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Prairie Schooner, a literary journal based at the University of Nebraska, is in its 95th year of publishing quality poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews.

15/12/2025

“The Register of Disappearance” by Romeo Oriogun appears in one of our latest issues.

See the table of contents, read excerpts, and order a copy: https://prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/spring-2025/

12/12/2025

“I think we often tell stories to reconcile ourselves to circumstances beyond our control, and to do this we require an idiom that is intrepid enough to still be meaningful when the world around us changes.”

On the blog today: get to know assistant fiction editor Avee Chaudhuri.

Read the interview at https://prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-schooner/meet-the-editor-avee-chaudhuri/

11/12/2025

Linda Pastan’s essay “Washing My Hands of the Ink,” originally published in our Winter 1991 issue, is included in our latest issue featuring archival work on the theme Writers on Writing.

See the table of contents, read excerpts from the issue, and order a copy: https://prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/summer-2025/

10/12/2025

Can’t decide which of our two new issues to order? For a limited time, save on a bundle of both for $20 - that’s $4 off the cover price.

Order through our online store: https://marketplace.unl.edu/prairieschooner/current-issue/bundle2025.html

09/12/2025

Gretchen VanWormer’s essay “Pink Field, Blue Fog” appears in a portfolio of nonfiction in one of our latest issues, available now.

See the full table of contents, read excerpts from the issue, and order a copy: https://prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/spring-2025/

08/12/2025

On the Schooner Blog today: gets to know assistant fiction editor Kasey Peters.

“I like a story that teaches me to read it, but also stays one step ahead of me,” Peters says. “This is a kind of care, an invitation to ride a well-built roller coaster.”

Read the full interview at https://prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-schooner/meet-the-editor-kasey-peters/

04/12/2025

Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “Casa: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood,” originally published in our Fall 1989 issue, now appears in our new print issue featuring archival work on the theme Writers on Writing.

Read the essay: https://go.unl.edu/nb2w
Order the issue: https://go.unl.edu/ragh

03/12/2025

On the blog today: our new editor in chief Timothy Schaffert and managing editor Jessica Poli talk about the journal’s upcoming centennial, getting lost in the archive, and the possibilities within literary journal design.

Read the full conversation: https://prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-schooner/in-conversation-timothy-schaffert-and-jessica-poli/

02/12/2025

Melissa Kwasny’s essay “The American Prairie” appears in “Spaces: A Nonfiction Portfolio” in our recent issue.

Learn more, read excerpts from the issue, and order a copy here: https://prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/spring-2025/

01/12/2025

We’re pleased to nominate the following six pieces for this year’s Pushcart Prize. Contributors nominated are Carlina Duan, Anthony Yarbrough, Migwi Mwangi, Terese Marie Mailhot, Ben Freedman, and Ilana Masad.

26/11/2025

Our recently launched Summer 2025 issue features archival work on the theme Writers on Writing, as well as a portfolio of new work on Craft & Instruction.

Read editor in chief Timothy Schaffert’s full introduction to the issue on our blog: https://prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-schooner/a-row-of-dots/

You can order the new issues through our online store: https://marketplace.unl.edu/prairieschooner/

25/11/2025

We’re thrilled to share not one but TWO brand new issues of the Schooner! Featuring Spaces: A Nonfiction Portfolio, as well as archival work on the theme Writers On Writing, these new issues mark a warm welcome to our new editor in chief, .schaffert.

Read more about the issues: https://prairieschooner.unl.edu/digital-schooner/issues-99-1-and-99-2-now-available/

You can order the new issues individually or as a bundle deal (save $4!) through our online store: https://marketplace.unl.edu/prairieschooner/current-issue

Contributors to the Spring 2025 issue include .murriel .joseph and .shima

Contributors to the Summer 2025 issue include .dawes and

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