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“This land absorbs the skins of martyrs.
This land promises wheat and stars.
Worship it!
We are its salt and its water.
We are its wound, but a wound that fights.”
― Mahmoud Darwish, Diary of a Palestinian Wound
PRISM International invites submissions for its upcoming EARTHKEEPER issue 64.3, edited by Ayda Niknami and Zahra Mayeesha.
We invite you to think of your own positionality in relation to the corners of earth you live and die in. What does it mean to be the land’s “salt and its water”? What is your relationship to the land you are on? What brought you there and what could take you away? What land do you see as your kin? How do you honour the land in which you live? Do you take part in its resistance and protection? In which ways do you find yourself complicit in its destruction? If we are both the land’s wound, but also “a wound that fights,” how do you understand that duality? How do you, in individuality and collective, inhabit being both an earthkeeper… and a threat to our earth?
We are looking for submissions that confront posterity in all its possibilities. We ask you to look into your troubled connection to any land that has homed you, in your loss, longing, euphoria and love of it.
You might look forwards towards imagined futures of earthkeeping, their possibilities and impossibilities. You might draw on memory and the past as a touchstone for such futures. You might ground your present moment in the great continuity of the land and the people it nurtures. We highly encourage embodied writing about the land, lived experiences of Indigeneity in relation to land, and generational storytelling. Send us poetry, prose, or hybrid pieces that ground “earthkeeper” in the vividness of sensation, perception and reflection. Send us home.
Check out the guidelines and submit here:
https://prisminternational.submittable.com/submit
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PRISM international publishes exciting, original material from established and emerging writers in Canada and around the world. We accept submissions year-round. Due to the high volume of submissions we receive each month, reply times range between 2 to 6 months, depending on the time of year. Please note: PRISM does not accept submissions from current and incoming students and faculty of the University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing Program (this includes the UBC Optional-Residency MFA Program). Work submitted by incoming students prior to their acceptance to the UBC Creative Writing Program, if still under consideration, must be withdrawn. In order to submit, UBC alumni cannot have taken a UBC Creative Writing Program course during the previous two years. PRISM does not publish the same writer twice in a publication year.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
- For contest entries, please refer to our contest page.
- Your document MUST be labelled with your first and last name. Example: FirstNameLastName.doc.
- Submit up to four poems, maximum of six pages.
- We welcome cross-genre, hybrid, and interdisciplinary poetry and poetics.
- In your cover letter, please specify the number of poems you are submitting and list the titles of the poems.
- Poetry submissions should be typed and single-spaced. If you would like to submit poems with alternate spacing, please mention it in your cover letter and submit a PDF instead of a Word document.
- Include in your cover letter your full contact information (including email address) and a short bio.
- All submissions should be set in Times New Roman, 12-point font.
- We only accept online submissions via Submittable unless you are an incarcerated writer. We do not accept email submissions. We charge a $3.00 reading fee per submission. We have an Inclusive Access option under the 'Submission Fee' category for those unable to pay the regular $3.00 fee.
- Submissions must be previously unpublished, in print and online.
- We accept simultaneous submissions. If your piece is accepted elsewhere, please let us know immediately.
- We purchase first North American serial rights, and pay $40/printed page for prose and $45/printed page for poetry. Contributors will receive two copies of the issue in which their work appears.
- The editorial board awards one $500 prize to an outstanding poetry contributor each year.
- We encourage submissions from Black and Indigenous writers, writers of colour, writers with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+ writers, and writers from other intersectional and marginalized groups, including low-income earners. If you identify as one or more of the above and would like to let us know, please mention it in your cover letter.
CONTENT BAN:
Submissions containing the following content are strongly discouraged and will not be considered unless these elements are essential to the narrative and handled with care and intention:
- Gratuitous violence, including sexual violence
- Casual or overt misogyny and/or racism
- The use of sexual trauma—or any form of trauma—as a mere plot device
- Stories centered on male protagonists in which female characters are underdeveloped, one-dimensional, or exist solely to advance the male character’s arc
If your submission includes any of the above elements in a way that is essential to the narrative and handled with care, you must include a clear content warning at the top of the document. We reserve the right to decline work that does not align with these standards.
“This land absorbs the skins of martyrs.
This land promises wheat and stars.
Worship it!
We are its salt and its water.
We are its wound, but a wound that fights.”
― Mahmoud Darwish, Diary of a Palestinian Wound
PRISM International invites submissions for its upcoming EARTHKEEPER issue 64.3, edited by Ayda Niknami and Zahra Mayeesha.
We invite you to think of your own positionality in relation to the corners of earth you live and die in. What does it mean to be the land’s “salt and its water”? What is your relationship to the land you are on? What brought you there and what could take you away? What land do you see as your kin? How do you honour the land in which you live? Do you take part in its resistance and protection? In which ways do you find yourself complicit in its destruction? If we are both the land’s wound, but also “a wound that fights,” how do you understand that duality? How do you, in individuality and collective, inhabit being both an earthkeeper… and a threat to our earth?
