Once upon a time not so long ago, a university writing lecturer began to dream of a place where people who love fairy tales could gather to share poems and stories based in the long-standing fairy tale tradition. Soon, she decided that the gathering place would be online so that anyone the world over could stop for a visit, a story, or a poem to refresh the dreamer in themselves. 

 

Welcome to The Fairy Tale Magazine 

 

In 2007, Kate Wolford, that writing lecturer, started a blog called Diamonds and Toads, after one of her favorite fairy tales. It was largely a spot for her writing students to read about and discuss fairy tales they read for her course—as it would be for a number of years. But not long after she started the blog, she decided to hold a fairy tale writing contest, and the seeds for The Fairy Tale Magazine were planted.

 

We are pleased to report that no one who participated in that contest was plagued by having diamonds or toads fall from their lips every time they spoke a word. Instead, the thing that sprang forth from that contest eventually became a lit magazine. It was initially called Enchanted Conversation, and it became a place where fairy tale storytellers from around the world shared stories and poems steeped in the fairy tale tradition. 

 

In 2022, the magazine changed its name to The Fairy Tale Magazine. It continues the legacy begun by its own Founder and Fairy Godmother, Kate Wolford, though she has passed her editorial wand to Kristen Baum DeBeasi as its new Publisher and Editor-in-Chief. The magazine continues to promote fairy tale stories and poems, shares magical book reviews, roundups, home and hearth tips from Cinderella’s Hearth and special features that include articles about enchanted creators, travelogues with connections to fairy tale, legend and mythology. We welcome you to our hearth. Pour yourself a favorite beverage and stay a while to enjoy fairy tale stories and poems.

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This is a site for fairy tale lovers, creators, and dreamers...

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If you love entering the imaginative world of Charles Perrault, The Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Andersen, this is your place. If you love reimagining classic fairy tales and putting the results into stories, this is your place. If you want to write and read all-new fairy tales, this is your place. If you want reader-friendly analysis of fairy tales, this is your place. If you love Golden Age of Illustration art, this is your place.

We hope you'll visit often &
Let the enchantment begin!