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Submission Guidelines

• Send original, unpublished material in short fiction, poetry, translation, literary non-fiction, and drama. We do not consider work that has appeared on the Internet unless it has only been posted to writers' forums for discussion.
• Please note that our Winter 2010 edition content has been pre-selected for our 50th Anniversary Retrospective Edition. Please keep this in mind when you submit your work.
  
• Include a brief cover letter with a short bio and publications list.
• If you have submitted your work to another magazine for consideration, please let us know in the cover letter.
  
• Note: we do not return manuscripts, so please ensure that you retain a copy of your submission for your files. To ensure a reply, include a self-addressed envelope (SASE) with sufficient Canadian postage, or an International Reply Coupon if you are submitting from outside of Canada. NOTE: if incorrect/insufficient postage is provided, we cannot reply to or return your material unless we receive your email address.
• Along with your submission, please provide complete contact information, including an email address. Please indicate in your cover letter if you would like to receive a reply to your submission via email rather than mail.
• Manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced (in the case of prose) on letter-sized paper. Poetry should be single-spaced. We cannot accept email submissions.
• Send only one piece/genre at a time. 1 story/piece or 5 poems per submission. Maximum submission length: 25 pages. 
• Non-fiction pieces should be creative, exploratory, or experimental in tone. Accompanying photographs will occasionally be considered for publication. We do not publish rhetorical, academic, or journalistic non-fiction.
• We do not publish genre writing such as romance, horror, or science fiction. Please read back issues of PRISM as a guideline.
• Translations are sought in all genres and must be undertaken with the permission of the original author. Wherever possible, include a copy of the original work.
  
• We purchase first North American serial rights, and pay $40/printed page for poetry, $20/printed page for prose. Contributors receive a one-year subscription to PRISM international. The editorial board awards an annual $500 prize to an outstanding poetry contributor each year.