Award Name/Title: The Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction

Amount: Three awards available ($1,500, $600 and $400)

Application Status: Closed

Application Due Date: December 21, 2021

Awards Details:

Jacob Zilber was a renowned writer, respected teacher and mentor. In 1965, Jacob helped Earle Birney form the Department of Creative Writing, one of the very first such departments in North America and the very first of its kind in Canada. He also co-founded PRISM international and was a longtime editor of the magazine. Jacob passed away on August 21st, 2012. Read more about Jacob Zilber here.

Entries must be original, previously unpublished in print or online. PRISM will purchase First North American Serial Rights for all work accepted for publication.

Entries should be formatted with size 12pt serif font (Times New Roman, Garamond, Georgia) and regular margins. Prose must be double spaced.

For more information, please visit: http://prismmagazine.ca/contests/

There is no Application Form need to be downloaded.