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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Fiddlehead Issue 308 is themed "Disability: The Revolution" featuring works by 60 contributors with disabilities as well as audio recordings of complete content online. Read more at NewPages! #litmags #literarycommunity #readingcommunity @fiddlehd.bsky.social

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Magazine Stand :: The Fiddlehead - Summer 2026

The Fiddlehead international literary journal, offers thoughtful entertainment through poetry and stories by new and established writers.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Government of New Brunswick has extended their deadline for their Making a Living survey for artists until September 30th. If you are an writer or artist living in New Brunswick, please fill out the survey! ferenceandco.com/making-a-liv...

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"Making a Living?" 2026 New Brunswick Artist Activity and Income Survey

Were you working as an artist in New Brunswick in 2025? Share your experience and help shape future arts policies and programs. Takes 15–20 minutes; closes au début d'octobre 2026.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Our The Fiddlehead Special Issue, Disability: The Revolution, Virtual Launch is tonight! We hope you will join us online at 7:00 ADT to hear from three contributors to the issue (A-E Best, M.L. Campbell, and Shantell Powell) Email fiddlehead@gmail.com for the Zoom link!

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Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I have a live reading for the online launch of Fiddlehead’s newest edition on the 24th. I’ll be reading the beginning of my Arctic horror story “The Old Woman Who Became a Bear” at 7 pm ADT. If anyone would like to virtually attend, they can email thefiddlehead@gmail.com to register.

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Yolande House @healthruwriting.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So excited for the virtual launch of @fiddlehd.bsky.social 's new disability issue. I'm honoured to have a book review in the issue and am excited to hear contributors read their pieces! Congrats to @jancheta25.bsky.social for his essay in the issue, too.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One week from today! Email thefiddlehead@gmail.com for the Zoom link!

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Congratulations to our fourteen 2026 Creative Nonfiction Contest finalists! Thank you to everyone who submitted and thank you to our judge Brian Braganza! The contest's winner will be announced in early October! Visit our website to see who made the shortlist: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2026...

The graphic for The Fiddlehead’s 2026 Creative Nonfiction Contest. The background is blue with an open padlock. There is a photo of Brian Braganza in the bottom left corner. The graphic reads: Unlock your story. Enter our 2026 Creative Nonfiction Contest. Deadline: June 1 2026. Enter via submittable. $2000 Prize plus publication. Judged by Brian Braganza. For more info visit thefiddlehead.ca/cnf-contest

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our friends at Room Magazine are currently fundraising in order to keep the magazine going. The fund will support the production of the journal and pay contributors and staff. You can donate, or purchase or bid on fantastic auction items here: app.galabid.com/save-room-ma...

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Our 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 #litmag

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Forgetting, too, has its place. Carl Phillips, from the Winter 2026 issue of The Fiddlehead

Ever After

As I understand it, it's for me to decide, now, what exactly happened.
The sea.
Like a rolling meadow.
Flowers populate a meadow.
They don't define it.
Forgetting, too, has its place.
The sea with the light on top of it; their backlit shapes; their faces.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The 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)

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It'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! thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fic...

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Fiction Contest | The Fiddlehead

Good luck to all entrants. This year's contest deadline is September 1, 2026 (postmarked for mailed entries and 11:59 pm Pacific Time for Submittable entries). Our judge this year is Kirti Bhadresa!

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Ellis Nye @ellisnyeland.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The print version is delayed, but you can listen to my story "Revolute" right now. It's about a guy stuck in a time loop at a protest. Sort of. Something's weird about this time loop... Listening to someone else read your story is so strange, but fun--I'm glad The Fiddlehead produced audio versions!

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Issue 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/308

A pile of boxes in front of some wooden closet doors

A hand holding a copy of Issue 308 in front of a pile of boxes

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

‼️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: thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fic... 🐸 Submit: thefiddlehead.submittable.com/submit

The graphic for The Fiddlehead’s 2026 Fiction Contest. The background photo features a picture of a frog on a leaf. The text says let your ideas leap off the page. Enter our 2026 fiction contest. Deadline September 1 2026. Judged by Kristi Bhadresa. $2000 prize plus publication.

