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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 12h

Fiddlehead reader Ian Clay Sewall has shared his short film "Mirage," which was recently screened at the EIFF, on our website. Filmed on 3000 feet of 35mm film, the short film chronicles a chaotic fight outside a rural gas station. Watch it now on our website:
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Ian Sewall's "Mirage" | The Fiddlehead

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 1d

In this week's Stop! Look! Listen! Kim Pittaway recommends something different: Art-scrolling!

Listen to how she accessibly finds art that inspires here:
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Stop! Look! Listen! Kim Pittaway’s Viewing Recommendation | The Fiddlehead

I’ll admit it: I often feel ground down by the world. Climate. Politics. The economy. Patriarchy. Fascism. I try not to doomscroll—but then end up simply toggling between doom and puppies. My latest solution? Art-scrolling.

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Amanda Leduc @amandaleduc.bsky.social · 9d

Disabled friends! I am thrilled to be overseeing @fiddlehd.bsky.social's Summer 2026 issue--DISABILITY: THE REVOLUTION.

Our theme is REVOLUTION and you can interpret that as widely as you like. If you identify as disabled and want to answer this call, please submit!

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[Image description: White text against a purple background: The Fiddlehead, Atlantic Canada's Literary Journal. Disability: The Revolution. The Fiddlehead's Summer 2026 Special Issue. Call for Submissions from Disabled Writers: Deadline November 30, 2025.]

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations to our fourteen 2025 Creative Nonfiction Contest finalists! There was some stiff competition this year. Thank you to our judge Nicole Breit!

The contest's winner will be announced on October 10th!

Visit our website to see who made the shortlist: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2024...

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 13d

The issue will be overseen by disabled author and activist Amanda Leduc, who will also serve as the fiction editor alongside poetry editor Phillip Crymble, nonfiction editor Therese Estacion, and reviews editors Grace R. Taylor and Christine Wu.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 13d

Revolution: from the old French revolution, originally referring to the motion of the stars. Later versions of the word in the 15th century played on this sense of cyclical revolving — in the changing of the seasons, but also — crucially — the revolving of the wheel.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 13d

For our Summer 2026 issue, The Fiddlehead seeks work from disabled writers on the theme of revolution. You can interpret the theme as broadly as you like. Send us your fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and review pitches.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 13d

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

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 14d

Check out episode six of @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social, sponsored by The Fiddlehead, with Drew Lavigne, poet laureate of Moncton and long-time reader for The Fiddlehead!

The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · 15d

Listen now on all major platforms! Episode Six of The Poet Laureate Podcast featuring Drew Lavigne, poet laureate of Moncton NB is live! This episode is generously sponsored by @fiddlehd.bsky.social: Atlantic Canada’s international literary journal.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 15d

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

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 16d

Best of luck Rob! We look forward to reading it!

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 19d

Don't forget to register for our free writing in-person workshop with Geneviève Robichaud from 12:30–1:45pm by emailing [email protected]!

The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 28d

Don't forget to join us for the launch of The Fiddlehead’s Special Creative Nonfiction Issue!

Saturday, Sept 20 | 12:30–3 PM (AT)
Fredericton Public Library & Online via Zoom

Visit thefiddlehead.ca/304-launch-p...

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 28d

Don't forget to join us for the launch of The Fiddlehead’s Special Creative Nonfiction Issue!

Saturday, Sept 20 | 12:30–3 PM (AT)
Fredericton Public Library & Online via Zoom

Visit thefiddlehead.ca/304-launch-p...

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 20d

Our third and final 304 contributor reading at our Summer Issue Launch at the Fredericton Public Library is Léa Taranto! Léa will be reading from her story "Dear Great Uncle John."

Don't forget to register for the Zoom link if you are planning on attending online!

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 21d

In this week's Stop! Look! Listen! Lise Betteridge shares her reading recommendation: What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

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Join us on Saturday at our Summer Issue Launch Party to listen to Lise Betteridge read from her story "Among the Shards" from Issue 304.

