News & Extras
Launch Alert! 50 Over 50 Winnipeg Launch!
Sep 16, 2024
Join us for the Winnipeg Launch of 50 Over 50, Honouring Women Writers in Canada, Part One!
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Tote Bag Fundraiser for 50 Over 50, Part One!
Sep 16, 2024
We’re holding a fundraiser to help with the costs of this mega, two part issue! Please consider purchasing a tote bag, featuring artwork by KC Adams (who is also in the issue!) and the names of all of our contributors for the issue! For details and to purchase, click here.
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50 Over 50 Update, Updated
Jul 10, 2024
When we set out to do this issue, we had no idea of the response it would receive. We are pleased (and a little overwhelmed) to say we received OVER ELEVEN HUNDRED submissions to this issue. With this huge amount of writers, we have had to change the way we originally wanted to handle things. […]
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Summer Contest Issue is HERE!
Jul 9, 2024
Our summer contest issue is here! Time for a cold beverage, a hammock and some great reading! Snag a copy of the issue here: Summer Contest Issue
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Prairie Fire Takes Home Two Gold, One Silver, One Honorable Mention at National Magazine Awards!
Jul 9, 2024
Prairie Fire is proud to announce that we took both gold and silver in this year’s National Magazine Awards Personal Journalism category, as well as Gold in Poetry and an Honorable Mention in Fiction! Congratulations to the winners! Winners: Personal Journalism Gold: Jennifer Robinson: The Passing Game (Issue 44.1, The Peace We Make) Personal Journalism […]
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Fungal: Foraging In the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon
Jun 11, 2024
Ariel Gordon’s wonderful new book, Fungal; Foraging in the Urban Forest, isn’t about fungi or mushrooms or even foraging per se. It’s really about mushrooms as obsession, as metaphor and as a glorious pathway into the wonders of nature and the foibles of human nature. From hilarious descriptions of her “mushrooming” family—Ariel, husband Mike and […]
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