''Prairie Fire'' is a Canadian literary journal published quarterly by Prairie Fire Press.
About The Editor
Andris Taskans was the founding editor of ''Prairie Fire''. He studied at the
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. In 2008, Taskans received the
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. He was awarded the "Making a Difference Award" from th Winnipeg Arts Council in 2009 at the Mayor's Luncheon for the Arts in Winnipeg. Taskans died on September 27, 2019.
Taskans was also a writer, and published ''Jukebox Junkie'' in 1987 b Turnstone Press (a poetry chapbook).
History
''Prairie Fire'' magazine was founded in 1978 as ''Writers News Manitoba''. ''WNM'' arose out of a group called the Winnipeg Writers Workshop (W3). The founding editors were Katherine Bitney, Elizabeth Carriere and Andris Taskans. ''WNM'' completed its transition to a literary journal in 1983, at which time the name was changed to ''Prairie Fire.'' The Manitoba Writers’ Guild published ''Prairie Fire'' from 1983 to 1989. The current publisher, Prairie Fire Press, Inc., was established in 1989.
The local writing and publishing scene was not as developed in 1978 as it is today. The members of W3 felt isolated both from the established writers of the Canadian Authors Association and from the
University of Manitoba
The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.Manitoba Writers' Guild was founded in 1981 and soon thereafter began publishing a newsletter. It was at this juncture that WNM was freed of its advocacy duties to become fully a literary magazine. Even then, however, it continued to hold as a priority the publishing of work by Manitoba writers. As one critic put it, Prairie Fire's job was to map the local literary landscape.
Awards and Honours
Manitoba Magazine Publishers’ Association Awards
* 2016 – for fiction, “Hole in the Wall” by Nadia Bozak (35.4); for suite of poems – ''Three Poems'' by Patrick Friesen (36.3)
* 2015 – for fiction, “Red Egg and Ginger” by Anna Ling Kaye (35.3); for creative non-fiction, “Status Updates” by George Toles & Cliff Eyland (35.3)
* 2014 – for fiction, “The Book about the Bear” by John O’Neill (34.3); for creative non-fiction, “The Moon in Scorpio” by Trevor Corkum (34.2)
* 2013 – four awards, the most awards of any magazine: for fiction, “Frida Walks” by Alice Zorn (33.2); for poetry, “Plastic Bucket” by Louise Carson (33.1); for creative non-fiction, “Maxime’s” by Lorri Neilsen Glenn (33.2); for best single issue, art & literary, Volume 33, No. 3: “The Visionary Art of Sharon Butala”
* 2012 – for fiction, “Go with Bob” by Margaret Sweatman (32.4); for poetry, “Harry Mayzell’s Suit” by Harold Rhenisch (31.4)
* 2011 – for fiction, “Rabbit” by Théodora Armstrong (31.3)
* 2010 – for fiction, “Hold Me Now” by Stephen Gauer (30.2)
* 2009 – for most effective use of words: Two Poems by Barry Dempster (28.4); for best cover, image of Margaret Atwood (29.2)
Other Awards
* Sue Goyette won silver at the 2013 National Magazine Awards for her poem “Fashion” in ''Prairie Fire'' (33.2)
* Mary Horodyski won Gold Award Best Article – Manitoba at the 2010 Western Magazine Awards for her essay “The Geography of Ambiguity,” published in (31.2)
See also
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List of literary magazines
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