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 international is proud to announce the winning pieces from our 2023 Creative Nonfiction Contest along with Suzannah Showler’s judge’s essay. Suzannah Showler is the author of two collections of poetry and a book of cultural criticism about The...
PRISM international invites submissions for its upcoming HYBRIDS issue 62.3, edited by Dora Prieto and Natasha Gauthier. What is the joy of the hybrid gesture? Where does it live? And how does hybridizing create that secret third thing? We’re...
Based on an exercise by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich PRISM Prompts is a treasure chest full of muses, wonderings, and inspiration for both seasoned writers who are itching for a new approach to their craft and new writers who are looking...
Fire Cider RainRhiannon Ng Cheng HinCoach House Books, 2022 Review by Kim Trainor In Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin’s Fire Cider Rain, an armature of scientific terminology undergirds imagery that is fluid, languid, and meandering, like gauze or drifts of...
PRISM Prompts is a treasure chest full of muses, wonderings, and inspiration for both seasoned writers who are itching for a new approach to their craft and new writers who are looking for a place to get started, somewhere...
Daddy LessonsSteacy EastonCoach House Press, 2023 Review by Roz Milner Growing up queer in the Canadian prairies can be hard enough, but for someone who’s neurodivergent, it can be almost impossible to imagine. How does one navigate lines of...
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...
This Time, That PlaceClark BlaiseBiblioasis, 2022 Review by Brandon Fick Who is Clark Blaise? Even some of the biggest literary aficionados may not be able to answer that question, yet This Time, That Place: Selected Stories goes a long...