Home > PRISM Online > 2023 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms – NOW OPEN

Our shortest-form contest is officially open for submissions until April 15!

The Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms is judged by PRISM’s editorial board. We’re ready to dig into your flash fiction, micro-memoir, poetic hybrids and everything in between of 300 words or less. Anything goes—as long as it’s short!


We offer free entries for all self-identifying Indigenous and Black writers.

As always, we encourage submissions from writers of colour, writers with disabilities, LGBTQQIA writers, and writers from other intersectional and marginalized groups.

We also offer a limited number of free entries to low-income writers on a first-come basis. Please contact promotions@prismmagazine.ca by the deadline for to arrange for a contest entry.

Read the guidelines and submit here!