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.

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Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· 2d

Our "foxy" summer issue has arrived! 🦊 Snag a copy before they're all gone! Prairiefire.ca/current-issue/

PF's summer issue featuring a fox on the cover, set against milkweed plants.

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· 7d

Our summer issue is on sale NOW at prairiefire.ca/current-issue/ and in bookstores around the country! 😎

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· 15d

Check out new work by Tazi Rodrigues in our summer issue, out now! Prairiefire.ca/current-issue/

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· 23d

It's here! The summer issue has arrived! The issue is now live on the Prairie Fire website. Details: prairiefire.ca/current-issue/

Cover of the summer issue with greenery in the background. The cover features the names of the annual contest winners a fox behind the text.

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Jul 7

We've got a new book review! Check out Sightings by Patrick Friesen! Review by Alexander Sallas. prairiefire.ca/sightings-by-patrick-friesen/

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Jun 25

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/

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Jun 19

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!

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Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Jun 16

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/

Gillian Crawford's grandfather and an unknown coworker posing in front of locomotive in winter, with heavy steam (1955).

Scanned CPR accident report documenting the incident the poem is based on.

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Jun 11

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/

Image of Winnipeg street on a late winter day at sunset. Snow and grit cover the unplowed road.
Text: “What can be said can be said clearly.”

Clearly this as a description is not the case
of symbols in this muddled composition of a place.

from “A City Passed Through: Ambivalent Matters”
by Kristian Enright

PF’s spring issue on sale NOW at prairiefire.ca

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Jun 9

(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)

Cover images of Best Canadian Series 2027

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Jun 3

New book review! Check out Night Birds by Margaret Sweatman! Review by Janet S. Pollock. www.prairiefire.ca/night-birds-by-margaret-sweatman/

Cover of Night Birds by Margaret Sweatman

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Jun 2

Lost & Found Issue Update! We have now contacted everyone whose work we can take for the issue. Thank you to everyone who submitted!

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· May 20

Join the party! Manitoba Kitchen Party is on sale NOW at prairiefire.ca/current-issue/

By Ccyyrree - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21938978
Image of clock in Portage Place Mall inside a glad atrium, trees line its base.
Text: Frozen clock stands above
an empty rainforest floor
what remains are the phantoms
of the paradise.
From “Elegy for Portage Place” by Jordyn Sheldon
PF’s spring issue on sale NOW at prairiefire.ca

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· May 12

Check out "Is it too Late to Become a Wunderkind?" by Bob Armstrong in Manitoba Kitchen Party! Check out prairiefire.ca/current-issue/ New Canadian subscribers can get 5 issues for the price of 4 for a limited time with offer code KITCHENPARTY for a limited time! (Chair pic by Bob Armstrong!)

Faint image of an office in Fort McMurray in the 80s.
Text: “Journalists from around the world flocked to the wild, gritty northern city. They described the mind-boggling scale of the mining equipment and the tailings ponds, the Road Warrioresque southbound traffic when workers head back to Edmonton, the chemical smell that engulfs the city when a north winds blows, and the free-spending blue collar princes who earn three times as much in Fort McMurray as they’d have made back home in Corner Brook or Trois-Rivières or Brandon, if they’d have had jobs at all.”
From “Is it too late to become a wunderkind?” by Bob Armstrong
Prairie Fire’s spring issue is on sale now at prairiefire.ca!

Image of an office in Fort McMurray in the 80 with an old Micro-Comp computer and a mustard yellow office chair.
Photo by Bob Armstrong

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· May 6

Spring has arrived! Let's party! Snag a copy of our spring issue: Manitoba Kitchen Party! prairiefire.ca/current-issue/

Image of a table with a pie on it. Text in front:
“This issue opens the door and lets people in. We’re inviting readers into a Manitoba kitchen party—because if there’s one thing we know here, it’s that you are welcome in our kitchen
Pull up a chair.
Stay warm.
Stay awhile.”
-Carolyn Gray, Editor, Prairie Fire
Manitoba Kitchen Party is on sale NOW at prairiefire.ca.

