A selection of writers who have contributed to PRISM international will share their work in a live, in-person reading. There will be a brief intermission in which those who want to participate in a trivia contest about the Vancouver...
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 Grace Lau. Grace is a settler living in Ontario on the traditional...
Interview by Daryl Sneath Portrayal—if we take the word at its origin, to draw or to paint, to depict in words—may well be the aim of any novelist. Few have mastered portrayal the way Heather O’Neill has. In O’Neill’s novels,...
PRISM is proud to share the longlisted pieces from The Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V Short Forms judged by our editors. Please join us in congratulating these awesome writers! Don’t forget, our Creative Non-Fiction Contest judged by Ivan Coyote is...
Saturn PeachLily WangGordon Hill Press, 2020 Review by Clara Otto CW: Brief mention of rape Lily Wang’s Saturn Peach oscillates between the ethereal and the feral. The poems in this collection are filled with quiet longing, grief, and intimacy....
We’ve extended the deadline for the 2022 Creative Nonfiction Contest judged by Ivan Coyote. Need a little more time and incentive to put the finishing touches on that piece of CNF you’ve been working on? You’ve got a bit...
Beatrice and Croc HarryLawrence HillHarper Collins, 2022 Review by Edie Reaney Chunn Palaver Bumfuzzled Honey bucket What do these words have in common? Each of them is in The Saint Lawrence Dictionary of Only the Best Words, Real and...
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her HeadWarsan ShirePenguin Random House, 2022 Review by Stella Cali Multiple voices ripple through this collection, music winding through words—the grainy sound of cassette tapes from home, whispers of lyrics and...
Imagine Us, The SwarmMuriel LeungNightboat Books, 2021 Review by Lou J. Baker On a page filled almost entirely with lines of ellipses, a single phrase stands alone: “I think it’s funny that the book is not about bees at...