Ever wondered what happens after you hit “submit”? Most writers who send their work to literary magazines know how mysterious and exhausting the submission process can feel. You upload your pieces to different portals, add them to your tracker...
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...
“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...
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...
The idea of a typical “Canadian” is a concept that requires dismantling, and Moni Brar challenges this fallacy in her carefully constructed poem “What You Want Doesn’t Matter”, now available to read in our summer issue (58.4). Rife with...
Interview by Tanvi Bhatia We’re thrilled to introduce to you our 2020 Jacob Zilber Prize winners. This year’s winners, chosen by contest judge Kristen Arnett, brought us into three distinct spaces imbued with loss, neglect, and longing. In each...
Interview by Molly Cross-Blanchard Have you ever thought, “I wonder what a prize-winning poet thinks of depression-era cooking, the Saw movie franchise, and capybaras?” Look no further, friends! PRISM got to know the winners of the 2019 Pacific Spirit...
Photo by David Mandville Get to know Carmella Gray-Cosgrove, whose story “The Dance of the Cygnets” appears in our SPRAWL issue (58.3). Symbiotic relationships are at the core of this piece of short fiction, in which the narrator transits...
Our winter issue 58.2 is out now! Get to know Bardia Sinaee, whose poem “Only the truth” appears in the issue. Why do you live where you live? My family and most of my friends are in Toronto. I...