Awards
National Magazine Awards
Congratulations to:
Cooper Skjeie for taking first place in Poetry at the 2024 National Magazine Awards for “bleach” (44.2)
Jennifer Robinson for taking first place in Personal Journalism at the 2024 National Magazine Awards for “The Passing Game” (44.1)
Avalon Moore for taking first place in Personal Journalism at the 2024 National Magazine Awards for “Someone in a Reddish-Pink T-Shirt Walks Past the Window” (44.3)
Zilla Jones for taking first place in Fiction at the 2024 National Magazine Awards for “Lightning Kills” (44.3)
Willy Blomme for taking second place in fiction at the 2023 National Magazine Awards for “Museum of Winter” (42.4)
Duncan Mercredi for receiving Honourable Mention in poetry at the 2023 National Magazine Awards for “Misipawistik” (42.4)
Paul Dhillon for receiving honourable mention at the 2022 National Magazine Awards for his creative non-fiction story “The Wait of Ashes” in Prairie Fire (42.3)
Catherine Hunter for winning gold at the 2021 National Magazine Awards for her story “Calling You” in Prairie Fire (41.1)
Ben Ladouceur for winning gold at the 2019 National Magazine Awards for his poem “The Green Carnation” in Prairie Fire (39.2)
Sarah Klassen for winning silver at the 2018 National Magazine Awards for her suite of poems “Beauty; Sermon Series in a Mennonite Church” in Prairie Fire (37.4)
Benjamin Hertwig for winning gold at the 2017 National Magazine Awards for his creative non-fiction story “The Burn” in Prairie Fire (37.2)
Sue Goyette for winning silver at the 2013 National Magazine Awards for her poem “Fashion” in Prairie Fire (33.2)
Manitoba Magazine Publishers’ Association Awards
2015 – for fiction, “Red Egg and Ginger” by Anna Ling Kaye (35.3); for creative non-fiction, “Status Updates” by George Toles & Cliff Eyland (35.3)
2014 – for fiction, “The Book about the Bear” by John O’Neill (34.3); for creative non-fiction, “The Moon in Scorpio” by Trevor Corkum (34.2)
2013 – four awards, the most awards of any magazine: for fiction, “Frida Walks” by Alice Zorn (33.2); for poetry, “Plastic Bucket” by Louise Carson (33.1); for creative non-fiction, “Maxime’s” by Lorri Neilsen Glenn (33.2); for best single issue, art & literary, Volume 33, No. 3: “The Visionary Art of Sharon Butala”
2012 – for fiction, “Go with Bob” by Margaret Sweatman (32.4); for poetry, “Harry Mayzell’s Suit” by Harold Rhenisch (31.4)
2011 – for fiction, “Rabbit” by Théodora Armstrong (31.3)
2010 – for fiction, “Hold Me Now” by Stephen Gauer (30.2)
2009 – for most effective use of words: Two Poems by Barry Dempster (28.4); for best cover, image of Margaret Atwood (29.2)
Gold Award Best Article
Journey Prize
2023 — Jasmine Sealy for “Caves” which appears in Prairie Fire 42.2
Lifetime Achievement Award
Prairie Fire’s founding editor Andris Taskans was presented with the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 26th annual Western Magazine Awards in Richmond, BC on May 22, 2008.
From judge Zsuzsi Gartner’s comments:
“Thirty years is a long time in any field, but 30 years spent maintaining the unflagging enthusiasm, requisite drive and crazy juggling acts that are necessary to keep a literary magazine not just alive but thriving is an almost heroic endeavour. Prairie Fire has been a quality publication for a long time, and that kind of consistency is always a result of a dedicated and talented editor. While Andris Taskans has managed to give Prairie Fire a strong national profile, a number of his off-shoot initiatives have made the Manitoba writing and magazine scene infinitely richer.”
Make A Difference Award
Prairie Fire’s founding editor Andris Taskans was presented with the Making a Difference Award at the Mayor’s Luncheon for the Arts in Winnipeg on June 11, 2009.