So, the Malahat Review’s Spring Edition 174 came out a while back and Michael Larson’s short story “The Woods” caught my attention. I haven’t read anything by him before, but his story has been knocking around my brain from the…
Glad to get this news this morning! We are pleased to announce the twelve finalists for this year’s Far Horizons award: Erin Fisher, “Suite in Dark Matter” Tanya M. Gadsby, “Skinned Seal” Elaine Hayes, “Rearranging Rainbows”‘ Michael Kissinger, “The Daytime…
Prism sent a few of John K Samson’s comments to John Threlfall and he passed them on to me: Judge John K. Samson felt Fisher’s story was “crafted as tightly as an enduring poem, and is full of fuse-like sentences…
So fellow UVic-ite and soon to be UBC-er Will Johnson won the The Fiddlehead’s Short Fiction competition this year with his piece “Sea to Sky”. It’s a fine read, with clean, straight forward prose, and MiriamToews-esque characters that are full of…
Thanks John for putting this together, and to Matthew for his help and encouragement this year! UVic’s The Ring says…. “Erin Fisher is $2,000 richer, thanks to her first-place win for a story originally written as a first-year assignment for…
PRISM says: This year we received over two-hundred and fifty short stories and over three-hundred and fifty poems! Needless to say, the decisions were difficult and the quality of the work was phenomenal. But after weeks and weeks of deliberation,…
That’s right, I couldn’t wait any longer to let it out. I found out last week that I’ve not only been shortlisted but won PRISM international‘s competition. Expect a formal announcement from them any day now. The judge for this…
I recently read Karen Russell’s new (first) novel Swamplandia! Karen has been anthologized in the New York Times 20 under 40 as a writer to watch, and with her first story collection titled St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by…
Just received an email including this: Congratulations! You’re on PRISM international‘s 2011 Fiction Contest shortlist. Some Game, Sarah Leipciger Is Alive and Can Move, Kris Bertin Squatters, Robert James Hicks Casualties, Ayelet Tsabari The Beauty of Dandelions, Leslie Palleson Bridges, Erin…
Today I bought a book: 20 under 40, a Summer Fiction Issue from the New Yorker () and spent the morning reading and working on a story about consumption–about being consumed and consuming oneself. Yes, some cannibalistic qualities, which resonated…