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Submission Window: January 22nd - January 29th, 2024 Payment: $25 Theme: Fairy tales that are inspired by classic tales are what we are seeking. Mashups of classic fairy tales are welcome as well. The following is relevant to all submissions for 2024 for The Fairy Tale Magazine. Please read it in its entirety before considering submitting here. ​ Writing opportunities for 2024 include: New Fairy Tales: Fairy tales that are inspired by classic tales are what we are seeking. Mashups of classic fairy tales are welcome as well. Submissions must follow the theme below to be considered. Poetry: Poetry inspired by fairy tales and that follows the theme is also welcome.  We are not seeking art or nonfiction. ​ The theme for the year is simply classic fairy tales—more below. HERE IS HOW YOU SUBMIT AND FORMAT AND WHEN Only the kind of submissions outlined below will be accepted at The Fairy Tale Magazine (FTM) in 2024. Here are the submission periods for both stories and poems: ​ We will be opening the submissions window for the SPRING/SUMMER Issue on  Jan. 22, 2024 at 12 AM, EST., and closing it on Jan. 29, 2024  at 11:59 PM., EST.  ​The FALL/WINTER submissions window will be June 17, 2024 at 12 AM, EST., and closing on June 24, 2024 at 11:59 PM, EST. There will be two issues. ​ (There will be one contest this year, during the summer. Details will be announced later in the year.) No submissions will be considered or acknowledged if received outside of the windows stated above. You submit through email only. Please use this address only:  [email protected]. That is for submissions only.  ​ Your last name, the publication month you are submitting for, and the year should be in the subject line of the email of your submission. ​ You must be 18 years old or...

Deadline: January 29st, 2024 Prize: First Place: £4,500. Second Place: £2,500. Up to six additional Runners Up writers will receive £850. Theme: Great works of science fiction and fantasy by new writers Entrants must: self-identify as a person of colour, be aged over 18, be living in the UK or Ireland. Future Worlds Prize 2024 is now open for entries! We're looking for great works of science fiction and fantasy by new writers. The prize is open to everything from space operas and dystopias to books set in magical worlds and more. Entry information To enter, you must: self-identify as a person of colour be aged over 18 be living in the UK or Ireland. As part of your entry, please submit: a 5,000-10,000 word extract of either a short story or the opening chapters of a novel a covering letter a short summary/synopsis of your work, of no more than 1,000 words. Please ensure that you submit three separate documents, and that your name does not appear anywhere on the extract or synopsis. Accepted formats are: Microsoft Word Pages PDF Google Doc. Read the full terms and conditions for the prize below. Your entry should be sent to: [email protected]. Key dates for the prize are: Entries close: January 29, 2024 Shortlist announced: March 2024 Winner announced: April 2024 TERMS AND CONDITIONS This writing competition is called “Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour” (“Prize”). Entrants will need to submit 5,000-10,000 of either a short story or opening chapters of a novel in accordance with the terms and conditions below (“Entry”). The entrants should supply a covering letter and a short summary of their short story or novel of no more than 1,000 words alongside their Entry. Entries should be submitted as a Word document, PDF or...