The Fairy Tale Review ★Work published here has won or been selected for: O. Henry Prize Stories Anthology, Best Small Fictions.

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Fairy Tale Review is a Wayne State University Press literary journal seeking fairy-tale-informed fiction, poetry, nonfiction, scholarship, and other work.

Response time info: By August 15 for submissions sent by July 15

Read the full guidelines at fairytalereview.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiterary

Fairy-tale-informed unpublished prose fiction and verse fiction are welcome, including work responding to the food theme. Submit up to 30 manuscript pages in a single Word document; submissions were accepted March 15–July 15, 2025. Simultaneous submissions are welcome.

nonfictionLiterary

Fairy-tale-informed unpublished nonfiction and creative scholarship are welcome, including work responding to the food theme. Submit up to 30 manuscript pages in a single Word document; submissions were accepted March 15–July 15, 2025. Simultaneous submissions are welcome.

otherLiterary

The journal welcomes unpublished work that does not fall neatly into a category, as well as translations into English of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Submit up to 30 manuscript pages in a single Word document; submissions were accepted March 15–July 15, 2025. Simultaneous submissions are welcome.

poetryLiterary

Fairy-tale-informed unpublished poetry is welcome, including work responding to the food theme. Submit up to 30 manuscript pages in a single Word document; submissions were accepted March 15–July 15, 2025. Simultaneous submissions are welcome.

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