Faerie Short Story 2025

Welcome to our Faerie Short Story Writing Challenge!

You can find all of the details for this challenge, including dates, prizes, judges, results, and more here. 

Entry fee: $38
 

How it works

1. Registration will close for the challenge at 8:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) on Friday, June 6th.
2. The Challenge will begin at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) on Friday, June 6th.
3. You will receive an email with all of the details you’ll need to complete and submit your assignment, including prompts and FAQs. 
4. You will have ten days to write an original short story. 
5. Submit your story by 9:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) on Monday, June 16th.

Please Note

• You must be 18 years or older to participate
• You must provide an original short story for this challenge
• Late submissions will not be accepted, so please set an alarm and adjust your calendar per your time zone. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule including personal scheduling conflict and technical difficulties. 
• Refunds will only be granted up to 72 hours before the challenge start time. After 9:00 PM ET on Tuesday, June 3rd, no refunds will be granted. 
• After registration, look out for a confirmation email--this email will be sent from Submittable.
   

Questions?

If at any point you have a question about the challenge, please refer first to our FAQs. You will be receiving more information about the prompts, formatting, writing guidelines, and how to submit at the challenge start time. 

If you still have a question after that, reach out to us at hello@forestandfawnretreats.com. 

DO NOT ASK US QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROMPTS, FORMATTING, GUIDELINES, OR HOW TO SUBMIT UNTIL YOU RECEIVE THE CHALLENGE START EMAIL & HAVE REVIEWED ALL OF THOSE FAQs.
 

Thank you for participating in our Faerie writing challenge. We hope you have as much fun with this challenge as we have had creating it!