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Issue 306 Launch Party!
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We’re excited to invite you to celebrate the launch of The Fiddlehead Issue 306 on Saturday, February 7, 2–3 PM Atlantic Time, both in person at the Fredericton Public Library and online via Zoom.
Join us for an afternoon of readings by Ariadne Asho, winner of the 2025 Fiction c
Congratulations to 2025 Fiction Contest Winner Ariadne Asho!
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We’re thrilled to announce that Ariadne Asho is the winner of our 2025 Fiction Contest and $2,000 prize! Her story, “Faultline,” will appear in the upcoming Winter issue of The Fiddlehead (no. 306).
Ariadne Asho grew up on Vancouver Island and now lives in Montreal. Her work has appeared in The New Quarterly, and her stories were longlisted for the CBC Short Story Prize twice, in 2023 and 2025. She is currently working on a collection of short fiction.
Stop! Look! Listen! Karen E. Moore’s Reading Recommendation
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I took Cormac McCarthy camping with me: five nights together on Lake Superior’s rugged north shore. That is, I took McCarthy’s The Road with me.
Features
Creative Nonfiction
An Excerpt from "How Not to Say Good-Bye to Your Professor" by Shelley Pacholok
Excerpt from Issue 305 (Autumn 2025)
"How Not to Say Good-Bye to Your Professor" by Shelley Pacholok
Winner of the 2025 Creative Nonfiction Prize
Fiction
Excerpt from "The Cure" by Michelle Spencer
Excerpt from Issue 305 (Autumn 2025)
"The Cure" by Michelle Spencer
Content note: references a fatal accident, suicide, and grief.
Poetry
"In Kelowna" by Vivek Sharma
An excerpt from Issue 305 (Autumn 2025)
Stop! Look! Listen!
Stop! Look! Listen! Karen E. Moore’s Reading Recommendation
I took Cormac McCarthy camping with me: five nights together on Lake Superior’s rugged north shore.
Interviews
An Interview with Kate Cayley
Editorial Assistant Sophia T. R. Godsoe's Interview with Kate Cayley whose story "Certainty" was published in Issue 305 (Autumn 2025)
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An Interview with Shelley Pacholok
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An Interview with Danica Klewchuk
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An Interview with Nancy Hui Sulaiman
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An Interview with Mike Barnes
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