PRISM international is publishing its first-ever entirely IBPOC issue. We welcome submissions from writers who are indigenous, black, and people of colour. Send us poems, stories, nonfiction, and comics—there’s no specific theme, but if you’re stuck, we love work...
It’s here! PRISM’s fall themed issue 61.1 is now available! Click here to get yourself a copy. More details about the launch party coming soon. Inside you’ll find the winning pieces from the 2022 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for...
PRISM international is proud to announce the winning pieces from our Creative NonFiction Contest along with Ivan Coyote’s judge’s essay. Judge’s Essay I wasn’t expecting to love each and every one of the shortlisted essays as much as I...
Here are the shortlisted pieces from The 2022 Creative Nonfiction Contest judged by Ivan Coyote. We’re one step closer to naming our winners! Please join us in congratulating our finalists and thanking all who submitted. The Pacific Spirit Poetry...
New HorizonsBy Kani KrishnanUnrestricted Editions, 2022 Review by Clara Otto The feeling of reaching out is a familiar one; we stretch out a hand, a fingertip—we whisper a word. In Kani Krishnan’s debut chapbook, New Horizons, Krishnan sends out...
Interview by Renee Cronley Jennifer Mariani’s debut poetry chapbook, All Forgotten Now (Off Topic Publishing, 2022), is an exploration of grief after leaving Zimbabwe at the age of seventeen to pursue a career in ballet in England and later...
TripticksAnn QuinAnd Other Stories, 2022 Review by Thea McLachlan With life being as loud, hyper saturated, and cloying as it is, there isn’t much space to marshall desperately the bits of body, bile, memory, and spirit, the cute things...
Hello all you fabulous writers! PRISM Reviews is seeking pitches for interviews and reviews of graphic forms! We’re looking for interviews that probe the relationship between writing and visual art, that explore the processes and practices behind interdisciplinary works. We’re...
Antonyms for DaughterJenny BoychukVéhicule Press, 2021 Review by Stella Cali Antonyms for Daughter, Jenny Boychuk’s unflinching debut collection, explores Boychuk’s mother’s addiction and the author’s complex grief after her mother’s death. Like the seasons, this debut collection changes, decays,...