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...
We are excited to share Aaron Rabinowitz’s essay, “Young Bird.” This piece is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2023 CNF Contest. Judge Suzannah Showler had this to say about the piece: The winning essay, “Young Bird,” impressed me...
PRISM international is proud to announce the winning pieces from our 2023 Creative Nonfiction Contest along with Suzannah Showler’s judge’s essay. Suzannah Showler is the author of two collections of poetry and a book of cultural criticism about The...
PRISM is thrilled to share the winning piece of the 2022 Wreck Beach Prize for Prose. Here is Ronaldo Acuna’s story, “Fathers” published in Issue 60.2. FathersRonaldo Acuna When you were in school studying to become a counsellor, you...
We are excited to share Emory Brinson’s poem, “poem with resonance.” This piece is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2022 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize and is included in our Spring 2023 issue: 61.3, available for purchase now. Brinson’s...
This year’s judging was not easy at all. In fact, it took us so long, because there were so many amazing entries. Our longlist is longer than ever, but we are so happy with every name on it!
Congratulations to all longlisted authors! What an achievement!
Continue reading Pacific Spirit Poetry Contest – Longlist announced
We received so many amazing pieces of writing for this year’s contest. We’re excited and honoured to announce the winners of this year’s Creative Nonfiction Contest, as selected by Jonathan Kemp! You can read all three pieces in our Winter issue 57.2, so be sure to pick up a copy!
Continue reading 2018 Creative Non-Fiction Contest- Winners Announced
We are incredibly delighted to announce the shortlist for our 2018 Creative Non-Fiction Contest. Congratulations to all the writers on this list! We were deeply moved by your stories.
Continue reading 2018 Creative Non-Fiction Contest- Shortlist Announced!
We had so many wonderful submissions and would like to thank all writers who submitted to the the contest. We loved reading your work! Selecting just 16 pieces for the longlist was no easy task and as always all...