Our shortest-form contest deadline has been extended until May 15! The Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms is judged by PRISM’s editorial board. We’re excited to dig into your flash fiction, micro-memoir, poetic hybrids and everything in between...
The Glory of Dirt The dirt under Lenny’s nails is an industry. The mud on her knees is a fashion. Her boss tells her if she wants to keep selling ice-cream under the umbrella at the wharf, she needs...
If It Wasn’t for the Nights I have buried my father every night for the last fifty-seven days, every night since he died, and I couldn’t fly home for his funeral. When I fall asleep, I see myself standing...
Shifting Baselines The term shifting baselines describes slow, almost imperceptible changes in an ecosystem…Our faulty memories and relatively short lifespans have made us unreliable witnesses. – Kyo Maclear, “Birds, Art, Life” 12:47 a.m. The bedroom seemed darker than usual....
the correct fury of your why is a mountain Kevin Andrew HeslopGordon Hill Press, 2021 Review by Robert Colman The intriguing aspect of reading a poet’s debut is witnessing a voice perhaps not yet fully formed but exploring themes and...
Dear Memory: Letters On Writing, Silence, And GriefVictoria ChangMilkweed Editions, 2021 Review by Cynthia Sharp Victoria Chang’s multimedia poetic conversation Dear Memory: Letters On Writing, Silence, And Grief turns sorrow into art with transcendent understanding. Intergenerational suffering is expressed...
PRISM is proud to announce the winning pieces from our 2022 Jacob Zilber Prize along with Heather O’Neill’s judge’s essay. Heather O’Neill is a novelist, essayist, and short story writer. She is the writer of favourites like Lullabies for Little...
PhototaxisOlivia TapieroTranslated by Kit SchluterNightboat Books, 2021 Review by Marisa Grizenko Olivia Tapiero’s Phototaxis, translated from French by Kit Schluter, opens in a world we can recognize. The incomprehensible has happened, and happened again, yet people continue living their...
Here are the shortlisted stories from The Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction Contest judged by Heather O’Neill. We’re one step closer to naming our winners! Congratulations to our finalists and thanks to all who submitted. The Grouse Grind...
