We are excited to share Murgatroyd Monaghan’s poem, “Thumbs.” This piece was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2023 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize. Judge Mercedes Eng had this to say about the poem: The winning poem, Murgatroyd Monaghan’s “Thumbs,”...
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...
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...
Tansi/Hello, We thank you for finding and creating space with us here today. These voices reflect some of the diversity and vibrance of the Indigenous community, and we hope that you’ll take some time to breathe deeply, connect with...
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...
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,...
We are delighted to share an excerpt from “The Jellyfish” by Alisha Dukelow, which appears in issue 58.4. This is a story we read over and over again, discovering something new each time—and each time, it stayed with us...