We are SO ready to announce the results of the BFLM Winter Prize 2026: “Fairy Tale Remix 2.0.” Once again, we find ourselves having to say that the submissions we received were incredible! It seems like every contest it’s harder to make that final choice. We are humbled and honored to have such high quality submissions in our queue. As always, thank you for sharing your work with us and your trust. Congratulations to our winner, the longlisted writers, and of course, all the submitters who submitted their writing. Always keep writing no matter what.
Winner
Mishal Syed for “By the Time I Turned the Key”
Longlist
Jaya Goud for “They Loved You Quiet”
Brittany Jaekel for “Grandmother Wolf”
Alice Fanchiang for “Gone Fishing”
Tamesha Morris for “Once Upon a Crime”
Christine Case for “Cinderella Necromancer”
Christina M. McQueen for “The Red That Ran”
Jessica Rowe for “The Oyster”
Amber Tucker for “A Good Boy Named Red”
Fiona Mossman for “Daughter of the Air”
Sarah Carleton for “The Pied Piper Pleads His Case”
Melissa Tyndall for “Bluebeard’s Seventh Wife”
Annabelle Wang for “Girls and Wolves and Girls”
Sarah Yost for “Entangled; or, The Glass Tower”
Skyler Melnick for “That Great Something”
Kerstin Schulz for “Gretel in Red”
Mr. S for “I Wish I Was Your Kitten”
Valerie A. Smith for “At the Braid Shop, I Let Down My Hair”
Gemma Cooper-Novack for “The Marriages: The beast”
Oak` Morse for “Emerald Veil”
Claire Gunner for “Tower”
We hope our contests are a way for writers to challenge themselves and stretch their writing muscles. If you’re up for a challenge be sure to check out our contest page to see active contests. Thank you all for allowing us to read your work!
