Today is International Women’s Day, a global day dedicated to celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. We couldn’t think of a better way to...
We’ve been pretty busy here at PRISM international this past month. If we’re not busy with the 2016 Poetry and Fiction Contests, we’re writing grants for the Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council, two organizations...
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”...
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...
We’re pleased to announce that the deadlines for the 2016 Short Fiction and Poetry Contests have been extended to January 25th! That’s ten extra days to send in your best short stories and/or up to three of your best poems....
This week’s Tuesday Prompt is a throwback to one by former Executive Editor, Promotions Clara Kumagai. Since you’re working hard on sending in your entries to our 2016 Short Fiction Contest before the January 15th deadline, I thought this...
With only eight days left to submit to our 2016 Poetry Contest, we thought it would be appropriate to have this Thursday’s throwback be last year’s poetry contest winner. Phoebe Wang’s chapbook, Occasional Emergencies, was published with Toronto’s Odourless Press in Fall...
With PRISM international’s Poetry Contest nine days away, we thought we’d get Poetry Contest Judge Kayla Czaga to share her insights on poetry, but with a twist.* We’ve slotted in the word “poetry” into these questions posed to former pageant contestants. Click...