Attention all fantasy, folklore, and fairy tale writers,
I’m very excited to share that I am the prose judge for this year’s Prose and Poetry Contest for The Fairy Tale Magazine.
Submissions are open now, and will stay open from May 15 through May 31, 2025. The submission guidelines can be found here. While there is a $5.00 entry fee for the contest, I am one-hundred percent volunteering my time as a judge. All contest fees go towards paying the magazine’s authors and prize winners with any remainder going towards operational costs.
Apart from carefully reading the submission guidelines, one of the best ways of determining if your work fits with a literary magazine is to review a current issue. You can access (for free) The Fairy Tale Magazine’s Spring/Summer 2025 issue here. Find the button in the post to download the PDF, and enjoy! I highly recommend this issue, and I am honored to have my short story, “Heirloom Alchemy,” appear in it.
I hope you’ll consider entering, and please help me spread the word. Fairy tales are the backbone of so much fantasy, and their exploration is worthwhile!
XO,
Amy Trent