Prairie Fire (magazine)

Prairie Fire is a Canadian literary magazine. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the magazine publishes as a quarterly. Prairie Fire Magazine was created in hopes to expand Canadians’ knowledge and awareness of literary work rather than focusing on the mainstream writings of our generation. Included in the magazine are poems, personal essays, stories and even interviews. The issue that has been currently released is Vol. 31, No. 4. (Its winter quarter). The magazine has been constructed more so to feature physical characteristics in style of a book, as many writers inside the pages of the magazine have either award winning material, or have been recognized for their pieces; having the magazine look like a book emphasizes the literary work inside rather than giving any sense of mainstream material.

One can also find a Facebook group of the magazine, which advertises upcoming literary events in Winnipeg, and surrounding the local area. It has 191 members and is always growing and looking for more! You can find it under the category of “Entertainment & Arts – Books and literature”. Administrators of this page are Perry Grosshans, also recognized as the board president of the magazine, Andris Taskans, known as the magazine’s editor, and Tom Penner, the creator of the Facebook page itself. Other than joining the Facebook group, the magazine also encourages literary enthusiasts to join them at a literary festival they hold from time to time named “WordFest”; this is a local event which brings many literary writers into our city, each one reading their pieces to the public. Andris Taskans, the magazines editor founded this event a little over 10 years ago.

References

http://artsfoundation.mb.ca/ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20044286248&v=info http://www.prairiefire.ca/

• List of literary magazines

External links

• Prairie Fire