Home > PRISM Online > PACIFIC SPIRIT POETRY PRIZE 2021 IS NOW OPEN- JUDGED BY CECILY NICHOLSON

We are excited to announce that our annual PRISM international Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize is now open for submissions. We are so honoured to have the amazing judge Cecily Nicholson.

Cecily Nicholson is the author of TriageFrom the Poplars, winner of the BC Poetry Prize, and Wayside Sang which won the Governor General’s award for English-language poetry. She lives on Qayqayt territory along the river known as the Stó:lō. Cecily works in gallery education and volunteers with communities impacted by carcerality and food insecurity. She was the 2021 Writer-in-Residence for the University of Windsor.

First prize is $1500

Submit here: https://prisminternational.submittable.com/submit

Free submissions for Black and Indigenous writers and a limited number of free submissions for low-income folks. See our website for more details!

Good luck!