by Lindsey | Sep 28, 2023 | News
This spring, we’re talking about fire. This past summer, especially in Canada, we saw A LOT of fire. So much so that this year’s fire season saw the largest area burned in Canada’s history. Globally, the planet continues to heat up, and we saw a record number of...
by Lindsey | Jun 5, 2023 | Feature, News
A big ‘ol congrats to Will Blomme whose fiction piece “The Museum of Winter” took second place at the National Magazine Awards! Great Job, Willy! And also a shout out to Duncan Mercredi whose poem “Misipawistik” received honourable...
by Lindsey | Mar 20, 2023 | Feature, News
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...
by Lindsey | Jan 30, 2023 | Feature, News
We would like to give a huge congratulations to Jasmine Sealy & Zilla Jones on their Journey Prize wins! Jasmine won for her contest-winning piece “Caves” (which can be found in Prairie Fire issue 42.2), along with the poem “Collapse” which...
by Lindsey | Jan 9, 2023 | Feature, News, Submission Call
Hello! We have made out selections for “The Peace We Make” and the writers have been contacted. If we have not contacted you, it is safe to conclude we were unable to take your submission. The issue will be out in April, so keep an eye on our website for...
by Lindsey | Mar 21, 2022 | Feature, News
We’ve got a selection of poems by Duncan Mercredi (featured in our winter 2021-22 issue) in their entirety to celebrate World Poetry Day! Our thanks to Duncan for letting us post these and to Pierrette Boily of Pierrette Boily Photographie for allowing us to use...
