This well-regarded Canadian magazine is open to international submissions of fiction, non-fiction and poetry during this reading period. The general (unthemed) reading period ends on October 15th, and they are also reading for a themed call, Disability: The Revolution, until end-November. For the themed call, they want to hear from disabled writers. “Revolution: from the old French revolution, originally referring to the motion of the stars. Later versions of the word in the 15th century played on this sense of cyclical revolving — in the changing of the seasons, but also — crucially — the revolving of the wheel.
What does revolution look like from a disability standpoint? How do we remember that disabled writers just taking up space is revolutionary? How do we, as disabled writers, consider that question of the wheel and its many manifestations — literal, temporal, and symbolic? How do we celebrate it, remake, and open ourselves to the revolution, ongoing and future, that must usher in a more accessible world?
For our Summer 2026 issue, The Fiddlehead seeks work from disabled writers on the theme of revolution. You can interpret the theme as broadly as you like.” They want submissions of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, and pitches for reviews for the Disability call. Also see the BlueSky call / thread about this themed call here.
Their Submittable is open for several categories, please be sure to submit to the correct one.
Deadline: 15 October for unthemed submissions, 30 November 2025 for themed
Length: Up to 6,000 words for prose, up to 6 poems
Pay: CAD65/page
Details here and here, submit here.
To apply for this job please visit thefiddlehead.submittable.com.
