The Fiddlehead is excited to announce the finalists of our 2026 Creative Nonfiction Contest, judged by Brian Braganza! The winner of the $2000 contest prize will be announced in October and the winning essay will appear in the Autumn 2026 issue (309). Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the following fourteen finalists!
The Short List:
Alison Colwell — "Desire for a Child"
Angela Edward — "The First Pattern"
Patti-Kay Hamilton — "Clawed Back"
Kath Healing — "Tell"
Jeffrey-Michael Kane — "The Ice Is Not Ices"
Cheyenne Kean-Lemery — "Lucky Rabbits"
Jessi MacEachern — "Les huîtres sauvages"
Shane Neilson — "Perhaps as Human"
Scott Olsen — "A Bill C-31 Divorce"
Elizabeth Page — "Good Bones"
Faun Rice — "Useless Presents"
Sara Swain — "Palimpsest"
Myra Virgil — "What is Good"
Judith Wright — "Fire Mosaic"
Pre-order the Autumn issue now!
