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/3mjz32ffmds2jStop! Look! and Listen! this week to Issue 307 contributor Jaime Sugiyama’s reading recommendation The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs and listening recommendation Left To Right by pianist Bill Evans. https://thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop-look-listen-jaime-sugiyamas-reading-and-listening-recommendations21 Apr 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz32ffmds2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mjpgmakjcc2tIssue 296 (Summer 2023) contributor Grace's new book Be Water will be released by @anvilpress.bsky.social on June 10, 2026. Be Water will include both poems originally published in Issue 296. Congratulations Grace! You can pre-order Be Water now: anvilpress.com/books/be-water17 Apr 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpgmakjcc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mjhjm54gd222Stop! Look! Listen! this week to Issue 307 contributor Chris Yurkoshi's @ccyurkoski.bsky.social listening recommendation The World Is On Fire by Isaiah Collier & the Chosen Few. https://thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop-look-listen-chris-yurkoskis-listening-recommendation14 Apr 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhjm54gd222https://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mjeuesdwx22sOur Spring issue is shipping out today to subscribers! Here’s a preview of what’s inside: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/30713 Apr 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeuesdwx22shttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mj2shctrzk24We’re thrilled to announce that Melanie Power is the winner of our 2025 Poetry Contest and $2 000 prize! Her poem, “Ode to the Bakeapple,” will appear in the upcoming Spring issue of The Fiddlehead (no. 307). https://thefiddlehead.ca/content/congratulations-2025-poetry-contest-winner-melanie-power09 Apr 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2shctrzk24https://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mijnlhhwvc2aThis SUCKS! Thank you to Steve for bring this to our attention. Please be safe from journal scams. They have been around for years. FYI, we will never ask you to pay to publish your work! If you are not sure if a site is ours or not, feel free to contact us at fiddhd@unb.ca [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijnlhhwvc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3miefgrvp5s27The Fiddlehead is sharing a preview of "The Orange I Promised," a poem that will appear in our fall issue but which needs to be read now. It is a poem of witness, addressing the genocide in Gaza from Gaza itself, where Maryam Hasanat survives, writes and parents. https://thefiddlehead.ca/content/orange-i-promised-maryam-hassanat31 Mar 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3miefgrvp5s27https://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mhsqn6wnvk25Happy Book Birthday to our editor, Sue Sinclair! 🌹 [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsqn6wnvk25https://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mhsj4j424k2zCongratulations to our editors Sue Sinclair and Kasia Van Schaik, along with creative nonfiction editor Therese Estacion, guest editor of our upcoming special disability issue, on being featured in CBC’s Spring Reading List! Check out all the books here: https://www.cbc.ca/books/readinglists24 Mar 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsj4j424k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mhqbwm63vs2pA sneak peek at this year's special summer issue, Disability, the Revolution! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqbwm63vs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mhgkirxkrs2zThe Fiddlehead is excited to announce the finalists of our 2025 Poetry Contest! The winner will be announced in April. Thanks to Douglas Walbourne-Gough, T. Liem, and Bertrand Bickersteth for judging our 2025 Poetry Contest! See the full shortlist here: https://thefiddlehead.ca/content/2025-poetry-contest-shortlist19 Mar 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgkirxkrs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mgpjk7626c2mCongratulations to Amanda Leduc, guest editor of our forthcoming Disability: The Revolution! issue, on being shortlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpjk7626c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mgmzyzzc5c2hAdam Tavel's poem "[I OEDIPUS am learning . . .]", originally published in Issue 296 (Summer 2023), will be included in his forthcoming collection Ghost-Star King from The Word Works. Ghost-Star King is available for pre-order now: https://wordworksbooks.org/product/the-ghost-star-king/09 Mar 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmzyzzc5c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3mgakxp6tgk2qThe Fiddlehead's 2026 Creative Nonfiction Contest is now open for submissions! The winner of the contest will receive $2000 and publication. Thank you to Brian Braganza for judging this year's contest. Unlock your story. Find more information on our website: thefiddlehead.ca/cnf-contest04 Mar 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgakxp6tgk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/fiddlehd.bsky.social/post/3meha5yz6hk2sMissed the change to hear Ariadne Asho talk about her 2025 Fiction Contest winning story "Faultline" at our launch this past weekend? Never fret! Editorial Assistant Anastasios Mihalopoulos' Interviewed Ariadne for our website. Check out the full interview here: https://thefiddlehead.ca/content/interview-ariadne-asho09 Feb 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:yff5kmo524yeweht5qfcnc4l/app.bsky.feed.post/3meha5yz6hk2s