Category: Community

Congratulations to our 15 finalists! 

The Fiddlehead is excited to announce the finalists of our 2022 Creative Nonfiction Contest, judged by Lindsay Wong! The winner of the $2000 contest prize will be announced on October 12 and the winning essay will appear in the Autumn 2022 issue (293). Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the thirteen finalists!

Mark Anthony Jarman, Fiddlehead Fiction editor has just had a new book of travel writing, Touch Anywhere To Begin, published by Goose Lane Editions.

Celebrating Everyday Heroes is a Tutta Musica Orchestra project following themes of community, courage, and resilience. We are celebrating everyday heroes in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic with an original musical composition to be performed in 5 NB cities along with other amazing artistic contributions. And we need your stories, your voices, to make it amazing!

The 7th annual New Brunswick Book Awards were presented at a ceremony Saturday, June 4 in Fredericton, celebrating writing excellence in poetry, fiction, nonfiction and children’s picture books. The awards program represents a partnership between the Writers’ Federation and The Fiddlehead, which has nurtured New Brunswick's literary culture for more than 75 years. 

We're excited to announce that Chris Benjamin will be judging this year's Fiction Contest!

Our 2021-22 publishing intern Bailey Noiles will be sampling The Fiddlehead back issues and summarizing their contents, offering you interesting tidbits about our publishing past.

Issue 277 is the first installment. Enjoy!

We are saddened to report the passing of former Fiddlehead editor Kent Thompson.

The Fiddlehead is excited to announce our 2021 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Contest shortlist! The contest was judged by Jenna Lyn Albert, Adèle Barclay, and Canisia Lubrin. The winner of the $2000 contest prize will be announced in early April 2021 and the winning story will be featured in the Spring 2021 issue. Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the following fifteen finalists!

We're excited to welcome Rowan McCandless as our new Creative Nonfiction Editor here at The Fiddlehead!