The Fiddlehead
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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
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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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.
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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
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!
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!
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:
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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"
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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...
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
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!
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#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
New this week on the website: editorial assistant Sophia T. R. Godsoe interviews Kate Cayley, whose story "Certainty" was published in Issue 305 (Autumn 2025) on portraying complex relationships, writing narrators that a reader can both sit with and judge, and more.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
New this week on the website: editorial assistant Sophia T. R. Godsoe interviews Kate Cayley, whose story "Certainty" was published in Issue 305 (Autumn 2025) on portraying complex relationships, writing narrators that a reader can both sit with and judge, and more.
thefiddlehead.ca/content/inte...
thefiddlehead.ca/content/inte...
There is just one week until our Autumn Issue Launch! Don't forget to register by emailing [email protected]!
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There is just one week until our Autumn Issue Launch! Don't forget to register by emailing [email protected]!
There is less than one month to enter our 2025 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.
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.
thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There is less than one month to enter our 2025 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.
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.
thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest
Out now on our website, Fiddlehead Editorial Assistant Caitlyn Sinclair's interview with Shelley Pacholok explores how form and tone engage with content in Pacholok's 2025 Creative Nonfiction Contest winning story "How Not to Say Good-Bye to Your Professor."
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November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Out now on our website, Fiddlehead Editorial Assistant Caitlyn Sinclair's interview with Shelley Pacholok explores how form and tone engage with content in Pacholok's 2025 Creative Nonfiction Contest winning story "How Not to Say Good-Bye to Your Professor."
thefiddlehead.ca/content/inte...
thefiddlehead.ca/content/inte...
Celebrate The Fiddlehead’s newest issue with a virtual launch!
Join us on Zoom for an evening of readings with Shelley Pacholok, winner of the 2025 Creative Nonfiction contest, and issue 305 contributors, A-E Best and Will Richter!
Nov. 19, 7pm AST
Email [email protected] for the Zoom link!
Join us on Zoom for an evening of readings with Shelley Pacholok, winner of the 2025 Creative Nonfiction contest, and issue 305 contributors, A-E Best and Will Richter!
Nov. 19, 7pm AST
Email [email protected] for the Zoom link!
October 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Celebrate The Fiddlehead’s newest issue with a virtual launch!
Join us on Zoom for an evening of readings with Shelley Pacholok, winner of the 2025 Creative Nonfiction contest, and issue 305 contributors, A-E Best and Will Richter!
Nov. 19, 7pm AST
Email [email protected] for the Zoom link!
Join us on Zoom for an evening of readings with Shelley Pacholok, winner of the 2025 Creative Nonfiction contest, and issue 305 contributors, A-E Best and Will Richter!
Nov. 19, 7pm AST
Email [email protected] for the Zoom link!
For our Summer 2026 issue, Disability: The Revolution! The Fiddlehead has brought on a team of amazing editors! Our final genre editor almost needs no introduction. The well-loved Phillip Crymble, one of The Fiddlehead's very own poetry editors, is joining the team as poetry editor! (1/4)
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
For our Summer 2026 issue, Disability: The Revolution! The Fiddlehead has brought on a team of amazing editors! Our final genre editor almost needs no introduction. The well-loved Phillip Crymble, one of The Fiddlehead's very own poetry editors, is joining the team as poetry editor! (1/4)
For our Summer 2026 issue, Disability: The Revolution! The Fiddlehead has brought on a team of amazing editors! Joining Amanda Leduc, Therese Estacion is our Creative Nonfiction Editor for the issue!
Check out the full call for submissions on our website: thefiddlehead.ca/revolution (1/3)
Check out the full call for submissions on our website: thefiddlehead.ca/revolution (1/3)
October 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
For our Summer 2026 issue, Disability: The Revolution! The Fiddlehead has brought on a team of amazing editors! Joining Amanda Leduc, Therese Estacion is our Creative Nonfiction Editor for the issue!
Check out the full call for submissions on our website: thefiddlehead.ca/revolution (1/3)
Check out the full call for submissions on our website: thefiddlehead.ca/revolution (1/3)
Our Autumn issue is now on its way to subscribers, featuring Summer Wishes (2023) by Ann Manuel on the cover.
Here’s a preview of what’s inside: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/305
Here’s a preview of what’s inside: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/305
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Our Autumn issue is now on its way to subscribers, featuring Summer Wishes (2023) by Ann Manuel on the cover.
Here’s a preview of what’s inside: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/305
Here’s a preview of what’s inside: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/305
For our Summer 2026 issue, Disability: The Revolution! The Fiddlehead has brought on a team of amazing editors! Over the next couple of weeks to introduce them!
We are so excited to have disabled author and activist Amanda Leduc overseeing and serving as fiction editor for the issue! (1/4)
We are so excited to have disabled author and activist Amanda Leduc overseeing and serving as fiction editor for the issue! (1/4)
October 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
For our Summer 2026 issue, Disability: The Revolution! The Fiddlehead has brought on a team of amazing editors! Over the next couple of weeks to introduce them!
We are so excited to have disabled author and activist Amanda Leduc overseeing and serving as fiction editor for the issue! (1/4)
We are so excited to have disabled author and activist Amanda Leduc overseeing and serving as fiction editor for the issue! (1/4)
We're excited to announce the winner of our 2024 Creative Nonfiction Contest is Shelley Pacholok for her essay "How Not to Say Good-Bye to Your Professor"! Keep an eye out for when our autumn issue goes live to read an excerpt from her essay!
See the full announcement on our website:
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See the full announcement on our website:
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October 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We're excited to announce the winner of our 2024 Creative Nonfiction Contest is Shelley Pacholok for her essay "How Not to Say Good-Bye to Your Professor"! Keep an eye out for when our autumn issue goes live to read an excerpt from her essay!
See the full announcement on our website:
bit.ly/4obSKPU
See the full announcement on our website:
bit.ly/4obSKPU
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...
The contest's winner will be announced on October 10th!
Visit our website to see who made the shortlist: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2024...
September 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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...
The contest's winner will be announced on October 10th!
Visit our website to see who made the shortlist: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2024...
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
September 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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
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
September 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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
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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Don't forget to register for the Zoom link if you are planning on attending online!
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September 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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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Don't forget to register for the Zoom link if you are planning on attending online!
www.facebook.com/share/18pba8...
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.
thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...
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.
September 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In this week's Stop! Look! Listen! Lise Betteridge shares her reading recommendation: What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...
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.
thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...
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.
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!
September 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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!