We are delighted to announce that the following three poems have been chosen as our winners by Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke! Congratulations to the three winning poets, to everyone who made our short and long lists, and...
Congratulations to the following six poets named to the shortlist of the first Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize! We will announce the winners soon, as chosen by Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke. “Remains” by Heather Fraser – Victoria, BC...
We’re so pleased to announce that the following twelve poems by ten poets have been longlisted for the first-ever Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize. We received an overwhelming number of powerful entries from across the world and would like to...
That’s right! We’ve extended the deadline for the first-ever Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize until the end of the month to give all you poets the time you need to get your work ready to submit to this brand new writing...
PRISM international is honoured and excited to have Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke as the judge of the inaugural Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize. Executive Editor Curtis LeBlanc had the opportunity to pick his brain on a few...
We would like to congratulate all the authors who made the short and long lists. Thank you to everyone who trusted us with their work for the 2016 Creative Non-Fiction Contest. Finally, congratulations to this year’s winner as chosen...
It’s been a week since we announced our longlist. Here are the eight pieces contending for the top three prizes! PRISM international’s 2016 Creative Non-Fiction Contest Shortlist “For J##” by Jessica Bebenek – Montreal, QC “Kiwi Grove” by Trish Cull...
After weeks of careful reading and deliberating over so many quality works of non-fiction, PRISM international is elated to announce the long list for this year’s CNF contest! These are the twelve pieces currently under consideration for the shortlist and the...
PRISM is please to present an excerpt our 2016 Short Fiction Contest winning piece, “You Can Do Better” by Taryn Pearcey. Taryn is a baker by day and a writer always. Her fiction has appeared in Maple Tree Literary...