Judy LeBlanc’s collection of short stories, The Promise of Water was published in 2017. Her work has appeared in numerous Canadian literary journals, most recently, Prairie Fire, and she’s currently completing a collection of personal essays.She lives on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation. Judy's creative nonfiction essay "Beneath the Din" is featured in the Spring 2022 issue of The Fiddlehead.
Sandra Nicholls is the author of two books of poetry, The Untidy Bride and Woman of Sticks, Woman of Stones, and a novel, And the Seas Shall Turn to Lemonade. She also wrote the libretto for a chamber opera about a homeless man, with her husband, guitarist Roddy Ellias. Sleeping Rough was performed at Ottawa’s Music and Beyond Festival, and is available as a DVD. New projects include a second novel, The Ornamental Man, and a suite of songs about the pandemic, Not This Room. Her story, "From A Distance", is featured in the new Spring issue of The Fiddlehead.
Will Richter's fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Threepenny Review, subTerrain, Arts & Letters, and Fiction International and was longlisted twice for the CBC Short Story Prize. His story "After the Crash" is featured in the new Spring issue of The Fiddlehead. He lives in Vancouver, BC.
As an added bonus, we asked Judy LeBlanc for her best piece of writing advice:
The forthcoming Spring 2022 issue of The Fiddlehead is now available for pre-order!
The issue will feature the winning poem and short story from The Fiddlehead's 2021 poetry and fiction contests as well as work from authors such as Sylvie Simmons, John Barton and many more!
The Fiddlehead's 2022 Creative Nonfiction contest is now open and we're excited to announce that Lindsay Wong will be judging this year's submissions!
Tamara Jong (she/her) is a Tiohtià:ke (Montréal) born writer and cartoonist of Chinese and Scottish ancestry. Her creative nonfiction essay "Lessons" was published in the BIPOC Solidarities issue of The Fiddlehead.
Deathly Afraid by Melinda Burns
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Salma Hussain writes prose and poetry for children and adults. She grew up in the UAE to parents from Pakistan, and moved to Canada as a teenager. Her debut novel for kids and kids-at-heart, The Secret Diary Of Mona Hasan is forthcoming in May 2022 by Tundra/Penguin Random House. Follow: @salmahwrites.
Salma's story "Scribe" will be featured in the upcoming BIPOC Solidarities Special Issue of The Fiddlehead. Pre-order your copy today!
