The Fiddlehead
@fiddlehd.bsky.social
The Fiddlehead is Atlantic Canada's International Literary Journal.
Celebrating 80 years of literary foraging in 2025!
https://thefiddlehead.ca
Celebrating 80 years of literary foraging in 2025!
https://thefiddlehead.ca
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We’re excited to announce Ariadne Asho as the winner of our 2025 Fiction Contest for her story “Faultline.” It will appear in the Winter 2026 issue, coming soon!
Read judge Anuja Varghese’s editorial now: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2025...
Thanks to @anuja-v.bsky.social and to everyone who entered!
Read judge Anuja Varghese’s editorial now: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2025...
Thanks to @anuja-v.bsky.social and to everyone who entered!
Congratulations on 35 years, Geist! 🎉✨ Also, welcome to Bluesky!
Issue 131 is out now, marking 35 years of Geist 🔮
Notes & Dispatches from ANDREW UNGER, ADÈLE BARCLAY, KATHERINE J BARRETT + WILLIAM BESSAI-SAUL
Poetry by OWEN TORREY + MORGAN LEATHEM VENTURA
Essays from ERIKA THORKELSON + KASIA VAN SCHAIK
Cover art by ALENA WEBBER
& much more!
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Notes & Dispatches from ANDREW UNGER, ADÈLE BARCLAY, KATHERINE J BARRETT + WILLIAM BESSAI-SAUL
Poetry by OWEN TORREY + MORGAN LEATHEM VENTURA
Essays from ERIKA THORKELSON + KASIA VAN SCHAIK
Cover art by ALENA WEBBER
& much more!
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Geist 131
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January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Congratulations on 35 years, Geist! 🎉✨ Also, welcome to Bluesky!
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Carl Phillips will be gracing the pages of Issue 306 (Winter 2026) of The Fiddlehead. Stop! Look! Listen! this week to his short and sweet listening recommendation!
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January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Carl Phillips will be gracing the pages of Issue 306 (Winter 2026) of The Fiddlehead. Stop! Look! Listen! this week to his short and sweet listening recommendation!
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To attend online, email [email protected]
with your name for the Zoom link.
The event is free, open to all, and includes ASL interpretation. Funded in part by the Government of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Culture NB, and UNB.
with your name for the Zoom link.
The event is free, open to all, and includes ASL interpretation. Funded in part by the Government of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Culture NB, and UNB.
January 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
To attend online, email [email protected]
with your name for the Zoom link.
The event is free, open to all, and includes ASL interpretation. Funded in part by the Government of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Culture NB, and UNB.
with your name for the Zoom link.
The event is free, open to all, and includes ASL interpretation. Funded in part by the Government of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Culture NB, and UNB.
It's time to celebrate the release of The Fiddlehead’s Winter issue!
Join us Sat, Feb 7, 2–3 PM (AT), in person at the Fredericton Public Library or online via Zoom for readings by Ariadne Asho (our 2025 Fiction Contest winner!), John McNeil, and José Teodoro.
@johnmcneil.bsky.social
Join us Sat, Feb 7, 2–3 PM (AT), in person at the Fredericton Public Library or online via Zoom for readings by Ariadne Asho (our 2025 Fiction Contest winner!), John McNeil, and José Teodoro.
@johnmcneil.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
It's time to celebrate the release of The Fiddlehead’s Winter issue!
Join us Sat, Feb 7, 2–3 PM (AT), in person at the Fredericton Public Library or online via Zoom for readings by Ariadne Asho (our 2025 Fiction Contest winner!), John McNeil, and José Teodoro.
@johnmcneil.bsky.social
Join us Sat, Feb 7, 2–3 PM (AT), in person at the Fredericton Public Library or online via Zoom for readings by Ariadne Asho (our 2025 Fiction Contest winner!), John McNeil, and José Teodoro.
@johnmcneil.bsky.social
Ariadne Asho grew up on Vancouver Island and now lives in Montreal. Her work has appeared in The New Quarterly, and her stories were longlisted for the CBC Short Story Prize twice, in 2023 and 2025. She is currently working on a collection of short fiction.
January 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Ariadne Asho grew up on Vancouver Island and now lives in Montreal. Her work has appeared in The New Quarterly, and her stories were longlisted for the CBC Short Story Prize twice, in 2023 and 2025. She is currently working on a collection of short fiction.
We’re excited to announce Ariadne Asho as the winner of our 2025 Fiction Contest for her story “Faultline.” It will appear in the Winter 2026 issue, coming soon!
Read judge Anuja Varghese’s editorial now: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2025...
