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"The Fiddlehead is Atlantic Canada's International Literary Journal. Celebrating 75 years of literary foraging in 2020! "

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Introduction

The Fiddlehead is Atlantic Canada's International Literary Journal. Celebrating 75 years of literary foraging in 2020!

Vibe

Top-tier stuff. Not Paris Review, but ok

Response Time
6 months / 205 days
Average acceptance rate
25%

Types of Submissions Accepted

4 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

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Fiction

Max words: 6000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

literary

experimental

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Nonfiction

Max words: 6000

Max pieces: 1

Creative nonfiction (CNF) is construed widely and can include personal essays, narrative non-fiction, think pieces, etc.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

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Poetry

Max pieces: 6

No more than 12 pages total. The Fiddlehead prefers to accept several poems by the same author; please do not limit your submission to a single poem

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Translations

Translations of creative work are also considered and occasionally published. With these submissions we need a copy of the text in its original language and a copy of a permissions letter from the copyright holder (usually the author or the original-language publisher).

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 6000

Max pieces: 1

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

literary

experimental

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 6000

Max pieces: 1

Creative nonfiction (CNF) is construed widely and can include personal essays, narrative non-fiction, think pieces, etc.

Flash rules

Max words: 1000

Max pieces: 2

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 6

No more than 12 pages total. The Fiddlehead prefers to accept several poems by the same author; please do not limit your submission to a single poem

translations genre icon

Translations

Translations of creative work are also considered and occasionally published. With these submissions we need a copy of the text in its original language and a copy of a permissions letter from the copyright holder (usually the author or the original-language publisher).

Need to know for submitting

Read carefully, it will save from dead rats in the mailbox

  • 01

    Details

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  • 02

    How to submit 🏗️

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    Awards

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  • 05

    Demographics & Eligibility

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  • 06

    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Magazine

Founded in 1945 | Canada

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Sue Sinclair
Editor-in-Chief
Ian LeTourneau
Managing Editor
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

12

Average acceptance rate

25%

Average response time

205 days

Average acceptance/rejection time

358/52 days

Fastest response time

52 days

Slowest response time

358 days