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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.

"Ode to the Bakeapple" by Melanie Power

Posted on April 10, 2026

Ode to the Bakeapple by Melanie Power Winner of the 2025 Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem

"The Orange I Promised" by Maryam Hassanat

Posted on March 31, 2026

A special first look from Issue 309 (Autumn 2026)

The Fiddlehead is sharing a preview of "The Orange I Promised," a poem that will appear in our fall issue but which needs to be read now. It is a poem of witness, addressing the genocide in Gaza from Gaza itself, where Maryam Hasanat survives, writes and parents.

The cover of Issue 306 of The Fiddlehead featuring the photograph “Silent Night” by Kirsten Stackhouse which is of a person standing in a bus shelter at night in winter. The ad on the bus shelter behind the person casts a green glow on the snow around the shelter

"Love Poems for Landlords" by Geordie Miller

Posted on January 27, 2026

An excerpt from Issue 306 (Winter 2026)

— Geordie Miller teaches at Mount Allison University. His coauthored long poem, Disharmonies (Hardscrabble Press, 2022), addresses the topic of revolutionary commitment in dialogue with Marilyn Lerch. He is currently completing a poetry manuscript with his sister, Kate Miller.

Love Poems for Landlords
by Geordie Miller

"In Kelowna" by Vivek Sharma

Posted on October 23, 2025

An excerpt from Issue 305 (Autumn 2025)

— Vivek Sharma is a graduate of UBC’s MFA program. His poems have appeared in Arc Poetry Magazine, The Best Canadian Poetry 2026, The Capilano Review, The Malahat Review, Prairie Fire, and The Walrus. His chapbook, Between two valleys, a lake (Anstruther Press, 2025), is an exploration of displacement and return. He lives and writes on the unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan peoples.

A photo of Robert Gibbs sitting in a chair which was taken in Robert’s backyard where he loved to sit and gain inspiration for his writing.

"My Mother's Hair" by Nancy Holmes

Posted on April 14, 2025

My Mother's Hair for Jennifer Spector by Nancy Holmes Winner of the 2024 Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem

2024 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Contest Shortlist Announced!

Posted on March 26, 2025

The Fiddlehead is pleased to announce the finalists of our 2024 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Contest, judged by D. M. Bradford, Colleen Coco Collins, and Meghan Kemp-Gee! The winner of the $2000 contest prize will be announced in April 2024 and the winning poem will appear in the Spring 2025 issue (304). Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the following fifteen finalists!