The Loneliness Issue is here! Our Spring 2026 issue is now shipping. See the full table of contents, read excerpts from the issue, and order your own copy here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/spring-2…
"I think that a poem can energize, it can motivate. It can be fuel, it can be articulation for a feeling, a feeling that leads to action and work."
On the blog today: Summer Farah interviewed by Marlin M. Jenkins. prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-schoon…@hostpublication
Submissions are now OPEN for our 2026 Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest! One winner will receive $1000 and publication in the Spring 2027 issue. All essays are considered for publication. This year's guest judge is @orendafink.
Read guidelines & submit: prairieschooner.submittable.com/submit/12826/c…
“I think it’s important that we, as artists, keep claiming the places we love, keep setting the terms by which they’re defined, as a defense against them being stolen.”
On the blog today: an interview with P. Scott Cunningham go.unl.edu/iutr@AutumnHousePrs