Fiction
The Fiddlehead
No closing date
- Length
- Up to 6,000 words
- Pay
- Not stated
- Fee
- Reading fee 5.00 USD
- Simultaneous
- Allowed
- Reprints
- Original only
What they accept
The Fiddlehead takes one short story of up to 6,000 words, or up to two flash stories under 1,000 words each, through Submittable windows in January (Canadians only) and September 15–October 15, and by mail all year. Work must be unpublished, simultaneous submissions must be declared in the cover letter, and international submissions carry a $5 USD fee. Fiction is paid $65 CAD per published page plus two copies, writers are asked to wait six months before querying, and responses currently take a year or more.
Literary
- Languages
- English
- Anonymous reading
- Not required
- Query after
- 180 days
- AI policy
- The Fiddlehead will not consider submissions that have been AI-generated or have been developed using AI as a tool.
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