Image: In From Out by Parsa Malihipour (fka Glossy Pupils) (from Issue 63.2, Spring 2025). Hello dear reader! Happy solstice to you and yours <3 As we wait for the days to slowly grow longer, I’d like to offer...
Here it is: the story our 2025 Jacob Zilber Prize judge Christina Cooke described as “Textured and full-throated… as much capricious as it is beguiling.” Andrea Bishop’s Correspondence Rejected was the first runner-up for this year’s prize. On this...
This fall marks the release of our final issue from volume 63 of PRISM, with our upcoming launch on Monday, October 20 (come say hi!). Featuring selections by our former Prose Editor, Sierra Louie, I wanted to share one...
Image: Ocean of Tears by Rin Yu (from issue 63.2, Spring 2025). PRISM Prompts is a treasure chest full of muses, wonderings, and inspiration for both seasoned writers who are itching for a new approach to their craft and new...
Image: Echoing Steps by Esmee van Zeeventer (from issue 63.2, Spring 2025). Hello beautiful reader! As we move towards the colder months, I have been returning to our Winter 2025 issue, PRISM 63.1 SPELLS (sold-out). This was a very...
As we begin to wrap up work on our FILTH issue, I am reminded of one of the pieces published by PRISM that tickled my brain about what kind of work could be teased out if we set a...
Lovely PRISM reader, we have a big treat for you today, Wishbone by Shaelin Bishop. This short fiction piece was originally published in our Spring 2020 issue, PRISM 58.3, Sprawl. Wishbone is a Michelin-star dessert of a story: it’s...
Hello all! I’m excited to introduce this new online segment, “From the Archives,” where we’ll share and celebrate some selected pieces from the PRISM archives. To start us off, I’ve selected Kyle Okeke’s “Gate of Wonder,” 2nd runner-up for...
PRISM is excited to share an excerpt from the powerful and imaginative essay, “Mad Fragmentations: Transmissions from the Lost Archives of Trans History” by KJ Cerankowski from our Fall 2023 issue: 62.1, available for purchase now. Mad Fragmentations: Transmissions...