Tote Bag Fundraiser for 50 Over 50, Part One!

We’re holding a fundraiser to help with the costs of this mega, two part issue! Please consider purchasing a tote bag, featuring artwork by KC Adams (who is also in the issue!) and the names of all of our contributors for the issue! For details and to purchase, click here.

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50 Over 50 Update, Updated

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 wanted to handle things. […]

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Summer Contest Issue is HERE!

Our summer contest issue is here! Time for a cold beverage, a hammock and some great reading! Snag a copy of the issue here: Summer Contest Issue

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Gold English 2024 National Magazine Awards

Prairie Fire Takes Home Two Gold, One Silver, One Honorable Mention at National Magazine Awards!

Prairie Fire is proud to announce that we took both gold and silver in this year's National Magazine Awards Personal Journalism category, as well as Gold in Poetry and an Honorable Mention in Fiction! Congratulations to the winners!

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Book Review

Fungal: Foraging In the Urban Forest by Ariel Gordon

Jun 11, 2024

Ariel Gordon’s wonderful new book, Fungal; Foraging in the Urban Forest, isn’t about fungi or mushrooms or even foraging per se. It’s really about mushrooms as obsession, as metaphor and as a glorious pathway into the wonders of nature and the foibles of human nature. From hilarious descriptions of her “mushrooming” family—Ariel, husband Mike and […]

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Book Review

A brief relief from hunger by Spenser Smith

May 13, 2024

In his debut collection, A brief relief from hunger, Spenser Smith explores the edges of longing, revealing the immense human capacity for cruelty and care. On his journey toward acceptance and fulfillment, Smith’s speaker injects drugs, binges fast food, goes through rehab, and finds God in a park near Pizza Hut. Smith spends much of […]

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News & Highlights

Thank you, Victoria!

Oct 29, 2024

Our Victoria launch was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who came out! And thank you to our lovely readers, and Caffe Fantastico for hosting. We had a great time meeting everyone and visiting your beautiful island. ♡ Here are some photos from the event. The lighting was not ideal for pictures, but we […]

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50 Over 50 Launch: Victoria Edition!

Oct 16, 2024

Victoria! We will be coming to see you on October 23rd! Join us at Caffe Fantastico (965 Kings Road) for an evening of readings from the local ladies of 50 Over 50, part one! Doors at 6:00 PM, Readings at 6:30 PM. Readings by: Linda Doctoroff, Cynthia Gralla, Sandra Ibrahim, Marlene Grand Maître, Barbara Parker, […]

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Launch Alert! 50 Over 50 Winnipeg Launch!

Sep 16, 2024

Join us for the Winnipeg Launch of 50 Over 50, Honouring Women Writers in Canada, Part One!

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