Summer issue cover image: “Other Other” by Gio Swaby We are delighted to introduce you to our Jacob Zilber prize winners. Two of these pieces appear in our Summer issue, 57.4, while you can read “Toy Wonderland,” by Jenessa...
After reading through more than 300 pieces, the PRISM editorial team has chosen the top three winners of the Grouse Grind Literary Prize for V. Short Forms! Their themes run the gamut from a child with a voracious appetite...
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!...
Photo by Sandro Pehar Interview by Chimedum Ohaegbu Téa Mutonji’s debut Shut Up You’re Pretty is the first book out of Vivek Shraya’s Arsenal Pulp imprint, VS. Books. In rhythmic prose, the collection follows Loli’s journey as she deals with...
We’re so excited to share our longlist for the 2019 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms! We received hundreds of stellar entries this year—the following 14 stories were extra-special standouts. Check back soon for the shortlist and winners announcement, as chosen...
Photo provided by Arsenal Pulp Press Interview by Deborah Heslop Too often, the story of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is told solely through statistics of opioid overdose deaths, but award-winning journalist Travis Lupick delves into the community’s heart and...
This essay has been published in Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being by Amy Fung (Book*Hug, 2019) By Amy Fung Spending the better part of 2011 in the northeast of Scotland, in a tiny, violent town,...
Bad Ideas Missy Marston ECW Press, 2019 Review by Kris Rothstein Missy Marston’s novel Bad Ideas oozes the atmosphere evocative of life in a small rust belt town in the 1970s. Trudy lives with her mother Claire and four-year-old...
Little Girls Nicholas Aflleje, Sarah DeLaine, Ashley Lanni-Hoye & Adam Wollet Image Comics, 2019 Review by Nikki Holmes Little Girls is a standalone horror graphic novel from the creative team of Nicholas Aflleje (writer), Sarah DeLaine (illustrator), Ashley Lanni-Hoye (colourist), and...