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Exciting news: The Fiddlehead is now available as a digital subscription!
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Last year, we began the process of creating a digital version of The Fiddlehead with Exact Editions, and we are excited to now have that digital version of the magazine available!
The Fiddlehead has joined Canadian literary magazines Brick and The Capilano Review on the platform!
Back issues of the magazine are also included going back to 2018 (with more to come). You can purchase a subscription for $22.99 annually or $6.99 quarterly. A subscription includes web, iOS and Android access via Exact Editions apps.
Stop! Look! Listen! Britt Corcoran’s Listening Recommendation
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For most of my life I reveled in the gloom to be found in music. I loved the way melodies and lyricism could make you feel the same way the artist must have felt at the peak of their supposed sorrow. Unfortunately, leaning on everybody else’s melancholy left me miserable and, at the time, I couldn’t figure out why.
Features
Creative Nonfiction
Excerpt from "Clawed Back" by Patti-Kay Hamilton
Excerpt from Issue 309 (Autumn 2026)
"Clawed Back" by Patti-Kay Hamilton
Winner of the 2026 Creative Nonfiction Prize
Fiction
Excerpt from "Sundown" by Emma Gammans
Excerpt from Issue 309 (Autumn 2026)
"Sundown" by Emma Gammans
Content note: contains depictions of cognitive decline.
Poetry
Excerpt of "close/d" by Angelic Goldsky
Excerpt from Issue 309 (Autumn 2026)
"close/d" by Angelic Goldsky
Content note: includes queer slurs
"Ode to the Bakeapple" by Melanie Power
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"In Kelowna" by Vivek Sharma
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Stop! Look! Listen!
Stop! Look! Listen! Britt Corcoran’s Listening Recommendation
For most of my life I reveled in the gloom to be found in music. I loved the way melodies and lyricism could make you feel the same way the artist must have felt at the peak of their supposed sorrow. Unfortunately, leaning on everybody else’s melancholy left me miserable and, at the time, I couldn’t figure out why.
Interviews
An Interview with Melanie Power
Poetry Editor Chuqiao Yang's Interview with 2025 Poetry Contest winner Melanie Power whose poem "Ode to the Bakeapple" was publi
An Interview with Ariadne Asho
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An Interview with Kate Cayley
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An Interview with Shelley Pacholok
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An Interview with Danica Klewchuk
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