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 by the PRISM editorial board.
(PS, our Creative Non-fiction contest is closing in less than a week!)
“Complaint Threshold Density” by Lindsay Miles, Toronto, ON
“Touch” by Philip Holden, Vancouver, BC
“Suicidal Chickens” by Danell Clay, Prince George, BC
“Collective Nouns for Peacocks” by Paola Ferrante Toronto, ON
“I Swallow Creatures Whole” by lue boileau Toronto, ON
“The Smallest Sound” by Kate Finegan, Toronto, ON
“The Half-Life of Swimming Lessons” by Traci Skuce, Cumberland, BC
“Can’t Get Enough of You Baby” by Katy E. Ellis, Vashon, WA
“The Patron Saint of Butchers is also the Patron Saint of Surgeons and Abortions” by Dessa Bayrock, Ottawa, ON
“Seal” by Kate Barss, Toronto, ON
“Beyond the Horizon” by Nancy Ludmerer, New York, NY
“Another Animal” by Julia LoFaso, Astoria, NY
“Geography of a Fear” by Deborah Elderhorst, Toronto, ON
“Bypass” by Delani Valin, Richmond, BC