Free shipping until August 20! This is an amazing issue. It's Disability Pride month. Get this. It's full of amazing work by disabled authors, including yours truly. I have a hair-raising story about an old woman who becomes a polar bear. For vengeance.

The Fiddlehead@fiddlehd.bsky.social · last wk.

We 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.

I love this cover art. I have a story in this issue about a guy stuck in a time loop at a protest--but the time loop doesn't quite work the way you'd expect. Since the issue is delayed, you can pre-order with free shipping until August 20th!

The Fiddlehead@fiddlehd.bsky.social · last wk.

We 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.

We 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.

Check this out if you are interested in the history of our Journal!

Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture@memoiresdulivre.bsky.social · 2w ago

Eli MacLaren reviews Tony Tremblay's "The Fiddlehead Moment: Pioneering an Alternative Canadian Modernism in New Brunswick", which examines the origins of "The Fiddlehead", the longest-running literary magazine in Canada. doi.org/10.7202/1126...

Check out this Q&A with our lovely reviews editor, Christine Wu!

rob mclennan@robmclennan.bsky.social · last wk.

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Christine Wu / @pressassembly.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/12-o...

Meet 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)

We'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/order

In 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." thefiddlehead.ca/content/inte...

We are so looking forward to getting this special issue out into the world!!!

Shantell Powell@shanmonster.bsky.social · last mo.

I have a story in the special Disability: The Revolution issue of The Fiddlehead. I know a bunch of the other authors, & this is gonna be a great issue! Free shipping in Canada/US for preorders. open.substack.com/pub/thefiddl...

Stop! 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. thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...

Send in your work, friends! I am super excited to read some great stories!

The Fiddlehead@fiddlehd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our 2026 Fiction Contest is now open for submissions! Our judge this year is Kirti Bhadresa! Prize: $2000 + Publication! Deadline: Sept. 1, 2026 Guidelines: thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fic... #callforauthors #submissionsopen #canlit #fiction #callforfiction #litmag

Our 2026 Fiction Contest is now open for submissions! Our judge this year is Kirti Bhadresa! Prize: $2000 + Publication! Deadline: Sept. 1, 2026 Guidelines: thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fic... #callforauthors #submissionsopen #canlit #fiction #callforfiction #litmag

Don't forget to request the Zoom link for our Issue 308 Virtual Launch by emailing thefiddlehead@gmail.com!

The Fiddlehead@fiddlehd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's time to celebrate The Fiddlehead's spring issue with another virtual launch! Join us on Zoom Saturday, June 13 at 7 pm ADT for readings by Melanie Power, winner of the 2025 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, and issue 307 contributors Abhimanyu Acharya, Raoul Fernandes, and Christine Stewart-Nuñez!

The virtual launch party for The Fiddlehead's spring issue is only 2 days away! 🪻💛 ⭐Haven't registered yet? Don't forget to email us at thefiddlehead@gmail.com with your name for the Zoom link!⭐

A big congratulations to our 2025 creative nonfiction contest winner, Shelley Pacholok, for winning GOLD in the One-of-a-Kind storytelling category at the 49th National Magazine Awards, awarded last weekend! Amazing work, Shelly! We are so honoured to have your story in our pages!

Yay! Congratulations Shelley!

National Media Awards Foundation@canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 2mo ago

✨ Gold at the 49th National Magazine Awards — One-of-a-Kind Storytelling: "How Not to Say Good-Bye to Your Professor," The Fiddlehead / @fiddlehd.bsky.social Creator: Shelley Pacholok #NMA26

It's time to celebrate The Fiddlehead's spring issue with another virtual launch! Join us on Zoom Saturday, June 13 at 7 pm ADT for readings by Melanie Power, winner of the 2025 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, and issue 307 contributors Abhimanyu Acharya, Raoul Fernandes, and Christine Stewart-Nuñez!

Congratulations to @fiddlehd.bsky.social managing editor Ian LeTourneau on this well-deserved win.

Ian LeTourneau@ianletourneau.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Look at the trophy I won this weekend! The NB Book Award for best poetry book in 2025! Thanks @gaspereaupress.bsky.social for being awesome publishers, thanks to judge @hollay.bsky.social, & to all my family & friends! What an honour to be shortlisted with friends @rsalazar.bsky.social & Nick Thran!

There are less than tweleve hours to submit to our 2026 Creative Nonfiction Contest! Eleven and a half, to be exact! Submit: thefiddlehead.submittable.com/submit/35007...

This is not a drill! The deadline for The Fiddlehead's 2026 Creative Nonfiction Contest is today! Submit your work by 12:00 PM Pacific Time. The winner will receive $2000 and publication. This year's contest is being judged by Brian Braganza. Guidelines: thefiddlehead.ca/cnf-contest

I love that the Kitchener public library has professional sound studios. Whenever I need to record narration work, I do it there. Just finished recording a story for @fiddlehd.bsky.social . My Arctic horror story "The Old Woman Who Became a Bear" will be released in July.

There are just five more days to submit to our 2026 Creative Nonfiction Contest! Deadline: June 1, 2026 Prize: $2000 + Publication thefiddlehead.ca/cnf-contest As you finish up your submission, we offer you some editing advice from judge Brian Braganza: (1/3)

There are only 10 days left to submit to our 2026 Creative Nonfiction Contest! thefiddlehead.ca/cnf-contest We ask Brian Braganza to offer some advice to writers who are submitting to their very first contest: "It’s always a risk. A risk to submit, a risk to not submit..." (1/2)

We’re excited to celebrate our spring issue with another virtual launch! Join us for readings from Melanie Power, Abhimanyu Acharya, Raoul Fernandes, and Christine Stewart-Nuñez! ⭐Email thefiddlehead@gmail.com for the Zoom link. ⭐ The event is free and open to all, with ASL interpretation.

I'm very proud to announce that I've got a poem published in the current edition of the Fiddlehead - go get your copy! thefiddlehead.ca/issue/307

Nominee highlight for One-of-a-Kind Storytelling #NMA26 : How Not to Say Good-Bye to Your Professor The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social See all the 2026 nominees: zurl.co/5yWFj

Jordan Mounteer with a poem of ecological succession from the Spring issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social

There's just one more month to submit to our Creative Nonfiction Contest! Don't miss your change to enter!

The Fiddlehead@fiddlehd.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The 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-contest

Nicole Breit, contributor to Issues 305 and 307, is hosting a free writing workshop on May 13! You can register now at revolutionstorylab.com/storywork-wo...

We're so exited to share that "How Not to Say Good-Bye to Your Professor" by Shelley Pacholok (winner of our 2025 Creative Nonfiction Prize and originally published in Issue 305 of The Fiddlehead) has been named a finalist for the National Magazine Awards One-of-a-Kind Sotrytelling prize!