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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · 23d

✨ NEW INTERVIEW✨ Danica Klewchuk discusses her upcoming memoir-in-essay collection Standing in the Footprints of Beasts with The Fiddlehead!

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#NeWestPress #DanicaKlewchuk #NewRelease #ReadLocal #ReadCanadian

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 22d

We are thrilled to have the opportunity to congratulate three former contributors to The Fiddlehead — Kirti Bhadresa, Souvankham Thammavongsa, and Ian Williams — and, Amanda Leduc, the guest editor of our Summer 2026 Disability-Themed Issue on being named finalists for the 2025 Giller Prize!

The cover of You've Changed by Ian Williams

The cover of An Astonishment of Stars by Kirti Bhadresa

The cover of Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsa

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 23d

More details on our website: thefiddlehead.ca/304-launch-party

Issue 304 Launch Party! | The Fiddlehead

We’re excited to invite you to celebrate the launch of The Fiddlehead Issue 304 on Saturday, September 20,12:30–3 PM Atlantic Time, both in person at the Fredericton Public Library and online via Zoom.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 23d

Join us in Fredericton for a creative writing workshop that explores writing in conversation with an artifact. Bring along something that sparks memory, curiosity, or meaning (a text, lyric, image, everyday object, etc.) and see what unfolds on the page!

Email [email protected] to register!

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 28d

All are welcome!
ASL interpretation will be provided for the readings.
To register (workshop or Zoom), email: [email protected]

This free event is supported by the Government of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Culture NB, Fredericton Public Library & UNB.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 28d

🟡Free In-Person Writing Workshop (12:30–1:45, The HUB) with Geneviève Robichaud
🟡 Hybrid Readings (2–3pm, River Room & Zoom) featuring contributors, Lise Betteridge, Ariel Gordon, and Léa Taranto, plus author Geneviève Robichaud and guest readers from local writing collective, FEILDS.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 28d

Don't forget to join us for the launch of The Fiddlehead’s Special Creative Nonfiction Issue!

Saturday, Sept 20 | 12:30–3 PM (AT)
Fredericton Public Library & Online via Zoom

Visit thefiddlehead.ca/304-launch-p...

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · Sep 2

The newest issue of The Fiddlehead is their creative nonfiction issue featuring a contest-winning essay on loss and grief, with a wide variety of other forms and writers.

#litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity
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Magazine Stand :: The Fiddlehead - Summer 2024

The Fiddlehead's Summer Creative Nonfiction issue includes the contest-winning essay "Our Reflection in Flames" by Karen E. Moore.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · Sep 2

It's the final day to submit to our fiction contest!

Don't miss your chance to send us your work and win $2000 and publication in The Fiddlehead!

Submission guidelines: thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fic...

#callforsubmissions #fictioncontest

A purple graphic for The Fiddlehead’s 2025 Fiction Contest. From top to bottom the graphic says: Spin the tale only you can tell. Enter our 2025 Fiction Contest. Deadline September 2, 2025! Enter via Submittable. Judged by Anuja Varghese. $2000 Prize plus publication. For more info visit thefiddlehead.ca/contest/fiction or email fiddlehd@unb.ca. In the background is a picture of loop of purple rope and in the lower right corner is a picture of Anuja Varghese. In the upper corner is a red section with the words "closing soon!" and the deadline is circled in red.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣 Today’s the deadline for our fiction contest!

Last year’s winner, Luanne Gauvreau, has some great advice:

Luanne Gauvreau @luannegauvreau.bsky.social · Aug 29

Tighten and tweak all you want—as long as you finally hit send! I submitted on the deadline date last year and look what happened: 😊 thefiddlehead.ca/content/cong...

Congratulations to our 2024 Fiction Contest Winner, Luanne Gauvreau! | The Fiddlehead

We're excited to announce that Luanne Gauvreau is the winner of our 2024 Fiction Contest and $2000 prize! Her story "Roses for Bodies" will be featured in the upcoming Winter issue of The Fiddlehead (FH 302).

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