PRISM international - contemporary writing from Canada and around the world
CONTESTS

SHORT FICTION CONTEST

A $2000 grand prize is awarded to the best original, unpublished story (maximum 25 double-spaced pages) and the winner receives publication payment in the Fiction Contest Issue!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 translaton are eligible.

This year's judge will be announced shortly.

The entry fee is $28 for one story, and $7 for each additional story. All entrants receive one 1-year subscription to PRISM international.

Anyone who has taken a UBC creative writing course within the previous two years is ineligible to enter.

Please take a look at our contest form for more details, and include our contest form with your submission.

For credit card payments, please use our online form here.

Contest Deadline: February 15, 2010

Download an entry form and guidelines
(705KB - requires Adobe Reader).


POETRY CONTEST

$1000 is awarded for the best original, unpublished poem and the winner receives publication and payment in our upcoming Poetry and Fiction Contests Issue.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 for runners-up. Works of translation are eligible.

Entries may include up to three poems, and additional poems are $7 each. All entries receive one 1-year subscription to PRISM international.

This year's poetry judge is Rhea Tregebov, author of six critically-acclaimed books of poetry, her most recent being (alive).

Anyone who has taken a UBC creative writing course in the previous two years is ineligible to enter.

Please see our contest form for more details, and include the contest form with your submission.
For credit card payments, use our online form here.

Contest Deadline: February 15, 2010

Download an entry form and guidelines
(717KB - requires Adobe Reader).


Please Note: PRISM does not accept submissions from students and faculty of the University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing Program (this includes the UBC Optional-Residency MFA Program). In order to submit, UBC alumni cannot have taken a UBC Creative Writing Program course during the previous two years.

MAIL ENTRIES TO:

PRISM international
Creative Writing Program, UBC
Buch. E462 - 1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
Canada