News & Extras
Spring to Spring: A Launch
Prairie Fire Press will be launching BURNING UP, BURNING DOWN: WORDS FOR A WORLD ON FIRE, guest edited by Sue Goyette on April 19th (7:00 PM) at McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park! In addition, the four previous issues dating back to spring of 2023 will also be...
Update: 50 over 50 Issue News
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...
UPDATE: Writers Contacted for Burning Up/ Burning Down
We have now contacted everyone we can accept for Burning Up/ Burning Down. If we have not contacted you, we would like to thank you for submitting and encourage you to try us again in the future.
2023 Contest Winners Announced!
Congratulations to our 2023 contest winners and a big 'Thank You' to our judges, Bertrand Bickersteth, Jeanette Lynes & Conor Kerr! You can check out a preview of the winning pieces by clicking here.
Annual Donor Campaign Prize Package Winner Selected!
Thank you to everyone who donated to our annual donor campaign! The winner of this year's prize package has been contacted. We truly appreciate all of your donations, big or small, or even just kind words. You all are the best.
Double Review! Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female by Tanis MacDonald & Field Notes on Listening by Kit Dobson
Walking is one of the most appropriate ways to appreciate one’s community, environment, and place in the world. And to walk with intention is to listen. As Rebecca Solnit writes: “Walking, ideally, is a state in which the mind, the body, and the world are aligned, as...