PRISM international is made possible with the support of a team willing to offer their time and passion for the written word. We’d like to introduce you to some of the amazing people who contribute to the print and digital versions of the magazine.
Dana Mavilla
Dana Mavilla (she/her) is a writer living on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She enjoys singing, spending time with her family and friends, and taking her puppy, Lilo, for walks. She is currently pursuing a degree in sociology and creative writing at the University of British Columbia.
Lindsay Raynard
Emily Coppella
Emily Coppella (she/her) lives on traditional Anishinaabe Mississauga territory. She completed her M.A. In English Language and Literature at Queen’s University and her B.A. in English at Carleton University with a concentration in Creative Writing and a minor in Women and Gender Studies. Her poetry has been published in several international literary magazines. You can find her on Instagram @emilycoppella.
Joe Enns
Joe Enns is a Canadian writer, painter, and fisheries biologist on Vancouver Island. His writing has appeared in The Dalhousie Review, FreeFall, The Fiddlehead, GUSTS, and Portal Magazine, and book reviews in The Malahat Review and The British Columbia Review. Joe has a BA in Creative Writing and a BSc in Ecological Restoration.
Dylan Bach
Dylan Bach (he/him) holds an MFA from UBC’s School of Creative Writing. He writes weird and speculative fiction and attends to the business of stay-at-home dads.
Rasma Haidri
Rasma Haidri grew up in Tennessee and makes her home on a rural Norwegian coastal island. Her writing appeared recently in Prairie Schooner and River Teeth, and is forthcoming in Rattle. See her books, Blue Like Apples and As If Anything Can Happen, poems, writing prompts, and more about Rasma at www.rasma.org.
Julia Cottrelle
Julia Cottrelle lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her Corgi, Audrey. She is a graduate of SFU’s The Writer’s Studio, has been mentored by Leah Mol, and presently studies at Humber’s Creative Writing Certificate with Colin McAdam. Julia’s work has appeared in The Fiddlehead, SubTerrain, and The Emerging Writer’s Reader’s Series, among other places. She is a passionate editor and provides compassionate manuscript consults. Her work can be found at https://juliacottrelle.wordpress.com/.
Ashraf Zaghal
Ashraf Zaghal is a writer and environmental engineer. He is a graduate of the UBC Creative Writing MFA program. His poetry has been published in The Literary Review, Metamorphoses, Transference, and Four Way Review. He likes to walk along small rivers and pick up twigs and stray stones.
Libby King
Libby King writes short stories, lyric essays, and autotheory that explore white culture, colonisation, family separation, consciousness, neoliberalism, and the boundaries between science and mythology. Her work has been in Prairie Fire, Grain, The February Journal, Island Magazine, and elsewhere. She is a member of the Flinders University Life Narrative Lab and on the Board of the Campbell River Art Gallery. Originally from Adelaide in Australia, she lives on Vancouver Island, BC.
Tristan Hay Lee
Tristan Hay Lee (she/her) is a writer currently completing her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. Her work has been published in Room and The Selkie, as well as shortlisted for the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction and the Bridge Prize. She wastes her precious free time listening to obscure comedy podcasts and diving down Wikipedia rabbit holes.
Saskia Wodarczak
Saskia Wodarczak (she/her) is a writer and editor currently completing her BA in English Literature, with minors in History and Professional Writing, at Concordia University. Her work has been published in The Concordian, New Wave Magazine, and Bazoof! Magazine. Born and raised in Vancouver, she has lived in Toronto and is now based in Montréal.
Jesset Karlen
Jesset Karlen is a Indigenous Métis writer living in Canada who has served as a judge for various literary awards and contests. He is completing his MFA in creative writing at UBC. Fantasy is close to his heart, and he hopes to write stories that readers can hold close to their hearts years after reading.
Our readers are a crucial part of our magazine, and we are so grateful for the careful attention and respect they show to each and every submission we receive. We truly couldn’t do it without them!