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Winter 2017
Volume 38, No. 4, Winter 2017
Volume 38, No.4
Prairie Fire's Winter 2017 issue features the Anne Szumigalski Memorial Lecture by Marilyn Dumont, as well as new work from Dora Dueck, Patrick Friesen, Eve Joseph, Shannon Quinn & more!...

Bridge Retakes by Angela Lopes
Reviewer: Cam ScottRe-reading A Lover’s Discourse in 2017, it’s hard not to consider how Roland Barthes’ impatient Proustian temperament in love might stand to update. Surely Barthes would be hitting ‘refresh’ incessantly, …

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Only 30 Tickets Left for Speaking Volumes!
April 5, 2018
Are you planning on attending our annual fundraiser? Get your tickets ASAP because we are down to our last 30!
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World Poetry Day Event Recap
March 23, 2018
Well, our reading at McNally Robinson with Marilyn Dumont, Chelsea Peters & Hannah Green has come and gone. It was a lovely evening with great poetry and tasty cake!
Here are some pictures from the evening. Thank you to everyone who attended!
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Happy World Poetry Day! Come Celebrate with us TONIGHT!
March 21, 2018
Join us tonight at McNally Robinson Booksellers (1120 Grant Ave, Winnipeg) in the Travel Alcove at 7:30 to celebrate World Poetry Day! Prairie Fire and CV2 are proud to present readings by Marilyn Dumont, Hannah Green & Chelsea Peters! Read More…
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Call for ‘Peg Writers!
March 14, 2018
Hey Winnipeg! Where are you?
This summer, Prairie Fire is turning 40! To celebrate, we want to see work from Winnipeggers we haven’t published before. Read More…
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Prairie Fire presents an Evening of Poetry & Prose!
February 21, 2018
On February 27th at 7PM, join Prairie Fire Magazine at Fools + Horses (379 Broadway, Winnipeg) for an evening of poetry and prose by young and emerging writers! Read More…
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2017 Writing Contest Winners
January 15, 2018
Prairie Fire is please to present the winning entries in our 2017 writing contests!
Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award
Judged by George Murray
First Prize: Tammy Armstrong, Shag Harbour, NS: “Old Horses Make Whisper
Second Prize: Ben Ladouceur, Ottawa, ON: “The Green Carnation”
Third Prize: Conyer Clayton, Ottawa, ON: “What you actually lost”
Honourable Mention: Patricia Robertson, Winnipeg, MB: “Questionnaire”Fiction Award
Judged by Corey Redekop
First Prize: Matthew Hollett, St. John’s, NL: “Darkroom, Daydream”
Second Prize: Eya Donald Greenland, Toronto, ON: “The Bath Lottery”
Third Prize: Christine Miscione, Toronto, ON: “Tessa”
Honourable Mention: Erin Pryce, Magrath, AB: “The Unsolvable Problem”Creative Non-Fiction Award
Judged by Betsy Warland
First Place: Jagtar Kaur Atwal, Cambridge, ON: “Take Me Away”?
Second Prize: Suzanne Nussey, Ottawa, ON: “A Recent History of Fear in North America: A Memoir”
Third Prize: Marion Agnew, Shuniah, ON: “Hours of Daylight”
Honourable Mention: Robin K. Macdonald, Chelsea, QC: “Roadkill Heart”Thank you to everyone who entered! Details on our spring contest will be announced in the spring.
For more info on our winners, check out our 2017 Winners page and our Excerpts page.
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Prairie Fire is looking for Love…
December 19, 2017
Spring is coming! So, what better time to talk about love‽
We want to talk about love in all of its forms; love that changes us, love that corrupts, love that enlightens, love that drives us crazy.
Love for ourselves, love for a partner or partners, love for family, friends, children, animals, places, things, etc.
We want to explore why we love, how we love. Why we strive for connection or why we don’t.
Exciting, insane, protective, stupid, beautiful, terrifying, peaceful, heart-clenching, unrequited, all-consuming LOVE!
For this one issue we will be accepting emailed submissions, along with our normal mail-in submissions.
Check out the submission guidelines here.
Submission deadline is January 31st, 2018.