Creative Nonfiction Contest Now Open!
Posted on March 1, 2021
The Fiddlehead's 2021 Creative Nonfiction contest is now open and we're excited to announce that Chelene Knight will be judging this year's submissions!
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Tanis MacDonald's Reading Recommendation
Posted on December 7, 2020
Tanis MacDonald lives in Waterloo, Ontario, and is curious. She is most recently the author of Mobile (Book*hug 2019). Tanis MacDonald's poetry has appeared in several issues of The Fiddlehead over the years. Most recently, her poem Other Fish was published in our sold out autumn issue No. 285.
New "Arrivals and Departures" chapbook launch!
Posted on November 10, 2020
We're so excited to announce the launch of Arrivals and Departures: Objects | Food | Memories, the second in the Arrivals & Departures chapbook series! Arrivals and Departures emerges from two Fiddlehead-sponsored "Writing for Newcomers" workshops. The Fredericton workshop, Eat, Drink, Write, took place at the Multicultural Centre on November 2, 2019, and was facilitated by Salar Ghatta. The Halifax workshop, Arrivals and Departures: Objects, Memories and Transitions, was at Pier 21, the Canadian Museum of Immigration, on August 2, 2019. It was facilitated by Anthazia Kadir.
Jessica Johns' Reading and Podcast Recommendations!
Posted on November 6, 2020
Click Read More to see what Jessica Johns is reading and listening to!
Jessica is a Nehiyaw-English-Irish aunty and member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta. She is the Managing Editor for Room Magazine and a co-organizer of the Indigenous Brilliance reading series.
Interview With Creative Nonfiction Contest Winner Morgan Charles
Posted on October 13, 2020
Morgan Charles' story Plagued was the winner of our 2020 Creative Nonfiction Contest. Recently, editorial board member William Bonfiglio spoke to Morgan about compassion, helplessness and writing during a pandemic.
Plagued is featured in our upcoming Fall Issue 285. Click Read more for the full interview!
2020 Creative Nonfiction Contest Finalists Announced!
Posted on September 2, 2020
The Fiddlehead is excited to announce the finalists of our 2020 Creative Nonfiction Contest, judged by Ariel Gordon. Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the fourteen finalists! The winner of the contest will be announced on October 1.
An Interview with Rebecca Givens Rolland
Posted on June 24, 2020
Rebecca Givens Rolland’s creative nonfiction piece, “The Magnesium”, appears in The Fiddlehead No. 283 (Spring 2020). Editorial Assistant Taidgh Lynch conducted the following interview via email in May 2020.
Revisiting our 2019 CNF Contest Winner!
Posted on May 19, 2020
Dafna Izenberg won the 2019 Creative Nonfiction Prize for “The Promised Language,” published in The Fiddlehead, No. 281 (Autumn 2019). Editorial Assistant Jaeden Langlois conducted the following interview with Dafna Izenberg about her relationship to the Hebrew language.
Remember The Fiddlehead's CNF Contest deadline is June 1st! You could win $2000! Ariel Gordon will judge the submissions.
Christina Shah's Reading Recommendation
Posted on April 24, 2020
This New York Times bestseller is an utterly fascinating look at the field of neuroscience, which is in the midst of a radical shift.
Congratulations, finalist Fiddlehead authors and friends!
Posted on April 16, 2020
Congratulations to all the Fiddlehead authors and friends whose work has been shortlisted for 2020 Alberta Literary Awards and the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize, both administered by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta to recognize the best literary works created or published in 2019 by Alberta and Edmonton authors.
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