News & Extras
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...
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 published nine...
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...
Biblioasis’s 2023 A Ghost Story for Christmas Collection
It’s that time of year again! As the year winds down, the temperature drops and snow covers the ground, the Christmas season lurks. The holiday tunes start a little earlier each year, stores start getting in their Christmas merch in September, and as we get closer to...