We are looking for submissions that confront posterity in all its possibilities. We ask you to look into your troubled connection to any land that has homed you, in your loss, longing, euphoria and love of it.
You might look forwards towards imagined futures of earthkeeping, their possibilities and impossibilities. You might draw on memory and the past as a touchstone for such futures. You might ground your present moment in the great continuity of the land and the people it nurtures. We highly encourage embodied writing about the land, lived experiences of Indigeneity in relation to land, and generational storytelling. Send us poetry, prose, or hybrid pieces that ground “earthkeeper” in the vividness of sensation, perception and reflection. Send us home.
Check out the guidelines and submit here:
https://prisminternational.submittable.com/submit
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We are accepting prose (approximately 4,000 words or less), and poetry (up to four poems, to a maximum of six pages). Please submit via Submittable. We pay $40 per printed page of prose and $45 per printed page of poetry.
PRISM international publishes exciting, original material from established and emerging writers in Canada and around the world. Due to the high volume of submissions we receive each month, reply times range between 2 to 6 months, depending on the time of year. Please note: PRISM does not accept submissions from current and incoming students and faculty of the University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing Program (this includes the UBC Optional-Residency MFA Program). Work submitted by incoming students prior to their acceptance to the UBC Creative Writing Program, if still under consideration, must be withdrawn. In order to submit, UBC alumni cannot have taken a UBC Creative Writing Program course during the previous two years. PRISM does not publish the same writer twice in a publication year.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
- For contest entries, please refer to our contest page.
- Submit only one piece at a time, unless you are submitting flash fiction or non-fiction (under 1,000 words), in which case you may submit up to three pieces in a single document.
- Our recommended length for submissions is approximately 4,000 words or less. We have a limited page count per issue and aim to offer a platform for as many talented writers as possible. While we accept prose submissions of up to 25 pages (6,250 words), we must emphasize that it is only exceptional pieces of this length that will receive publication.
- For non-fiction, send original, unpublished literary essays, personal essays, hybrid-genre works, and literary journalism. Please note that we do not publish rhetorical, academic, or strictly journalistic non-fiction.
- Submissions should be typed, double-spaced, and paginated. Please specify the genre of your submission in your cover letter.
- In your cover letter, please include your full contact information (including email address) and a short bio (approximately 50 words).
- All submissions should be set in Times New Roman, 12-point font.
- Submissions must be previously unpublished, in print and online.
- We accept simultaneous submissions. If your piece is accepted elsewhere, please let us know immediately.
- We purchase first North American serial rights, and pay $40/printed page for prose and $45/printed page for poetry. Contributors will receive two copies of the issue in which their work appears.
- We strongly encourage submissions from Black and Indigenous writers, writers of colour, writers with disabilities, LGBTQIA2S+ writers, and writers from other intersectional and marginalized groups, including low-income earners. If you identify as one or more of the above and would like to let us know, please mention it in your cover letter.
CONTENT BAN:
Submissions containing the following content are strongly discouraged and will not be considered unless these elements are essential to the narrative and handled with care and intention:
- Gratuitous violence, including sexual violence
- Casual or overt misogyny and/or racism
- The use of sexual trauma—or any form of trauma—as a mere plot device
- Stories centered on male protagonists in which female characters are underdeveloped, one-dimensional, or exist solely to advance the male character’s arc
If your submission includes any of the above elements in a way that is essential to the narrative and handled with care, you must include a clear content warning at the top of the document. We reserve the right to decline work that does not align with these standards.
Thank you for your interest in submitting your artwork to PRISM international. We welcome submissions from artists of all backgrounds and levels of experience. Please carefully review the guidelines below before submitting:
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1. Eligibility
- Submissions are open to artists worldwide.
- All submitted artwork must be original and created by the artist.
2. Submission Guidelines
- Format: Please submit high-resolution files in one of the following formats: JPEG, PNG, or PDF.
- Resolution: Minimum resolution of 300 DPI to ensure print quality.
- File Size: Maximum file size per upload is 10 MB.
- Number of Submissions: You may submit up to 10 pieces of artwork for consideration. Each piece must be uploaded as a separate file.
- File Naming: Name your files as follows:
[YourName]_[TitleOfArtwork]_00. Example:JaneDoe_SunsetReflections_01.png.
3. Theme or Style (Optional)
- While we encourage all forms of creative expression, we are particularly interested in artwork that aligns with PRISM's values of showcasing diversity, storytelling, and bold, thought-provoking visuals.
4. Permissions
By submitting your artwork, you confirm that:
- You own the rights to the submitted work.
- You grant PRISM international permission to publish your artwork in both print and digital formats, if selected.
5. Agreement
- By submitting your artwork, you confirm that you have read and agreed to the guidelines above, including permissions and submission requirements.
6. Review Process
- Our editorial team will review all submissions on a rolling basis. Selected artists will be notified via email.
- Due to the high volume of submissions, we regret that we may not be able to provide individual feedback on your submission.