This article attempts a glance into the evolution of the Acadian essay while defining new discursive paradigms for Acadian essayists in the 21st century. The Acadian essay first carried out the political outlook for an envisaged nation-state before a postmodern reading of acadianity fragmented the discourse into a plurality of voices and positionings. The traditional medias remain an important channel for the Acadian essayists, but new platforms and spaces in the digital age created a much vaster ideological and discursive scheme. Meanwhile, the Acadian essay of the 21st century is sustained by a growing number of female writers and marginalized voices. In addition, literary matriarch Antonine Maillet recently turned to the essay to review six decades of Acadian modernity through her own life work and personal stance. What remains to be delivered is a comprehensive analysis of the new configurations of the Acadian essay within the prism of contemporary social discourse.