PRISM International ★Work published here has won or been selected for: Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, Journey Prize Stories.

Open now for fiction, nonfiction, other work, and poetry.

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PRISM international is a Canadian literary magazine publishing original fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, translations, hybrid works, and literary essays from writers worldwide.

Response time info: six to twelve months

Read the full guidelines at prismmagazine.ca↗

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fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 15$3.00 CAD per submission, with an Inclusive Access option for writers for whom the fee is prohibitive; incarcerated writers may submit by email or mail.Pays: $40 CAD per printed page

Open to: Does not accept current or incoming students and faculty of UBC’s School of Creative Writing, including the Optional-Residency MFA Program; UBC alumni must not have taken a School of Creative Writing course during the previous two years.

Currently open for issue 65.2 until November 15, 2026. Accepts fiction, including flash fiction under 1,000 words; preferred length is 4,000 words or less. Submit one piece, or up to three flash pieces in one document.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 15$3.00 CAD per submission, with an Inclusive Access option for writers for whom the fee is prohibitive; incarcerated writers may submit by email or mail.Pays: $40 CAD per printed page

Open to: Does not accept current or incoming students and faculty of UBC’s School of Creative Writing, including the Optional-Residency MFA Program; UBC alumni must not have taken a School of Creative Writing course during the previous two years.

Currently open for issue 65.2 until November 15, 2026. Accepts creative nonfiction and literary essays, but not rhetorical, academic, or strictly journalistic nonfiction. Preferred length is 4,000 words or less; up to three nonfiction pieces under 1,000 words may be submitted in one document.

otherLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 15$3.00 CAD per submission, with an Inclusive Access option for writers for whom the fee is prohibitive; incarcerated writers may submit by email or mail.Pays: $40 CAD per printed page for the translation plus $25 CAD per printed page to the original author, up to $200 CAD

Open to: Does not accept current or incoming students and faculty of UBC’s School of Creative Writing, including the Optional-Residency MFA Program; UBC alumni must not have taken a School of Creative Writing course during the previous two years. Translations require permission from the original author or rights holder.

Currently open for issue 65.2 until November 15, 2026. Accepts prose translations into English with permission from the original author or rights holder; include the original work with the submission.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Nov 15$3.00 CAD per submission, with an Inclusive Access option for writers for whom the fee is prohibitive; incarcerated writers may submit by email or mail.Pays: $45 CAD per printed page

Open to: Does not accept current or incoming students and faculty of UBC’s School of Creative Writing, including the Optional-Residency MFA Program; UBC alumni must not have taken a School of Creative Writing course during the previous two years.

Currently open for issue 65.2 until November 15, 2026. Accepts up to four poems, to a maximum of six pages, including cross-genre and interdisciplinary poetry and poetics.

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