Winners for Our Writing Contest 2026
- Fairy Tale Magazine
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We are pleased to announce the winners of our our prose & poetry contest. Our theme was Sirens! We received entries from many cultures and the entries were varied, imaginative, and high caliber. Our judges were Lynden Wade for Prose and Lissa Sloan for Poetry.
In poetry, the winners are:
Winner in Poetry
Hannah Bessinger “The Beauty of It All Lies Mostly in the Wanting”
Runners Up in Poetry
Sandra Kasturi “Salt Stories II”
Joan Leotta “Tempted by Chocolate’s Siren Song—Reality vs Resistance”
In prose, the winners are:
Winner in Prose
Shannon Weston “The Unquiet Water”
Runners Up in Prose
James Garry “The Grey Singer”
S. Leigh Ann Cowan “Unicorn Snail Silk”
Congratulations to all of our winners! Thank you to all who submitted! The entry fees we received go to prizes for the winners and runners up. All fees beyond those awarded for prizes help defray design costs.
Entries were anonymous and our judges read blind for impartiality. Both remarked that the work was outstanding. They wished they could have selected more entries to honor.
We are proud to be publishing these works as a PDF bonus mini-issue due out July 15, 2026.
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