Announcing the winners of the 2021 Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms!
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After reading through almost 300 pieces, the PRISM editorial team has chosen our top three winners of the Grouse Grind Prize for V. Short Forms.
A huge congrats to Suzannah, Moni, and Delani!
Grand Prize “Most Nights” by Suzannah Showler
Suzannah Showler is the author of two collections of poetry and a book of cultural criticism about
The Bachelor. Currently living on the unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation, she writes for magazines and does contingent labour teaching creative writing classes at the University of Ottawa. “Most Nights” is the antecedent of
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Memories and Where to Keep Them
By Nat Lyle
Room’s Creative Non-Fiction Contest 2020.
Before my mother left, when my mind was still small and pink like two fists held together, we saw a miracle in the sky.
I was still allowed outside then. Whenever I wanted. The day was clear and the sky stretched for miles like blue canvas. Outside on our white porch hammock I splayed my stubby limbs for balance. I had to be careful on its webbing; the netting hung slack and my Bambi legs and arms poked too easily through. One moment I’d be perfectly suspended, the next on the ground. I was very deliberate about this whole exercise; white knuckled and gripping each braided end, I balanced like a finch on a powerline.