“The Half-Life of Swimming Lessons” by Traci Skuce, Cumberland, BC

“The Patron Saint of Butchers is also the Patron Saint of Surgeons and Abortions” by Dessa Bayrock, Ottawa, ON

“Seal” by Kate Barss, Toronto, ON

“Another Animal” by Julia LoFaso, Astoria, NY