Hello readers! I am honoured to share with you the second runner-up of the 2026 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction, “SchoolBoi” by Cletus Okoro! This story’s distinctive and lyric voice will immediately pull you into its world, tracing...
Hello readers! Just in time for autumn, I am pleased to introduce you to the runner-up of the 2026 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction: “Trespasses” by Matt Hawkins. This speculative piece, equal parts hilarious and monstrous, will keep...
Hello again readers and happy autumn! For this year’s Creative Non-Fiction Contest, we had the honour of working with Gabrielle Drolet as a judge for our shortlist (read anonymously)! In this judge’s essay, she discusses our three winning pieces:...
For this year’s Jacob Zilber Contest for Short Fiction, PRISM International was lucky enough to work with Molly Cross-Blanchard as a judge for our final shortlist. Molly was fair, thoughtful, and caring. Below is her judge’s essay about the...
The first runner-up for the 2024 Pacific Spirit poetry prize, Michael Okafor’s I Keep Touching Myself To The Theory That The Bullet Is A Metaphysical Construct, lives up to the enormous promise of its name. This poem starts with...
Today I have the privilege of sharing with you the Winner of Prism International’s 2025 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction, as chosen by judge Christina Cooke: Doll-House Dunes by Eve Cavanagh. This is a moving and original piece that I think you’ll really...
Dear reader, I am honoured to share here the winner of the 2025 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for Short Forms, Bird by NmaHassan Muhammad. This touching, tender, bittersweet piece makes the most of its sparingly chosen words, all the...
You’ve all been emailing us asking “please, please, how do we date casually?” We finally have the answer, after a fashion. Here’s M.L. Henderson’s “How To Date Casually,” 2nd runner up for Prism International’s 2025 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short...
We are excited to share Jason JS Barton’s short story, “Maury’s Lake”. This piece was the Runner-Up Prize Winner of the 2024 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. Judge Jackie Ess had this to say about the short story:...