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· May 3

TOMORROW is the deadline for our Lost & Found call for creative fiction submissions! We're accepting submissions until end of day May 4th. Details: www.prairiefire.ca/c...

Graphic for Call for Submissions for Lost & Found featuring two stone birds.

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· May 1

Congratulations to Chris Pickrell on being nominated for "Reading Raymond Carver..." At this year's National Magazine Awards!

Fiction finalist graphic for Chris Pickrell's "Reading Raymond Carver..."

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Apr 29

New book review! Check out Retcon by Garry Thomas Morse! Published by At Bay Press. Review by Leah Bobet. www.prairiefire.ca/theorists-be...

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Apr 28

Thank you to everyone who came out to the launch of Manitoba Kitchen Party! And thank you to McNally for having us, Kristian Enright for hosting & our readers for making the the evening one heck of a party! If you missed the event, you can watch it on Youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qri...

Readers from Manitoba Kitchen Party at McNally Robinson

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Apr 27

We're looking for your best Creative Non-Fiction on the topic of Lost & Found! Details: www.prairiefire.ca/c... Deadline: May 4, 2026

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Apr 24

TONIGHT! Join us at McNally Robinson (7 p.m.) for the launch of Manitoba Kitchen Party!

Graphic for Manitoba Kitchen Party featuring the cover of the issue. April 24, 2026, 7 p.m., McNally Robinson Grant Park

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Apr 20

Come party with us! We're launching Manitoba Kitchen Party THIS FRIDAY at 7 p.m., at McNally Robinson Grant Park!

Poster for Manitoba Kitchen Party Launch.

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Apr 17

New work from Di Brandt in our spring issue: Manitoba Kitchen Party! Check out prairiefire.ca/current-issue/ to snag a copy!

Faint image of a bison.
Text: “...They were
trampling the canola and wheat fields in
their path, they were snorting huge gulps
of fresh prairie air and breathing out flames
of Fire and ire. The settlers, who benefitted
so greatly from the gift of land bestowed
upon them for agriculture and industrial
development at the First People’s expense,
stood in crowds along the highway, mouths
agape.”
From “The magic Chickadees’ song by Di Brandt
PF’s spring issue on sale NOW at prairiefire.ca

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Apr 13

It's party time! Our spring issue "Manitoba Kitchen Party" is here! Copies available at prairiefire.ca/current-issue/ and (shortly) in stores and mailboxes across the country!

Covers of Prairie Fire's spring issue Manitoba Kitchen Party.

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Apr 10

We're looking for creative non-fiction for our upcoming "Lost and Found" issue! Deadline: May 4th Details: www.prairiefire.ca/call-for-cre...

Graphic for "Lost and Found" issue call for submissions

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Mar 27

Let's talk about PEACE! We still have copies of our winter issue featuring Matthew-Ray "Testament" Jones. Get 'em while we got 'em! www.prairiefire.ca/current-issue/

Prairie Fire cover of issue 46.4 featuring a black and white image of Matthew-Ray "Testament" Jones.

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Mar 23

Call for Creative Non-Fiction! We're looking at things forgotten, things remembered this fall and would love to see your creative non-fiction on the topic! Deadline: May 4th, 2026 Details: www.prairiefire.ca/call-for-cre...

Lost & Found Call for Submissions graphic

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Mar 21

That's a wrap on World Poetry Day 2026! Thanks for joining us! #WorldPoetryDay

Thanks for joining us for World Poetry Day graphic

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Mar 21

Happy World Poetry Day! Join us at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. (CDT) for readings from Sean Howard and Pamela Dillon!

Sean Howard reads taken leaves at 10 a.m. graphic

Pamela Dillon reads Caesura at 2 p.m., graphic

Prairie Fire Magazine@prairiefiremag· Mar 20

Tomorrow is World Poetry Day! We're celebrating by bringing you readings of the two winning pieces from our 2025 MRB Poetry Contest. Sean Howard's video goes live at 10 a.m. (CDT) and Pamela Dillon's video goes live at 2 p.m. (CDT). Happy World Poetry Day 2026!