Prairie Fire: A Canadian Magazine of New Writing

How to submit

• Process

  Other

• Cover letter

  The cover letter should be typed. Be sure to include the following: • Please let us know you are sending a general submission or responding to a specific, special issue call for submission • a two- or three-sentence biographical statement (with your pronouns) • your full mailing address, e-mail address and phone number; • the title(s) of the piece(s) you are submitting; • the genre of the piece(s) you are submitting (poetry, fiction, non-fiction). • let us know if you are just starting to send out your work.

• Eligibility

  Other
  Prairie Fire encourages person/persons of colour, LGBTQ+ & disabled writers, as well as writers from any other (or more than one) underrepresented community to submit.

• Formatting

  Your submission should be typed (double-spaced) on one side of the page only. Poetry may be single-spaced. Left and right margins of at least 1.25 inches, and top and bottom margins of at least 1 inch.

• Author's rights

  We buy First North American Serial Rights and First Digital Publication Rights only. After publication, copyright reverts to the author.

• Additional info

  Prairie Fire is currently accepting snail mail submissions only. Exceptions: We will make an exception for people who live in parts of the world where mail service is not reliable, if mailing a submission is cost prohibitive or mobility is an issue. In these cases, we ask that you email us first before submitting. Prairie Fire encourages person/persons of color, LGBTQ+ & disabled writers, as well as writers from any other (or more than one) underrepresented community to submit. Prairie Fire accepts ONE submission per category (Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction) every twelve months. This does not include special calls or our annual contest. Submissions from outside Canada are accepted but must include an e-mail address, international reply coupons, or Canadian postage for notification. Payment. Prose: $0.10 per word. Poetry: $40 per poem. Short fiction, excerpts from longer works: maximum fee $250 ARTICLES, CREATIVE NON-FICTION, EDITORIALS, ESSAYS, MEMOIRS: Maximum fee $250. INTERVIEWS, PROFILES: Maximum fee subject: $75; interviewer: $125. Correspondence, notes, plays, scripts, etc.: maximum fee $50.