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The graphic for The Fiddlehead’s 2025 Poetry Contest. The graphic reads: Turn over a new stanza. Enter our 2025 Poetry Contest. Deadline: December 1 2025. Enter via submittable. $2000 Prize plus publication. Judged by Bertrand Bickersteth, T. Liem, and Douglas Walbourne-Gough. For more info visit thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest

2025 Poetry Contest Shortlist!

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The Fiddlehead is excited to announce the finalists of our 2025 Poetry Contest, judged by Douglas Walbourne-Gough, T. Liem, and Bertrand Bickersteth! The winner of the $2000 contest prize will be announced in April and the winning essay will appear in the Spring 2026 issue (307). Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the following fifteen finalists!
A Graphic Announcing the winner of our 2025 Fiction contest, Ariadne Asho

Congratulations to 2025 Fiction Contest Winner Ariadne Asho!

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We’re thrilled to announce that Ariadne Asho is the winner of our 2025 Fiction Contest and $2,000 prize! Her story, “Faultline,” will appear in the upcoming Winter issue of The Fiddlehead (no. 306).

Ariadne Asho grew up on Vancouver Island and now lives in Montreal. Her work has appeared in The New Quarterly, and her stories were longlisted for the CBC Short Story Prize twice, in 2023 and 2025. She is currently working on a collection of short fiction.

A purple graphic for The Fiddlehead’s 2025 Fiction Contest. From top to bottom the graphic says: Spin the tale only you can tell. Enter our 2025 Fiction Contest. Deadline September 2, 2025! Enter via Submittable. Judged by Anuja Varghese. $2000 Prize plus publication. For more info visit thefiddlehead.ca/contest/fiction or email fiddlehd@unb.ca. In the background is a picture of loop of purple rope and in the lower right corner is a picture of Anuja Varghese.

2025 Fiction Contest Shortlist!

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The Fiddlehead is excited to announce the finalists of our 2025 Fiction Contest, judged by Anuja Varghese! The winner of the $2000 contest prize will be announced in January and the winning essay will appear in the Winter 2026 issue (306). Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the following fifteen finalists!
A photo of Therese Estacion

Introducing Guest Editor Therese Estacion!

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For our Summer 2026 issue, Disability: The Revolution! The Fiddlehead has brought on a team of amazing editors! Joining Amanda Leduc, Therese Estacion is our Creative Nonfiction Editor for the issue! 

A tintype photo of Ian Sewall

Ian Sewall's "Mirage"

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Ian Clay Sewall (one of our volunteer readers) directed "Mirage," a fictional short film about a chaotic fight outside a rural gas station. The film was made on 3000 feet of 35mm film kindly donated by Kodak. The picture stars Booboo Stewart of Twilight, X-Men, and Let Him Go. Recently, "Mirage" played at the Oscar-qualifying Edmonton International Film Festival. Much of Sewall's production team has worked with him before (AFI alumni). Ian received his MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Antioch, Los Angeles, in 2023.
A purple and yellow graphic for The Fiddlehead’s 2025 Creative Nonfiction Contest

2024 Creative Nonfiction Contest Shortlist!

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The Fiddlehead is excited to announce the finalists of our 2025 Creative Nonfiction Contest, judged by Nicole Breit! The winner of the $2000 contest prize will be announced in October and the winning essay will appear in the Autumn 2025 issue (305). Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the following fourteen finalists!
The cover of Issue 307 featuring the painting "Lilas, 2023" by Raymond Martin. On a yellow background, a woman in a white dress holds a lilac branch twice her size in one hand.
Current Issue: No. 307