Hello readers! I am honoured to share with you the second runner-up of the 2026 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction, “SchoolBoi” by Cletus Okoro! This story’s distinctive and lyric voice will immediately pull you into its world, tracing...
Hello readers! Just in time for autumn, I am pleased to introduce you to the runner-up of the 2026 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction: “Trespasses” by Matt Hawkins. This speculative piece, equal parts hilarious and monstrous, will keep...
For this year’s Jacob Zilber Contest for Short Fiction, PRISM International was lucky enough to work with Molly Cross-Blanchard as a judge for our final shortlist. Molly was fair, thoughtful, and caring. Below is her judge’s essay about the...
I had the pleasure of meeting Emma when she presented at the CRWR Faculty & Alumni Showcase, sharing an art-and-movie-recommendations-filled presentation on the creative research that fuelled her debut novel, Afterbirth. (Thanks for the new additions to my Letterboxd!) ...
Today I have the privilege of sharing with you the Winner of Prism International’s 2025 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction, as chosen by judge Christina Cooke: Doll-House Dunes by Eve Cavanagh. This is a moving and original piece that I think you’ll really...
Dear reader, I am honoured to share here the winner of the 2025 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for Short Forms, Bird by NmaHassan Muhammad. This touching, tender, bittersweet piece makes the most of its sparingly chosen words, all the...
You’ve all been emailing us asking “please, please, how do we date casually?” We finally have the answer, after a fashion. Here’s M.L. Henderson’s “How To Date Casually,” 2nd runner up for Prism International’s 2025 Jacob Zilber Prize for Short...
Here it is: the story our 2025 Jacob Zilber Prize judge Christina Cooke described as “Textured and full-throated… as much capricious as it is beguiling.” Andrea Bishop’s Correspondence Rejected was the first runner-up for this year’s prize. On this...
This fall marks the release of our final issue from volume 63 of PRISM, with our upcoming launch on Monday, October 20 (come say hi!). Featuring selections by our former Prose Editor, Sierra Louie, I wanted to share one...