Canada's longest living literary journal, The Fiddlehead is published four times a year at the University of New Brunswick,
with the generous assistance of the University of New Brunswick, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of New Brunswick.

First published in 1945, The Fiddlehead is known as a WHO'S WHO in Can. Lit. Many — now well-known — writers have found their first home in our pages, and they, as well as some of our editors and assistants, have gone on to win awards and prizes across the country and around the world.

Do not look at this journal as old! It is experienced; wise enough to recognize excellence; always looking for freshness and surprise. Interested in submitting? You can find our submissions guidelines here.

The Fiddlehead publishes short stories, poems, book reviews, and a small number of personal essays. Our full-colour covers have become collectors’ items, and feature work by New Brunswick artists and from New Brunswick museums and art galleries. The Fiddlehead also sponsors an annual writing contest. The most recent one, our 21st, closed on December 1st, 2011 and the judging process is on its way. The winning entries will be published in the upcoming spring 2012 issue (no. 251). The winners of last year’s contest were in the spring 2011 issue (no. 247). The Fiddlehead’s 22nd contest will open in the spring.

In the fall of 2012, The Malahat Review and The Fiddlehead will celebrate the writing of each other’s regions, with the former publishing an East Coast issue and the latter a West Coast issue. Writers with strong connections to either or both regions are invited to submit to the issue that will best provide their work a most apt and safe harbour. As well content submissions are invited for our joint East Coast/West Coast website. Submission deadline is 15 May 2012. For more information go to the East Coast/West Coast: Call for Submissions.

For news, recent awards, sneak peeks of upcoming issues, and other information please visit The Fiddlehead’s blog.