The Fiddlehead is Atlantic Canada's International Literary Journal. Celebrating 80 years of literary foraging in 2025! https://thefiddlehead.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3muplyevzd22hOur 2026 Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem is now open for submissions! Our judges this year are Farah Ghafoor, Fawn Parker, & Patricia Young! Prize: $2000 + Publication! Deadline: Dec. 1, 2026 Guidelines: thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest #poetrycontest #poetry #callforsubmissions #canlit #litmag04 Sep 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3muplyevzd22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mummtcuzoc2yThe Fiddlehead will be at Printed Matters, Indie Press & Zine Fair at The Charlotte Street Arts Centre in Fredericton on Sept. 12! nancy davis viva Halifax, Patrick O'Reilly, Rebecca Salazar & Ysabelle Vautour will be reading work from our special disability issue! (Tentative reading time: 1 pm)03 Sep 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mummtcuzoc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3muhtakl3xs2oIt's the very last day to submit to our 2026 Fiction Contest, judged by Kirti Bhadresa! Submit your submission by 11:59 pm Pacific Time tonight or miss your chance! https://thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fiction [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhtakl3xs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3muhdqbesbc2oIssue 308 Disability: The Revolution has finally arrived in our office! Soon it will be zooming around the world to hundreds of mailboxes. Check out the contents of the issue or order a copy here: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/30801 Sep 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhdqbesbc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mu5mwt4hxk2z‼️It's the final weekend to work on your submission to our 2026 Ficition Contest! ‼️ 🐸 Judge: Kirti Bhadresa 🐸 Deadline: September 1, 2026 🐸 Prize: $2000 + publication 🐸 Guidelines: https://thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fiction 🐸 Submit: thefiddlehead.submittable.com/submit28 Aug 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5mwt4hxk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mu2ub2be722oWe’re celebrating The Fiddlehead’s new special issue, Disability: The Revolution, with a virtual launch! Join us on Zoom for readings from contributors A-E Best, M.L. Campbell, and Shantell Powell! @shanmonster.bsky.social Sept. 24, 2026, 7pm ADT Email thefiddlehead@gmail.com to register!27 Aug 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2ub2be722ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mtyrihc5c224There's just six more days to submit to our 2026 Fiction Contest! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyrihc5c224https://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mttjkduh422tHas our 2026 Fiction Contest deadline snuck up on you as much as it has snuck up on us?! The deadline to submit is just one week and a day away! Don't miss out on your chance to win $2000 and be published in The Fiddlehead. Our judge is Kirti Bhadresa. Guidelines: https://thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fiction24 Aug 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttjkduh422thttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mtbvnzlsj22jIssue 308 (Summer 2026) Disability: The Revolution Special Issue is now on our website! For this special issue, readings of each piece available on the website for you to listen to now! thefiddlehead.ca/issue/30817 Aug 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbvnzlsj22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mrpz4wde6c2vWe would like to inform our readers that our Summer 2026 issue (No. 308)—Disability: The Revolution normally distributed July 15 is unavoidably delayed. The issue is now expected to ship from our printer August 26, which means that it will be shipped to subscribers and newsstands in early September.28 Jul 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpz4wde6c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mrmsmsb46224Check this out if you are interested in the history of our Journal! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmsmsb46224https://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mrmsc65xgc24Check out this Q&A with our lovely reviews editor, Christine Wu! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmsc65xgc24https://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mr6gsv2hy22cMeet our 2026 Fiction Contest Judge, Kirti Bhadresa! Kirti Bhadresa lives in Calgary, Alberta on Treaty 7 territory. Kirti has fiction and nonfiction writing in many publications including The Fiddlehead, Prairie Fire, and Room Magazine. Her first book, a short story collection entitled (1/2)21 Jul 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6gsv2hy22chttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mqkcznzx2c27We're celebrating Disability Pride Month with free shipping on all pre-orders of our special summer issue until this Friday, July 20, 2026! To pre-order visit: thefiddlehead.ca/308/order13 Jul 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkcznzx2c27https://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mqcpenc5ms2oIn our latest interview poetry editor Chuqiao Yang asks Melanie Power, winner of our 2025 Poetry Contest, about the creation and construction of her winning poem "Ode to the Bakeapple." https://thefiddlehead.ca/content/interview-melanie-power10 Jul 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcpenc5ms2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mq4zdkm53k2qWe are so looking forward to getting this special issue out into the world!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4zdkm53k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3moxvdz3tuk2uStop! Look! Listen! this week to Issue 307 contributor Sonja Boon's reading recommendation of her favourite childhood book: The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery. https://thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop-look-listen-sonja-boons-reading-recomendation23 Jun 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxvdz3tuk2u