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Home > PRISM Online > Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize: 2020 Winners!
The first news of 2021: Our Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize winners, as chosen by contest judge Ariana Brown! Congratulations Karen, Natalie, and Imani!
Grand Prize
karen lee writes powerful, distinctive poetry that resounds. her polyvocal refusals are published in
The Malahat Review, The Humber Literary Review, Brick/Brickyard, anthologized in Watch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to the Climate Crisis, Sister Vision Press, and shortlisted for the 2018 Small Axe Literary Prize. “Tekkin Back Tongue,” her poetry manuscript in progress, is named after her self-directed writing residency in Ghana, Kenya (2018).
lee supports accessibility and social justice as an accredited Jamaican Patois court interpreter (Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General Registry), voiceover artist, described video narrator, vocalist and actor.
Home > PRISM Online > The 2020 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize Shortlist!
And without further ado, here’s our shortlist for our annual Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize:
“In Defense of My Roommate’s Dog” by Natalie Wee
“only the bottom left quadrant of my hair is full” by Karen Lee
“the recital” by Cooper Skjeie
“WE DON’T DIE” by Darius Simpson
“Worst case scenario” by Imani Cezanne
We’ll be posting our winners chosen by Ariana Brown very soon!
In the meantime, did you know our Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Forms closes on Jan 15? Send us your best short story for a shot at $1,500!
Home > PRISM Online > Announcing the 2020 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize Longlist
Thank you to everyone who submitted and trusted us with their poems this contest. We were truly blown away by the quality of submissions!
These 11 pieces were extra special, and we’re thrilled to share our longlist for the 2020 Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize! Check back soon for the shortlist announcement, followed by the winners chosen by this year’s contest judge, Ariana Brown.
(PS, our Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction opens for submissions tomorrow!)
“In Defense of My Roommate’s Dog” by Natalie Wee
“Inheritance, except it looks like this:” by Alasdair Rees