Thanks to @anuja-v.bsky.social and to everyone who entered!
Read judge Anuja Varghese’s editorial now: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2025...
Thanks to @anuja-v.bsky.social and to everyone who entered!
January 7, 2026 at 5:34 PM
We’re excited to announce Ariadne Asho as the winner of our 2025 Fiction Contest for her story “Faultline.” It will appear in the Winter 2026 issue, coming soon!
Read judge Anuja Varghese’s editorial now: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2025...
Thanks to @anuja-v.bsky.social and to everyone who entered!
Read judge Anuja Varghese’s editorial now: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2025...
Thanks to @anuja-v.bsky.social and to everyone who entered!
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UNB's Department of English presents a public reading by Colleen Coco Collins, UNB Writer-in-Residence for Winter 2026!
WHEN: 7 pm, Wednesday, January 7th
WHERE: The Beaverbrook Room, Harriet Irving Library, (4th floor)
This event is free to attend and open to the public.
WHEN: 7 pm, Wednesday, January 7th
WHERE: The Beaverbrook Room, Harriet Irving Library, (4th floor)
This event is free to attend and open to the public.
January 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
UNB's Department of English presents a public reading by Colleen Coco Collins, UNB Writer-in-Residence for Winter 2026!
WHEN: 7 pm, Wednesday, January 7th
WHERE: The Beaverbrook Room, Harriet Irving Library, (4th floor)
This event is free to attend and open to the public.
WHEN: 7 pm, Wednesday, January 7th
WHERE: The Beaverbrook Room, Harriet Irving Library, (4th floor)
This event is free to attend and open to the public.
The Fiddlehead's office will be closed starting tomorrow until January 4th. We would like to thank all our contributors and readers for another amazing year!
December 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Fiddlehead's office will be closed starting tomorrow until January 4th. We would like to thank all our contributors and readers for another amazing year!
We look forward to seeing it in print, Julia!
December 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We look forward to seeing it in print, Julia!
This week, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer/translator Forrest Gander ask us to Stop! Look! Listen! to Erin Robinsong’s Wet Dream:
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December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This week, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer/translator Forrest Gander ask us to Stop! Look! Listen! to Erin Robinsong’s Wet Dream:
thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...
thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...
Congratulations to our fifteen 2025 Fiction Contest finalists! Thank you to everyone who submitted! And lastly, thank you to our judge, Anuja Varghese!
The contest's winner will be announced in early January!
Visit our website to see who made the shortlist: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2025...
The contest's winner will be announced in early January!
Visit our website to see who made the shortlist: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2025...
December 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Congratulations to our fifteen 2025 Fiction Contest finalists! Thank you to everyone who submitted! And lastly, thank you to our judge, Anuja Varghese!
The contest's winner will be announced in early January!
Visit our website to see who made the shortlist: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2025...
The contest's winner will be announced in early January!
Visit our website to see who made the shortlist: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2025...
Stop!Look!Listen! to Issue 305 Contributor Michelle Spencer's Reading Recommendation
"There should be a word for books that show up in your life when you need them. Books which obliterate fears or seemingly by magic connect some of the disparate dots of a lifetime"
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"There should be a word for books that show up in your life when you need them. Books which obliterate fears or seemingly by magic connect some of the disparate dots of a lifetime"
thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Stop!Look!Listen! to Issue 305 Contributor Michelle Spencer's Reading Recommendation
"There should be a word for books that show up in your life when you need them. Books which obliterate fears or seemingly by magic connect some of the disparate dots of a lifetime"
thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...
"There should be a word for books that show up in your life when you need them. Books which obliterate fears or seemingly by magic connect some of the disparate dots of a lifetime"
thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...
A big congratulations to you, Anca!
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A big congratulations to you, Anca!
Congratulations, Nancy! It’s well-earned recognition!
December 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Congratulations, Nancy! It’s well-earned recognition!
We're thrilled to share that two essays from The Fiddlehead’s Autumn 2024 issue were named among the Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction of 2024 in The Best American Essays 2025!
A big congratulations to @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social &
@nancyhuggett.bsky.social
A big congratulations to @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social &
@nancyhuggett.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We're thrilled to share that two essays from The Fiddlehead’s Autumn 2024 issue were named among the Notable Essays & Literary Nonfiction of 2024 in The Best American Essays 2025!
A big congratulations to @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social &
@nancyhuggett.bsky.social
A big congratulations to @ancaszilagyi.bsky.social &
@nancyhuggett.bsky.social
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I’m very happy my long essay “‘Apply a Little Sugar with a Feather” is a notable essay in Best American Essays 2025. Many thanks to @rowanmcc1.bsky.social and @fiddlehd.bsky.social for all that you do!
