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The Tuesday Prompt: If You’re Happy and You Know it (or Don’t), Write a Poem!

In almost all of my poetry classes, I’ve heard at least one person say, “I can not write a funny poem.” These people have always said that they’ve tried, that when they do, the humour falls flat or...

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The Everyday Spaces of Life: An Interview with Wanda Praamsma

Interview by Alison Braid a thin line between (BookThug, 2014) is Wanda Praamsma’s much anticipated first collection of poetry. Praamsma’s poetry has been published in ottawater, 17 seconds, and The...

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The Tuesday Prompt—Trust Issues: a Visual Art Response, by Sheryda Warrener

As students of University of British Columbia’s Masters of Fine Arts Creative Writing program, we’re fortunate to have a plethora of amazing professors to learn from. We’re even more lucky to be able...

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A moving and meaningful reconciliation drama: a Review of “God and the Indian”

Review by Sasha Singer-Wilson God and the Indian Written by Drew Hayden Taylor Directed by Renae Morriseau Firehall Arts Centre (in partnership with Native Earth Performing Arts) A moving and...

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Meet the Editors: Jennifer Lori, Executive Editor, Circulation

Over the next coming weeks, PRISM international is happy to introduce our returning and new editors! First up is Jennifer Lori, returning Executive Editor of Circulation and YA lover. What is your...

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Magazine Crush Monday: “The Capilano Review”

You may or may not be familiar with the Instagram trend #mcm (Man Crush Monday). You may have stumbled across this phenomenon when your Instagram feed was all hunky, half-naked men from Channing Tatum...

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The Tuesday Prompt: Go Boldly, by Linda Svendsen

Linda Svendsen is one of those people who puts a smile on my face every time I see her even if I’m scowling from receiving another rejection letter from Grain (one day…one day…). She’s incredibly...

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The Raw Experiences of the Heart: A Review of “love will burst into a...

A review by Esther Griffin love will burst into a thousand shapes Jane Eaton Hamilton Caitlin Press, Inc., 2014 Jane Eaton Hamilton is a Vancouver author whose short fiction has twice won both the...

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Meet the Editor: Some Unholy Union between a Bat and a Pig, Christopher Evans

Another week, another PRISM editor! This week, Prose Editor Christopher Evans divulges what he looks for in a submission and how #pizzapug changed his life.  What do you do for PRISM international? As...

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The Tuesday Prompt: Steal from your friends and yourself

More often than not, I find myself in a poetry rut. It seems like no matter how much I read, how many times I sit down and try to put pen to paper, I can’t get inspired to write a … Continue reading →

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Review of Elyse Friedman’s “The Answer to Everything”

Review by Kirsten Madsen The Answer to Everything Elyse Friedman HarperCollins, 2014 There has been a lot of literary chatter in recent years over the concept of “unlikeable” characters.  First, people...

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Meet the Editor: “I want the butter and the money from the butter,” Dominique...

Another week and another another PRISM editor. This week, Poetry Editor Dominique “Where’s the toner?” Bernier-Cormier shares what he looks for in a submission and how his family as influenced him as a...

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2015/2016 Creative Non-fiction, Poetry, and Fiction Contests Now OPEN!

That’s right: we’ve just opened up our three contests for the coming year and we couldn’t be more excited to see your work! The skinny: Creative Non-Fiction Contest Prize: $1,500 grand prize, $600...

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The Tuesday Prompt: You Don’t Know Me (said with all the sass)

Sometimes, it’s the simplest things in writing that hold us back. Well, actually, is anything ever simple in writing? The longer that I’m a writer, the more I realize that I keep glossing over the...

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Call for Submissions for Surrey’s Poet Laureate

  The City of Surrey—in partnership with Surrey Libraries, Cultural Development Advisory Committee, Surrey Arts Services, Surrey International Writers’ Conference, Arts Council of Surrey, Creative...

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Saucy, Yet Honest: a Review of “Adult Onset”

Review by Rhonda Collis Adult Onset Ann-Marie MacDonald Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2014 Domestic novels are challenging. How do you make child rearing interesting when, in reality, it can be mind-numbing,...

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“I just hashtagged in an interview. Gross.” Meet the Editor: Claire Matthews

And the final editor is here! This week we’re introducing PRISM’s Executive Editor, Promotions Claire Matthews, who shares why she loves working for PRISM and the merits of reading Twilight.   What do...

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The Tuesday Prompt: Guns Blazing, or, Absolute Carnage, by John Vigna

  This week’s prompt is by John Vigna, author of Bull Head (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2012) and Creative Writing lecturer at UBC. John goes out of his way to be friendly and welcoming to everyone and...

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Nobody Really Talks to Each Other: An Interview with Shawn Curtis Stibbards

Interview by Christopher Evans For the Vancouver launch of his debut novel, The Video Watcher (Biblioasis, 2015), Shawn Curtis Stibbards did something I hadn’t seen a reader do before: flip through the...

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Han Kang shows no mercy: A Review of “The Vegetarian”

Review by Kirsten Madsen The Vegetarian Han Kang Translated by Deborah Smith Portobello Books 2015 Distributed in Canada by House of Anansi Set in South Korea, and solidly rooted in that cultural...

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