News & Extras
Night Birds by Margaret Sweatman
Jun 3, 2026
Night Birds, the seventh novel of award-winning Winnipeg writer Margaret Sweatman, develops themes of innocence and knowledge, guilt and redemption, through the central character of Farrar, a metallurgist who learns that his beloved foundry is funded by laundered money. Set in the near future amid ongoing environmental collapse, the novel also reads as an indictment […]
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Lost & Found Update!
Jun 2, 2026
Hello! We have now contacted everyone whose work we can accept for the Lost & Found issue. Thank you to everyone who submitted!
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Theorists Behaving Badly: A review of Garry Thomas Morse’s Retcon
Apr 29, 2026
It helps to know a bit about film when cracking the covers of Retcon—or a lot. Repeat Governor General’s Award nominee Morse’s newest novel—a companion book to 2023’s Tulpa Mea Culpa—is just as obsessed with academic politics, metafiction, and genre-hopping at the speed of sound, but it’s built almost purely out of film references: Godard, […]
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Manitoba Kitchen Party: Launched!
Apr 28, 2026
Thank you to everyone who came out to the launch of Manitoba Kitchen Party! Thank you to McNally for having us, Kristian Enright for hosting and a big ol’ thanks to all of our readers! You all made the evening fantastic! If you missed the event, McNally has it on YouTube and you can watch […]
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Happy World Poetry Day 2026!
Mar 20, 2026
Happy World Poetry Day! This World Poetry Day (March 21, 2026) we will be releasing two videos of our 2025 MRB Poetry Contest winners reading their winning poems. Check out Sean Howard read “Taken Leaves” at 10 a.m. (CDT) and Pamela Dillon read “Caesura” at 2 p.m. (CDT). Those videos will be on our social […]
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[NOW CLOSED] New Call for Creative Non-Fiction Submissions: Lost and Found: Things Forgotten, Things Remembered
Mar 11, 2026
Call now closed. Thank you to everyone who sent work! Prairie Fire Press invites creative nonfiction on the theme of remembering and forgetting for our fall 2026 issue. Our survival and growth have always depended on both. Memory helps shape who we are and how we understand our connection to others—personally, culturally, historically. Some memories […]
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