Here’s our monthly offering from our pals at Going Down Swinging! One of Australia’s oldest and strangest literary publishers, Going Down Swinging was conceived in 1979. It now produces print anthologies, audio recordings, multimedia publications, live events and a very busy website. We’re...
Review by Jessica Torrens In A Time of No Song By Jeff Bien Exile Editions, 2015 In this abundant volume of free verse, and his previous collection, A Taste of Creation, Jeff Bien works a rapturous magic by pushing...
In honour of #TranformationTuesday, I thought a writing prompt about transformations would be appropriate. This prompt can be approached several ways and depending on the genre. If you’re writing a poem, write down the word “transformation”. What does it...
Chinkstar Jon Chan Simpson Coach House Books, 2015 Review by Clara Kumagai Run is a Chinese-Scottish seventeen-year-old in Red Deer, Alberta, and he’s not particularly fond of his older brother. They clash, fight, and wrestle, and Run wonders how...
Review by Sasha Singer-Wilson Huff Written and performed by Cliff Cardinal Directed by Karin Randoja The Firehall Arts Centre and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival A Native Earth Performing Arts Production Breath is at the center of Huff. In...
Review by Amber McMillan Regeneration Machine Joe Denham Nightwood Editions, 2015 Joe Denham is a fisherman and carpenter living on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, and Regeneration Machine is his third book of poetry. Denham is not a poet churning...
We know that you’ve been waiting with bated breath, so we’ll end the suspense. Here are the winners of PRISM international’s 2015 Creative Non-Fiction contest, as chosen by judge Russell Wangersky. Grand prize: “Ghostly Transmissions from John D. Rockefeller”...
We announced our longlist on Thursday, and we’re narrowing it down… So here it is: PRISM international‘s Creative Non-fiction Contest short list for 2015! Only eight stories out of nearly 200 made the list. Here is the complete list (in no particular...
With three full days left to submit to our Short Fiction and Poetry Contests, you might need an extra push to finish up your entries. PRISM international has been fortunate enough to publish many emerging and established writers through...
