The Fiddlehead is excited to announce the finalists of our 2024 Creative Nonfiction Contest, judged by Lorri Neilsen Glenn! The winner of the $2000 contest prize will be announced in October and the winning essay will appear in the Autumn 2024 issue (301). Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the following fifteen finalists!
The Short List:
Adèle Barclay — "Under a Manmade Lake"
Parker Blaney — "Detox"
Claudia Casper — "Whale Falls"
Kim Fahner — "I'll Be Singing"
Jo Godden — "The Cistern"
Judy Holm — "WELL, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING"
Nancy Huggett — "I am a good mother. I am a bad mother. I am no mother at all."
Elina Kumra — "Moth Mother"
Alana Friend Lettner — "Stones"
Tatiana Osmond — "The No Knows"
Lena Palacios — "Carmella's Room"
Evangeline (Vange) Holtz Schramek — "du hast schon augen"
Deborah Vail — "Comfort Food in Plastic Wrap"
Sophie Wilson — "The Changeover"
Apoorva Yadav — "Madrelingua"
