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Prairie Fire Magazine
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Award-winning Canadian journal of innovative writing that has been publishing exceptional writing for over 45 years. One of Canada’s oldest literary magazines.
We just hit our fiction cap limit! General fiction submissions on Submittable are now closed. Submissions will reopen on March 1, 2027. Thank you to everyone who submitted!
We've reached our poetry cap! Thank you to everyone who submitted. We will re-open the Submittable portal on March 1, 2027.
Our summer issue is on sale now on the PF website and in book stores around the country! Thanks for Helen Georgas for these gorgeous photos of Monemvasia! Details: prairiefire.ca/current-issue/
New Call for Submissions! Prairie Fire is looking for work for on the topic of "Branching Out—All About Trees" for our spring 2027 issue! Guest Editor: Erna Buffie Deadline: November 15th, 2026 Full Details: www.prairiefire.ca/call-for-sub...
We are saddened to hear of the passing of David Arnason, celebrated writer, teacher, editor, CanLit champion and long-time friend and supporter of the magazine. Safe travels, friend.
It's contest season! Our annual writing contests are on NOW until November 30th! Full details: prairiefire.ca/contests/
Read Melanie Power's full poem "The moon is mother of us all" in our summer issue, out now! Details: Prairiefire.ca/current-issue
Submittable should be working now! Apologies for the issues!
Our new Submittable forms are acting buggy. We're fixing them, hang tight! We'll post when they're working!
Our fall submission period is now open on Submittable! Submission period runs from September 1 until Nov 30th, or until submission cap reached.
Ken Wilson reads from "The Bear on the Path to Tofino" which is featured in our summer issue and won our 2025 MRB Creative Non-Fiction contest! youtu.be/luimPXD4U5U Snag a copy of the summer issue on the Prairie Fire website or in bookstores around Canada.
Ken Wilson reads from "The Bear on the Path to Tofino"
To read the whole story, please check out our summer 2026 issue! Thanks to Ken Wilson for sending us this reading! "The Bear on the Path to Tofino" was the winner of our 2025 MRB Creative Non-Fiction contest. Issue available at prairiefire.ca.
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Our summer issue is here! Snag a copy at prairiefire.ca/current-issue/ Thanks for Anna Mark for this great graphic! Read her whole poem "Woman in Yellow" in the summer issue.
Our summer issue features new work by Martha Grace Duncan! Get your copy in bookstores around Canada and online on our website. Thanks to Martha Grace for the family pic! Prairiefire.ca/current-issue/
Our "foxy" summer issue has arrived! 🦊 Snag a copy before they're all gone! Prairiefire.ca/current-issue/
Our summer issue is on sale NOW at prairiefire.ca/current-issue/ and in bookstores around the country! 😎
It's here! The summer issue has arrived! The issue is now live on the Prairie Fire website. Details: prairiefire.ca/current-issue/
We've got a new book review! Check out Sightings by Patrick Friesen! Review by Alexander Sallas. prairiefire.ca/sightings-by-patrick-friesen/
Check out new work by Joanne Epp in our spring issue! Thanks to Joanne for sending this great sunset shot. We're on our last box of copies, so get 'em while we got 'em! Prairiefire.ca/current-issue/
Join the party! From now until June 30th, new Canadian subscribers can get 5 issues for the price of 4 with offer code KITCHENPARTY at checkout at prairiefire.ca!
Gillian Crawford's grandpa was once caught on the back on a moving steam engine in the middle of a Manitoba winter. Read all about it in our spring issue! Thanks to Jill for sending these great pics! praifriefire.ca/current-issue/
Our spring issue is on sale NOW on the PF website and in bookstores around the country! Also, new Canadian subscribers! Get 5 issues for the price of 4 with offer code KITCHENPARTY at checkout! prairiefire.ca/current-issue/
(1 of 3) We are THRILLED to announce that SEVEN PF pieces will be in the 2027 Best Canadian Anthologies! A big ol' congrats to: Essays (Creative Non-Fiction): Julie Salverson, “Rearranged by Water” (Prairie Fire 46.1) Cora Siré, “¡Hola, Texas!” (Prairie Fire 46.3)
Congrats to Chris Pickrell for receiving Honourable Mention for his piece "Reading Raymond Carver’s “A Small, Good Thing” ..." at this year's National Magazine Awards! This story can be found in our fall 2025 issue: www.prairiefire.ca/shop/fall-20...
Fall 2025, Volume 46, No. 3 – Prairie Fire
In this issue, we look for surprising moments of of transformation in the mundane, the spectacular and in the little moments that make up our lives. New work by Evelyn Lau, Eleni Zaptses, Susan Gillis...
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New book review! Check out Night Birds by Margaret Sweatman! Review by Janet S. Pollock. www.prairiefire.ca/night-birds-by-margaret-sweatman/
Lost & Found Issue Update! We have now contacted everyone whose work we can take for the issue. Thank you to everyone who submitted!
Join the party! From now until June 30, 2026, new Canadian subscribers get 5 issues for the price of 4 with coupon code KITCHENPARTY at checkout!
Our spring issue "Manitoba Kitchen Party" is on sale now! Thanks to Angeline Schellenberg for sending these great pics and recording of the poem "Exposure." youtube.com/shorts/scZb4...
Angeline Schellenberg reads "Exposure"
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