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
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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 thefiddlehead@gmail.com 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 thefiddlehead@gmail.com for the Zoom link!
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...
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There is just one week until our Autumn Issue Launch! Don't forget to register by emailing thefiddlehead@gmail.com!
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There is just one week until our Autumn Issue Launch! Don't forget to register by emailing thefiddlehead@gmail.com!
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One of the three Forrest Gander translations featured in the autumn issue of The Fiddlehead.
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
One of the three Forrest Gander translations featured in the autumn issue of The Fiddlehead.
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
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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 thefiddlehead@gmail.com 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 thefiddlehead@gmail.com 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 thefiddlehead@gmail.com 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 thefiddlehead@gmail.com for the Zoom link!
🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃
For Halloween this year, a sinister elm poem by Alfred G. Bailey. One of Canada's leading modernist poets, Bailey was not only a key figure in the New Brunswick literary scene, he also founded The Fiddlehead. 🎃🌳
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃
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)
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astonishingly kind review of The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits in The Fiddlehead.
"Ghan’s work is a hybrid of poetics and narrative that stretches back to literatures that sprouted well before our often hard-edged rules of fiction and poetry"
astonishingly kind review of The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits in The Fiddlehead.
"Ghan’s work is a hybrid of poetics and narrative that stretches back to literatures that sprouted well before our often hard-edged rules of fiction and poetry"
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October 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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astonishingly kind review of The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits in The Fiddlehead.
"Ghan’s work is a hybrid of poetics and narrative that stretches back to literatures that sprouted well before our often hard-edged rules of fiction and poetry"
astonishingly kind review of The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits in The Fiddlehead.
"Ghan’s work is a hybrid of poetics and narrative that stretches back to literatures that sprouted well before our often hard-edged rules of fiction and poetry"
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A wonderful review of Benjamin Berman Ghan's The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits is up at the Fiddlehead:
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October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A wonderful review of Benjamin Berman Ghan's The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits is up at the Fiddlehead:
thefiddlehead.ca/content/da-l...
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Love this. Look for a suite of new poems by Carl Phillips in the pages of The Fiddlehead in 2026.
A new poem in the new issue of Agni @agnimagazine.bsky.social 🫨
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Love this. Look for a suite of new poems by Carl Phillips in the pages of The Fiddlehead in 2026.
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)
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“Would you like to spend the day with me? I can show you around.” Ooooooooo, an adventure! My favourite kind of day. Let me grab my sunglasses!
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Reviews AS IS by Ben Robinson @bengymen.bsky.social
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Kirby @itsakirby.bsky.social
Reviews AS IS by Ben Robinson @bengymen.bsky.social
The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social
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October 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“Would you like to spend the day with me? I can show you around.” Ooooooooo, an adventure! My favourite kind of day. Let me grab my sunglasses!
Kirby @itsakirby.bsky.social
Reviews AS IS by Ben Robinson @bengymen.bsky.social
The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social
thefiddlehead.ca/content/kirb...
Kirby @itsakirby.bsky.social
Reviews AS IS by Ben Robinson @bengymen.bsky.social
The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social
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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:
bit.ly/4obSKPU
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
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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October 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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:
thefiddlehead.ca/content/ian-...
thefiddlehead.ca/content/ian-...
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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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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October 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In this week's Stop! Look! Listen! Kim Pittaway recommends something different: Art-scrolling!
Listen to how she accessibly finds art that inspires here:
thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...
Listen to how she accessibly finds art that inspires here:
thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...
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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!
thefiddlehead.ca/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!
thefiddlehead.ca/revolution
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September 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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!
thefiddlehead.ca/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!
thefiddlehead.ca/revolution
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
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!
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.
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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!
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
Don't forget to register for our free writing in-person workshop with Geneviève Robichaud from 12:30–1:45pm by emailing thefiddlehead@gmail.com!
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
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Saturday, Sept 20 | 12:30–3 PM (AT)
Fredericton Public Library & Online via Zoom
Visit thefiddlehead.ca/304-launch-p...
September 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Don't forget to register for our free writing in-person workshop with Geneviève Robichaud from 12:30–1:45pm by emailing thefiddlehead@gmail.com!