Prairie Fire is a Canadian literary magazine, and they also welcome international submissions. They want creative non-fiction submissions (up to 5,000 words) on the theme, ‘Lost and Found: Things Forgotten, Things Remembered’ for their fall 2026 issue. “Our survival and growth have always depended on both. Memory helps shape who we are and how we understand our connection to others—personally, culturally, historically. Some memories bring comfort and joy; others are confusing, painful, even traumatic. Beyond individual experience, there are ancestral, familial, and collective memories that require unearthing, remaking, and re-examining. What has been buried? What has been reshaped over time? What needs to be remembered now, and what might need to be released?
We welcome work that explores the tension between holding on and letting go, and the ways remembering and forgetting shape healing, identity, and transformation.” They also say, “Sorry, poets and fiction writers, we have enough work on this topic in the queue that we do not require additional poetry or fiction for this issue. However, we are still accepting poetry and fiction for regular submission”. Prairie Fire pays CAD0.10/word up to CAD250 for prose, see payment rates here. The submission deadline for this issue is 4th May 2026. Details here.

Deadline: May 4th, 2026