The Fairy Tale Magazine

03/07/2025

We have a review of Jane Harrington’s gorgeous novel “In Circling Flight” at The Fairy Tale Magazine today! This is the perfect read while you wait for her upcoming book “Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance: The Forgotten Founding Mothers of the Fairy Tale and the Stories that they Spin.” 🌀🕊️

In Circling Flight is a heart wrenching but beautiful book which tells the story of two women navigating emotional loss in the hills and hollows of Appalachia. The first part of the novel focuses on Leda, a young widow who speaks directly to her deceased husband as she goes about the daily tasks of....

30/06/2025

Kate helps you find sweet dreams in our latest edition of Cinderella’s Hearth 💖💤

Is your bedroom stuffy? Do you find yourself tossing off your bed covers in frustration at 3 A.M.? If so, you’re probably suffering from too much heat in your bedroom. Along with too much light and the wrong bed linens, hot, stuffy bedroom air is a sleep killer. Your body needs to cool down to sle...

26/06/2025

We’ve got a Summer Book Roundup at The Fairy Tale Magazine today! Stock up on some ocean-themed summer reads! ☀️🌊🐚

Do you like reading in the sunshine or in the air-conditioned house? Either way, be sure to add The Fairy Tale Magazine’s ocean inspired collection of books to your summer reading list!Mermaids are at the heart of summer fairy tales, and you’ll find the shades of them in Kell Woods’ novel Upon...

26/06/2025

Today we're celebrating our Managing Editor, Madeline Mertz. In addition to many other fabulous skills, she brings the tech skills that keep our newsletters going out smoothly (to mention only one of the things she does here). Madeline! Congratulations on graduating with your triple Master's Degree! We feel so fortunate to have you on the staff here at The Fairy Tale Magazine!

25/06/2025

Steve Aultman tells us it's International Gnome Week (which began on June 21st). We LOVE gnomes. This little guy comes to you from a garden in Italy (a photo by Kristen Baum DeBeasi taken in 2017). Let's GNOME it up! Please share a gnome photo in the comments.

25/06/2025

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of The Fairy Tale Magazine’s 2025 Prose & Poetry Contest! This year’s entries transported us through the sea to forests and even into a genie’s bottle! Our judges tell us choosing just a few was no small task! These winning works stood out for their originality, emotional resonance, and connection to the fairy tale tradition.

A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who submitted. You made this contest a true celebration of storytelling magic!

Dear Fairy Tale Friends,First, we’re sending a giant thank you to everyone who participated in our fundraising contest. We received so many fantastic submissions that our judges tell us the final decisions were difficult to make!Below are the winners for The Fairy Tale Magazine’s Prose & Poetry ...

23/06/2025

Our Fairy Tale Correspondent, Kelly Jarvis, has interviewed Dr. Jack Zipes! You can watch the full episode here and then stay to explore earlier episodes (formerly called Author Talks).

Fairy Tale Voices is an interview series from Fairy Tale Magazine featuring writers, scholars, and artists who explore, reimagine, and celebrate the magic of fairy tales in creative and meaningful ways.

In this episode of Fairy Tale Voices, Kelly Jarvis is in conversation with Dr Jack Zipes. They discuss his educational background and how he came to folklore...

16/06/2025

Read two blog posts for the price of one today at The Fairy Tale Magazine! 🤣

Learn all about Cinderella and Sea Glass here: https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/cinderella-s-hearth-the-sea-glass-slipper-by-kelly-jarvis

Read about the best sheets for sleeping like a beauty here: https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/cinderella-s-hearth-the-sheets-really-do-make-the-bed-by-kate-wolford

16/06/2025

What does Cinderella have in common with sea glass? Find out in this week’s edition of Cinderella’s Hearth at The Fairy Tale Magazine! 🌊🐚💖

No fairy tale symbol is more iconic than Cinderella’s glass slipper. One glint of a glass heel clicking across a ballroom floor plunges us directly into a Cinderella story, so it may be a surprise for some readers to learn that in most variants of Cinderella, the shoe that acts as an identifier of...

13/06/2025

Kelly Jarvis, our contributing Writer who has been with Fairy Tale Magazine for several wonderful years, shares her inspiration for creating her own Sleeping Beauty tale, "The Tapestry." She shares how rich the narrative is and how inspiring to be part of this rich narrative legacy with such wonderful poets and storytellers. Be sure to download the free PDF (https://www.fairytalemagazine.com/post/briar-thorn-is-here) and read Kelly's story along with her non-fiction piece about the Sleeping Beauty story itself AND her interview with the wonderful and cherished Jane Yolen.

12/06/2025

Get your fairy tale fix with 13 new feminist stories in Tish Black’s Ebony, Blood, and Snow! 🖤🩸❄️ Review posted at The Fairy Tale Magazine today!

And check out Fairy Tale Voices on The Fairy Tale Magazine’s Youtube Channel for an interview with Tish! 🖤 https://youtu.be/zO8z7zQp-LM

Ebony, Blood, and Snow is a stunning collection of short stories inspired by traditional fairy tales. Writing in the tradition of artists like Angela Carter, Emma Donoghue, and Anne Sexton, Tish Black presents readers with feminist retellings designed to empower women and smash the patriarchy. Black...

11/06/2025

We interviewed Silvatiicus Riddle on his Rhysling shortlisted poem “Medicine for the Ailing Mortal, as Told in Seven Stories”—originally published in Fairy Tale Magazine—which has been shortlisted for the 2025 Rhysling Award by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association! ✨

This poem reads like a fairy tale spellbook through seven luminous vignettes. We’re honored to have published it and beyond proud to see it shortlisted.

Read our conversation with Silvatiicus on our blog. Then revisit the poem! Congratulations, Silvatiicus!

Today's interviewee for our Enchanted Creators series is the exceptional poet and writer Silvatiicus Riddle (He/They). He is a Rhysling-Nominated Dark Fantasy & Speculative Fiction Writer who lives on the borderlands of New York City. Riddle's work has appeared in Abyss & Apex, Dreams & Nightmares,....