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Anna Veprinska @annaveprinska.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Honoured to have a poem included in this issue among so much great work. You can hear an audio recording of my poem and the other pieces in this issue at the link below. With all gratitude to @phillipcrymble.bsky.social and @fiddlehd.bsky.social team.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We’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!

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Alastair Morrison @alasmorrison.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

From the Fiddlehead's essential new issue on disability, check out my review of Shane Neilson's strange and marvelous book "The Reign." thefiddlehead.ca/content/alas...

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Alastair Morrison Reviews The Reign by Shane Neilson | The Fiddlehead

Love, Death, Disability, and DeerThe Reign, Shane Neilson. icehouse poetry, 2025.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There's just six more days to submit to our 2026 Fiction Contest!

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dinsdale press @dinsdalepress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We’re thrilled that our very first book release, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain, has a glowing review in Issue 308, #Disability: The Revolution in The Fiddlehead! Please read and share because the post also includes links to the issue itself! #CanLit wp.me/pcJR4y-15b

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Speculative Shorts is Reviewed in The Fiddlehead!

It is a great honour to have Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain receive a glowing review in The Fiddlehead in Issue 308, Disability: The Revolution. The review is by Canadian aut…

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Yolande House @healthruwriting.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thanks to The Fiddlehead for including my book review of Jaipreet Virdi's book Echoes of Care: Deafness in Modern Britain in their disability issue. The print issue is delayed, but you can check out my review on their website now: thefiddlehead.ca/content/yola...

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Yolande House Reviews Echoes of Care: Deafness in Modern Britain by Jaipreet Virdi | The Fiddlehead

Medicalization is Not CareEchoes of Care: Deafness in Modern Britain, Jaipreet Virdi. McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Has 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: thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fic...

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Cait Gordon ♿️ @caitgauthor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I’m shamelessly promoting Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain! It’s received multiple Indieverse nominations and a review in The Fiddlehead: thefiddlehead.ca/content/matt... Where to buy: books2read.com/spec-shorts #SpoonieAuthChat

MULTIPLE AWARD-NOMINATED COLLECTION!

"Cait Gordon writes with infectious joy and energy, and with a sense of humour that is never
far from the surface—even in the darkest moments."

Kate Heartfield, Prix Aurora Award-winning author of The Embroidered Book

Book cover description: A blue sky with a few light puffy clouds is the background for a clothesline with three pairs of shorts on it. The left pair of shorts has dragon scales pattern, the middle one has a deck of cards pattern, and the one on the right has a galaxy pattern.

There is also the official badge of the 2026 Indie versus award nomination, and the Whistler’s Independent Book Awards shortlist badge

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Britt Corcoran's "frankie," from The Fiddlehead's forthcoming Disability: The Revolution issue.

Britt Corcoran

frankie

this body: haphazard glue and glitter,
prophesized form, corporeal.

this body: the heart's unfortunate promise
of existing within itself.

this body: shakily outstretched palms
callus-toughened and grabbing.

does the wreckage of this body
live inside limits, and will you regard

this body with respect? this body:
the fumble that brings our reckoning;

marvelling at how it must feel to exist --
botched and godless in the ether

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Shantell Powell @shanmonster.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

My story "The Old Woman Who Became a Bear" has been released in audio format. If you'd like to hear my dulcet tones speak of grievous Arctic vengeful violence, check out The Fiddlehead. thefiddlehead.ca/issue/308 #horror #WritersOnMastodon #bears #vengeance

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Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

You can now listen to all our stories and poems! My old woman vengeance story "The Old Woman Who Became a Bear" is now available to listen to here. It was inspired by a traditional Inuit story collected by Inuk ethnographer Knud Rasmussen. I hope you like it.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Issue 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/308

The cover of Issue 308 which features the artwork "Self-portrait in Bed" by Stephanie Weirathmueller

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Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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.

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Ellis Nye @ellisnyeland.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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!

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

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

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

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

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

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)

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

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

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

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...

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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...

The cover of The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery

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Kirti Bhadresa @beingkirti.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

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!⭐

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

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!

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

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!

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

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

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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...

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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

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Shantell Powell @shanmonster.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

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.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

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)

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