Ways to Leave, or Waves

60.2 is live! In issue 60.2, you’ll find work from the three winners of the 2021 Creative Non-Fiction Contest: Emma Zimmerman, Jess Taylor, and Daniel Kessel. This issue also features a stunning cover photo, “The Moment is Now,” by...

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...

PRISM’s first big announcement of 2022: Our Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize winners, as chosen by contest judge Cecily Nicholson! A huge congratulations Miguel, Anna, and Alice! Grand Prize “Ways to Leave, or Waves” by Miguel Perez Miguel Martin Perez...

Happy Monday! We’re so pleased to announce the shortlist for our 2021 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize. Please join us in congratulating these six incredible poets! In other news, our 2022 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction is open for submissions until Jan...

PRISM is excited to announce our longlist for the 2021 Pacific Poetry Contest! Thank you to everyone for trusting us with your fabulous poetry. It was a pleasure to read your work. These 8 pieces stood out from the...

The 2022 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction is officially open, and we’re thrilled to announce Heather O’Neill as this year’s judge! Heather O’Neill is a novelist, essayist, and short story writer. She is the writer of favourites like...

Executive Editor, Promotions – Ali Rae Ali Rae (she/her) is a bipolar queer who writes short stories, essays, and poems. A sometimes nurse, she is currently working on her MFA at UBC while living on the unceded territory of...

60.1 is officially out in the world! In issue 60.1, you’ll find work from the three winners of the 2021 Grouse Grind Literary Prize for Very Short Fiction: Suzannah Showler, Moni Brar, and Delani Valin. The issue also features...