Look for poems from Danielle Hubbard in our Summer 2018 Poetry Issue

In order to accommodate staff holidays and address the large increase in submissions that has been generated by Submittable, The Fiddlehead will be closed to submissions effective July 15 and will reopen in September.

This reading will take place at the Abbey Café in downtown Fredericton and feature Curtis Leblanc, Amber McMillan, Nathaniel G. Moore, Chris Bailey, Jenna Lyn Albert, and Mallory Tater. Plus it will feature an open mic — sign up at the beginning of the reading!

Welcome to the first in an ongoing column by Nancy Bauer, "State of the Art."

This Friday, June 22, join contributors to a new anthology, Gush: Menstrual Manifestos for our Times, at Reid's Newstand! The reading starts at 7:30 and features Lucas Crawford, Rebecca Salazar and Emily Skov-Nielsen.

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

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

The Fiddlehead and the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick are pleased to announce the winners of the third annual New Brunswick Book Awards, which were handed out at an awards presentation at the Lily Lake Pavilion in Saint John on Friday, June 8. A total of 36 total submissions were received. Congratulations to all the nominees, and thanks again to the judges: Angie Abdou, Sheree Fitch, Susan Gillis, and Andrew Westoll!

The winners, who each received $500 prizes, are as follows:

Look for poems from Catherine Seton in our upcoming Summer 2018 Poetry Issue!

Three books of reference are my secret sauce: Jerome Irving Rodale’s The Synonym Finder, 1978; from the Editors of Reader’s Digest, Reader’s Digest Illustrated Reverse Dictionary: Find the Words at the Tip of Your Tongue, 1990; and Theodore M. Bernstein’s Bernstein’s Reverse Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1988. All are available at online used book sites.

For sheer musical delight, I turn to the joyful word-play of Atsuro Riley’s Romey’s Order.