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| Categories | literary magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Founder | Alfred Bailey |
| First issue | February 1945 |
| Company | University of New Brunswick |
| Country | Canada |
| Based in | Fredericton |
| Language | English |
| Website | thefiddlehead |
| ISSN | 0015-0630 |
The Fiddlehead is a Canadian literary magazine, published four times annually at the University of New Brunswick. It is the oldest Canadian literary magazine which is still in circulation. [1]
The Fiddlehead was established in 1945 [2] [3] by Alfred Bailey as an in-house publication for the Bliss Carman Poetry Society. The first issue was published in February 1945. [1] It was adapted as a general literary magazine in 1952. Other prominent contributors in the magazine's early years included Elizabeth Brewster, Fred Cogswell and Desmond Pacey.
The Fiddlehead's current editor is Sue Sinclair; contributing editors include Ross Leckie, Bill Gaston, Gerard Beirne, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Don McKay and Jan Zwicky. The magazine is published quarterly. [3]
The magazine celebrated its 70th anniversary with the Winter 2015 issue. [1]
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