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!
The Short List:
Ariadne Asho — "Faultline"
Damien Caissie — "Words of Love Seem"
Kelsey Kofford — "Fray: A Wore Story"
Graham Kosakoski — "The Aberration of the Allocated Allotment"
Trent Lewin — "Love-Marriage"
Cyn Liu — "In the New World, Halfway"
Han Wei Luo — "The Pilgrimage"
Maeve MacKinnon — "Briar's Witch"
Yohani Mendis — "The Gulf"
Almeda Miller — "Habits of Endangered Species"
Samantha Morles — "Home"
Jaksyn Peacock — "HÜMAN: Assembly Instructions"
Stacy Sinclair — "Alpha"
Ryan Tapley — "Secret Santa"
Mary Thaler — "The Lioness' Part"
Pre-order the Winter issue now!
