Prism International

Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Translation, Creative Nonfiction

PRISM international is a quarterly magazine out of Vancouver, British Columbia, whose mandate is to publish the best in contemporary writing and translation from Canada and around the world.

Started in 1959, PRISM is the oldest literary magazine in Western Canada. Its archives are a Who's Who of modern and contemporary literature. PRISM was first born of a group of Vancouver writers. At the time, it was the only Canadian literary magazine west of Toronto. Under its first editor, Jan de Bruyn, the magazine published new writers at the time such as Margaret Laurence, Alden Nowlan and George Bowering. Since its first volume, PRISM has published Margaret Atwood, Irving Layton, Robert Kroetsch, Jorge Luis Borges, Al Purdy, Evelyn Lau, Jack Hodgins, Daniel David Moses, Michael Ondaatje, Tennessee Williams, Gu Xiong, Leon Rooke, Nobel Prize winners Salvador Quasimodo, Vincente Aleixandre, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Seamus Heaney and many more established and emerging writers from around the world.

Though best known for its fiction and poetry, PRISM does not neglect the other literary arts. Original drama and creative non-fiction are regular features. PRISM also encourages works of translation in all genres.

Frequency
Quarterly
Retail Price
CDN ~ $9.00
Publisher Contact
prism@interchange.ubc.ca