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[FOLKLORE]
What if Cinderella was a new convert attending her first stake dance? What if Aladdin met the missionaries and then went on a mission himself? Or if Ariadne were the Relief Society president? For this issue, we ask for folklore written specifically to resonate with the Mormon experience. This doesn’t have to be a retelling, it can be an all-new fairy tale or myth, or a piece exploring the legends and myths of Mormonism. An essay exploring how the story of Beauty and the Beast influenced your marriage? Yes! A poem about faith that uses a pioneer legend as its central metaphor? Send it in! A short story where a young men’s group meets a dangerous cryptid on their high adventure campout? We want to read it! Submissions should be attached to an email, under 6,000 words, and contain no identifying information.
Submissions due February 1.
The editors of Folklore: Fairy Tales, Legends, and Myths:
Chanel Earl’s fairy tales have appeared in such publications as Enchanted Conversation: A Fairy Tale Magazine, Granfalloon, Irreantum, and Starward Tales. Her essay “The End of Tragedy,” which appeared in the first issue of Wayfare magazine, discusses how the fairy tale ending can be seen as a metaphor for the Atonement.
Dallin Hunt was the fiction editor for Inscape at Brigham Young University, where he received his MFA in creative writing. He teaches at Utah Valley University and works for the Salt Lake City Public Library. He is working on his third novel, and he loves mountains, snow, Mario games, and hockey.
Heather Harris-Bergevin‘s business, Barrow Editing, is based in South Carolina (which she loves like grits love salt). She, her three children, two cats, and a happy pitbull spend most of their time fighting entropy. She’s loved folklore since she found her first Andrew Lang book in 4th grade, and is fascinated by Mormon history. Sometimes she’s attacked by poems at 3AM and, if you’re lucky, lets you read them.
(Remember to visit our submissions page for full guidelines.)