Prism International Explained

Category:Literary magazine
Language:English
Publisher:University of British Columbia
Country:Canada
Based:Vancouver
Frequency:Quarterly
Founded:1959
Issn:0032-8790

Prism International (styled PRISM international) is a magazine published quarterly in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1] [2] Established in 1959,[3] it is Western Canada's senior literary magazine.[1] The magazine was started with name Prism and five years later its name changed to Prism International.[4] The focus of the magazine is contemporary fiction and poetry, but it also publishes drama and creative non-fiction.[1]

The rendering of the name is idiosyncratic: "PRISM" is intentionally all upper-case and "international" is all lower case.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PRISM international. Magazine Association. 1 November 2015.
  2. Web site: PRISM international. University of British Columbia. 1 November 2015.
  3. Web site: A Writer’s Guide to Canadian Literary Magazines & Journals. National Magazine Awards. 24 April 2017. 7 November 2013.
  4. Book: Camille R. La Bossière. Context North America: Canadian/U.S. Literary Relations. 1 November 2015. 1994. University of Ottawa Press. 978-0-7766-0360-5. 102. Google Books.