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By Andrew Ramos.

Kate Finegan has won The Fiddlehead’s 26th annual Short Fiction Prize for her story “Blues Too Bright.” The following interview was conducted via email with Editorial Assistant Andrew Ramos in March 2017.

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The Fiddlehead is pleased to announce the winners of our 26th Annual Literary Contest! Congratulations to our winners!

Odd Sundays meets again on April 2 at Corked Wine Bar, 83 Regent St., and the featured readers are Lisa Alward and Riel Nason. The reading begins at 2pm with the feature readings, followed by an open mic and book draw. 

Meags Fitzgerald will be reading this Wednesday, March 29th at 8pm in the lounge at the Alumni Memorial Building on the UNB Fredericton campus. The event is free to the public and all are welcome to attend.

The Fiddlehead and the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick have announced the shortlisted titles for the second annual New Brunswick Book Awards. The winners will be announced at an awards presentation ceremony on Wednesday, May 24, at the University of New Brunswick’s Memorial Hall in Fredericton, NB. The program celebrates books published in the 2016 calendar year and in four categories: poetry (sponsored by The Fiddlehead), fiction, non-fiction, and children’s writing (picture books).

Here's a picture of the recent books received at the office. What are you most looking forward to reading? Tell us! Go to the comment field below (or to Facebook or Twitter)! 

We are pleased to present longlists for our 26th annual literary contest. Our judges read through 166 stories and 347 poems. Thank you to all writers who entered and congratulations to our longlisted!

Eden Robinson, a past Writer-in-Residence at the University of New Brunswick, will be reading from her newest work of fiction Son of a Trickster on Tuesday, March 14th at 8pm in the lounge at the Alumni Memorial Building on the UNB campus. The event is free to the public and all are welcome to attend.

Here's a picture of the recent books received at the office. What are you most looking forward to reading? Tell us! Go to the comment field below (or to Facebook or Twitter)! 

We always like to celebrate success by writers who come within The Fiddlehead's orbit. Today we congratulate new books by Jill Connell, Matthew Heiti, and Emily Ruskovic, as well as thoughtful new pieces by Richard Kelly Kemick and Rebecca Salazar (with links provided!).