Contests
Check out our submissions page for guidelines. Mail your entries to:
PRISM international
Creative Writing Program, UBC
Buch. E462 – 1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
CanadaFor all inquiries regarding the Non-Fiction, Fiction, and Poetry contests, please contact the contest manager at prismwritingcontest@gmail.com.
NON-FICTION CONTEST
We’ve extended our deadline: ** post-marked December 15, 2010 **
PRISM international‘s Non-fiction Contest has an exciting $1500 Grand Prize.
The entry fee is $28 for one story, and $7 for each additional story. All entrants receive a one-year subscription to PRISM international.
Our judge this year is Brian Brett, a poet, novelist and non-fiction writer whose latest book, for Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life, won the Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize in 2009.
You may pay entry fees via cheque or pay online through our store. Download a PDF entry form and guidelines.
SHORT FICTION CONTEST
Deadline: Post-marked January 29, 2011
A $2000 grand prize is awarded to the best original, unpublished story (maximum 25 double-spaced pages) and the winner receives publication payment in the Fiction Contest Issue! Three runner-up prizes of $200 dollars are also conferred. Works of translation are eligible.
The entry fee is $28 for one story, and $7 for each additional story. All entrants receive a one-year subscription to PRISM international.
Our fiction judge this year is John K. Samson, lead singer of the Weakerthans and founding member of Arbeiter Ring Publishing.
You may pay entry fees via cheque or online through our store. Download a PDF entry form and guidelines.
POETRY CONTEST
DEADLINE: Post-marked January 29, 2011
A $1000 grand prize is awarded for the best original, unpublished poem and the winner receives publication and payment in our upcoming Poetry and Fiction Contests Issue. $300 and $200 are awarded to runners-up. Works of translation into English are eligible.
Entries may include up to three poems, and additional poems are $7 each. All entries receive a one-year subscription to PRISM international.
This year’s poetry judge is Brad Cran, Vancouver poet laureate and author of The Good Life (2002; Nightwood Editions). He is a contributing editor at Geist magazine, and you can read some of his work on their site.
You may pay entry fees via cheque or online through our store. Download a PDF entry form and guidelines.
ANNUAL EARLE BIRNEY PRIZE FOR POETRY
An annual prize of $500 is awarded by the outgoing poetry editor to an outstanding poetry contributor published in PRISM international. Enter by regular submission only: no fee required.
We thank Wailan Low for her continued support.
