These Dreams Are Actually from Other People: An Interview with Poet Michael V. Smith

Bad Ideas
Michael V. Smith
Nightwood Editions, 2017

Interview by Matthew Walsh

Bad Ideas, Michael V. Smith’s newest collection of poetry was just released with Nightwood Editions this year. Described on the first inner page as a “book of anxieties,” the book is full of little things: prayers and dreams that examine identity, queerness, and politics. It was great to catch up with the Lambda Literary Award finalist about his new work, and all his bad ideas.

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June 22, 2017 at 6:00 am Molly Cross-Blanchard read more

Announcing our Annual Nonfiction Contest Judge: Alicia Elliott!

We are so pleased to announce Alicia Elliott as our Annual Nonfiction Contest judge! Alicia Elliott (@WordsandGuitar) is a Tuscarora writer living in Brantford, Ontario, where she worries she may one day die. Her writing has been widely...

May 24, 2017 at 9:50 am Molly Cross-Blanchard read more

Call for Chapbooks for Review!

We are so excited to announce that, along with our ongoing prose, poetry, and theatre reviews, we will be adding chapbooks to the review mix! From Anstruther Press and above/ground press to Rahila’s Ghost and dancing girl press, we...

May 19, 2017 at 10:30 am Poetry Editor read more

PRISM international’s New Bones

It’s been ten days since the PRISM international team has grown in some ways and shrunk in others. The Spring Issue 55.3 has launched in the air to tremendous success, the old editors have passed the torch onto us new ones, we’ve redecorated the office with tree branches and whiteboards for actionable items, we’ve updated our contest and submission guidelines, and we’ve been furiously working on putting together our exciting new themed issue, The Liminal (now accepting submissions via Submittable).

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May 10, 2017 at 3:38 pm Molly Cross-Blanchard read more

Announcing the Winners of the Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction!

We’re excited and honoured to announce the winners of the first-ever Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction, as selected by Jess Taylor! Grand Prize Winner “The Boat, as it Happened” by Carol Matthews – Nanaimo, BC Carol Matthews has...

April 20, 2017 at 4:01 pm Curtis LeBlanc read more

The Inaugural Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction Shortlist

We’re excited to announce that the following stories have been shortlisted for the first-ever Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction! Check back soon for the winners announcement, followed by the winners as chosen by Jess Taylor, author of Pauls (BookThug 2015)....

April 18, 2017 at 3:03 pm Curtis LeBlanc read more

Announcing the Longlist for the Inaugural Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction

We’re excited to announce that the following stories have been longlisted for the first-ever Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction! We received a record-breaking number of submissions to this year’s fiction contest and it was an extremely difficult reading...

April 13, 2017 at 2:03 pm Curtis LeBlanc read more

I Think All Canadians Have a Role in Reconciliation: An Interview with Lisa Bird-Wilson

Review by Nathaniel G. Moore Lisa Bird-Wilson is a Cree-Metis writer from Saskatchewan, whose writing has appeared in a number of literary magazines and anthologies, including Grain, Prairie Fire, The Dalhousie Review, Geist, kimiwan, cîhcêwêsin and Best Canadian Essays. She is the author of the novel Just Pretending (Coteau...

April 13, 2017 at 11:50 am PRISM read more

Our Inherent Creatureness: An Excerpt and Interview from Hiromi Goto

PRISM is pleased to present an excerpt from “And the Moon Spun Round Like a Top” by Hiromi Goto, upcoming in Issue 55.3. Hiromi gratefully acknowledges funding from the Canada Council for the Arts which supported the writing of...

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