Update: 50 over 50 Issue News

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...
Burning Up/ Burning Down Update

Burning Up/ Burning Down Update

Hi everyone! We just wanted to let you know, we’re running a little behind and acceptances will be sent out early to mid-January instead of mid-December. Also, introducing our guest editor: Sue Goyette! Sue Goyette lives in K’jipuktuk (Halifax) and has...
Call for Submissions: 50 Over 50

Call for Submissions: 50 Over 50

Prairie Fire is giving centre stage to women writers over fifty! This special issue is a celebration that honours and recognizes the enormous contribution of living Canadian women writers, who have helped shape CanLit and continue to do so.  If you are a woman, aged...

Happy World Poetry Day!

Happy World Poetry Day, everyone! To celebrate, we have a poem from our 2022 McNally Robinson Booksellers Poetry Award Winner Jody Baltessen! Thank you Jody, for allowing us to publish this fabulous poem digitally for World Poetry Day! Before we get to the poem, if...