The National Literacy Trust and Bloomsbury have joined forces for The Short Story Prize 2017, a new competition for fairy tales for children by unpublished writers.
Writers are invited to send short stories aimed at children aged 8-12 that give a well-known fairy tale a modern twist. The winning entries will be published by Bloomsbury in an ebook anthology whose royalties will be donated to the National Literacy Trust, and the writers of the chosen stories will each win £200.
Short stories should be between 2,000 and 4,000 words. Writers should also include a 350-word synopsis themed around re-imagining fairy tales.