Prairie Fire (magazine)

Prairie Fire is an award-winning Canadian journal of innovative writing that is published quarterly by Prairie Fire Press, Inc. Prairie Fire is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba and is published quarterly. Each issue is a fresh, vibrant mix of fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction by celebrated and emerging writers. Committed to its belief in the inherent value of the arts, Prairie Fire Press, Inc. engages and inspires its audience by providing a space for vital cultural exchange. Prairie Fire serves regional, national and international audiences by publishing exceptional literary writing and by collaborating in innovative arts projects and community outreach programs.

Prairie Fire has a reputation for consistently publishing new works by popular Canadian writers such as David Bergen, Di Brandt, George Bowering, Marilyn Dumont, Sue Goyette, Patrick Lane, Sylvia Legris, Daphne Marlatt, P.K. Page, Margaret Sweatman, Joan Thomas, Miriam Toews and Guy Vanderhaeghe.

Andris Taskans is the founding editor of Prairie Fire. He studied at the University of Winnipeg. Taskans is a founding member of the Manitoba Writers' Guild (established in 1981) and helped start the Manitoba Magazine Publishers Association (established in 1988). In 2004, Taskans accepted the Artists Award, sponsored by The Great-West Life Assurance Company. In 2008, Taskans received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Western Magazine Awards Foundation on their 26th annual Western Magazine Awards in Richmond, BC. He was awarded the "Making a Difference Award" from the Winnipeg Arts Council in 2009 at the Mayor's Luncheon for the Arts in Winnipeg.

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