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''Prairie Fire'' is a Canadian literary magazine. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the magazine publishes as a quarterly. The magazine was created in hopes to expand Canadians' knowledge and awareness of literary work rather than focusing on mainstream writings of our generation. Included in the magazine are poems, personal essays, short stories and interviews. 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 resemble a book emphasizes the literary work inside rather than giving any sense of mainstream material. == About The Editor == Andris Taskans (married to Katherine Bitney, one of three founding editors of Prairie Fire magazine) has been the editor of Prairie Fire for thirty-three years. He studied at the University of Winnipeg. Throughout his career (ongoing), Taskans has made a positive impression on the literary world, not only by editing Prairie Fire magazine; but in addition he supports up-and-coming writers, wrote literary pieces, has received multiple awards and is responsible for discovering many promising writers. Andris Taskans has also created an event a little over ten years ago, which encourages literary enthusiasts to join them at a literary festival named "WordFest". This is a local event which brings many literary writers into Winnipeg, each one reading their pieces to the public. And lastly, the numerous awards the magazine itself has received because of Andris Taskans' management. * Andris Taskans is a founding member of the Manitoba Writers' Guild (established in 1981) which “provides professional and personal support to Manitoba writers throughout their writing lives”. * He published Jukebox Junkie in 1987 by Turnstone Press (a poetry chapbook). * In 1988 Andris Taskans helped start the Manitoba Magazine Publishers Association. * Taskans accepted the Artists Award, sponsored by The Great-West Life Assurance Company in 2004. * 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prairie Fire (magazine)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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