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 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...
PRISM is thrilled to share the powerful poem, “Winning” by Kayla Czaga from our Summer 2023 issue: 61.4, available for purchase now. “Winning” explores the meaning of the word through stunning vignettes of a man’s life as seen from...
Interview by Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li What initially drew me to Felix Wong’s piece was its honest and complex portrayal of an event that impacted his family’s history, but which had been largely left unspoken. Struck by the structure...
Written by Jaminnia R. States “Meditations on My Face” was the first runner-up in PRISM’s 2020 Creative Non-Fiction Contest, judged by Alexander Chee. To read the other winning essays, pick up a copy of Issue 59.2 from our online...
“Carving it out sister (peace-sign emoji)” is, fittingly, a roller coaster ride and a half. The language weaves seamlessly between high and low, pausing to linger on an image, and then taking off at breakneck speed again. It’s a...
Written by Georgina BeatyArtwork Hot dawg by Jodie Langford AKA Bode Burnout Nat was biking back from the library when she heard someone yell, Get a bike light, asshole! She turned around, ready to defend, and there was Shannon,...
Interview by Emily Chou While I was compiling poems for VULGAR, “Tight Pants” was one that refused to leave my brain. Something about its incredible aural qualities and inviting voice cut through all the noise and I found myself...
We are excited to share an excerpt from “Naissance” by Theressa Slind, which appears in our VULGAR issue (59.1). “Naissance” is everything we’d hoped for in our call for submissions; it’s surprising, fun, and forces us to look at...