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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
Average acceptance rate
Types of Submissions Accepted
Fiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 2
literary
experimental
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
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
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
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Flash rules
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 2
literary
experimental
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
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
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
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Details
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How to submit 🏗️
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Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️
04
Awards
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Demographics & Eligibility
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Formatting requirements 🏗️
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Rights for published work 🏗️
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