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#booksky
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#booksky
December 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I’m very happy my long essay “‘Apply a Little Sugar with a Feather” is a notable essay in Best American Essays 2025. Many thanks to @rowanmcc1.bsky.social and @fiddlehd.bsky.social for all that you do!
anca.substack.com/p/apply-a-li...
#booksky
anca.substack.com/p/apply-a-li...
#booksky
It's the very last day to submit to our 2025 Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem!
Submit or post your submission by 11:59 pm Pacific Time for a chance to won $2000 and publication in The Fiddlehead!
thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest
#poetrycontest #poetry #callforsubmissions #canlit
Submit or post your submission by 11:59 pm Pacific Time for a chance to won $2000 and publication in The Fiddlehead!
thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest
#poetrycontest #poetry #callforsubmissions #canlit
December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's the very last day to submit to our 2025 Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem!
Submit or post your submission by 11:59 pm Pacific Time for a chance to won $2000 and publication in The Fiddlehead!
thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest
#poetrycontest #poetry #callforsubmissions #canlit
Submit or post your submission by 11:59 pm Pacific Time for a chance to won $2000 and publication in The Fiddlehead!
thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest
#poetrycontest #poetry #callforsubmissions #canlit
The deadline for our special issue call Disability: The Revolution! is in two days! Don't miss your chance to submit!
Disability: The Revolution!
Special Issue Call for Submissions, Deadline November 30, 2025
If you identify as disabled and would like to answer this call, please submit! We would love to hear from you.
See the full call and instructions on how to submit here: thefiddlehead.ca/revolution
Special Issue Call for Submissions, Deadline November 30, 2025
If you identify as disabled and would like to answer this call, please submit! We would love to hear from you.
See the full call and instructions on how to submit here: thefiddlehead.ca/revolution
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The deadline for our special issue call Disability: The Revolution! is in two days! Don't miss your chance to submit!
We're always happy to be on this list! The Fiddlehead is open to excellent writing from both emerging and established authors. Canadian writers, check out our general submissions when they open on January 1st!
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Short Stories feat. @fiddlehd.bsky.social @onestorymag.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Paying Fee-Free Literary Short Stories feat. @fiddlehd.bsky.social @onestorymag.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/paying-fee-free-literary-short-stories-liHh5BS8
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November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We're always happy to be on this list! The Fiddlehead is open to excellent writing from both emerging and established authors. Canadian writers, check out our general submissions when they open on January 1st!
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Barry Dempster, RIP
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Barry Dempster, RIP
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My poem “I Wanted to Touch Your Shadow” is in the latest issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My poem “I Wanted to Touch Your Shadow” is in the latest issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social
Only TWO more weekends to submit to next summer's special disability issue!
Disability: The Revolution!
Special Issue Call for Submissions, Deadline November 30, 2025
If you identify as disabled and would like to answer this call, please submit! We would love to hear from you.
See the full call and instructions on how to submit here: thefiddlehead.ca/revolution
Special Issue Call for Submissions, Deadline November 30, 2025
If you identify as disabled and would like to answer this call, please submit! We would love to hear from you.
See the full call and instructions on how to submit here: thefiddlehead.ca/revolution
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Only TWO more weekends to submit to next summer's special disability issue!
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Help us celebrate our 50th Anniversary!
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Help us celebrate our 50th Anniversary!
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Working my way through the latest issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social and taking my time because SO MANY GOOD WORDS! New-to-me poet Megan Barnet is living in my brain/heart right now. “..the clock / on the pallid wall continues to hack at time / with its arrhythmic arm, all of us lurching forward …”
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Working my way through the latest issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social and taking my time because SO MANY GOOD WORDS! New-to-me poet Megan Barnet is living in my brain/heart right now. “..the clock / on the pallid wall continues to hack at time / with its arrhythmic arm, all of us lurching forward …”
There are less than two weeks until the deadline for our 2025 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize! Don't miss out on your chance to submit!
NOW OPEN: Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem.
Submit your best poem for a chance to win $2,000 CAD and be published in The Fiddlehead! This year’s judges are Bertrand Bickersteth, T. Liem, and Douglas Walbourne-Gough.
More details here: thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest
Submit your best poem for a chance to win $2,000 CAD and be published in The Fiddlehead! This year’s judges are Bertrand Bickersteth, T. Liem, and Douglas Walbourne-Gough.
More details here: thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There are less than two weeks until the deadline for our 2025 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize! Don't miss out on your chance to submit!