Thursday 7 August 2008

Fairy Tales and Folklore


Fairy tales traditional stories and are a passion of mine, so I was delighted to discover a website which is dedicated to ...'fairy tales, folklore, and everything in between.' The link is http://www.les-bonnes-fees.com/ and the site is well worth a visit. The second issue of their free e-zine has just been published and contains poetry, stories, non-fiction and artwork of exceptional quality. The editors are looking for submissions of flash and longer length fiction up to 3000 words. Both new, modern tales as well as retellings of traditional tales are welcome. Also needed are poems, book and movie reviews and commentaries. Excellent guidelines are provided and payment is offered. See you in fairytale cyberspace!


14 comments:

Judy said...

Writing fairytales to me is like writing poetry. I so envy those that can and I bet you are pretty great at it.

Glad to see you back and posting again.
Judy
http://www.localfoodconnections.com

Heidi A. said...

Do you have favorites for younger school children approx. ages 5-6?
http://singlepareninglds.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

Hey I would like to add a great kids book...well its a bunch of them actually. His name is Alvin schwartz and his books are. Scary Stories to tell in the dark. They are really good and not to scary... I am 26 now and they are still my favorite lol !
Pirate Entertainment

Dorothy Massey said...

Heidi, I do have favourites for younger school children. I'll do a blog on these next week and follow up with some favourite authors for this age group too.
Thanks for the recommendation, cereal killer, I'll check out Alvin Schwartz books. They sound right up my street. Have you read my Ghost Twin Tales?

Carma Dutra said...

Dorothy what a wonderful link. Children are fascinated with folklore. Your blog is so informative and you really reach across the waters.

I have awarded you with the Brilliante Weblog Promo Award 2008. Pop on over to my blog and pick it up.

Carma
http://carmaswindow.blogspot.com

John hogan said...

Hello,
My names John im a freelance illustrator.Many people tell me my illustration style lends itself to childrens literiture I was wondering if you would have a look at my work and give me some advice? kind regards John

Asraff Ruslan said...

it's good for children to gain knowledge......
i'n so glad with your approach....

Hawkeye said...

Hello Dorothy! It was really nice of you to have shared the link of Les Bonnes Fees with us on blogspot..I've just joined blogspot and writing short fiction has been my all time passion...I did visit the link and I hope I can come up with something that would match the requirments of the ezine.
Hope to stay in touch!
Thanks again for sharing the link!
Best wishes,

Lisa Kirby said...

Dorothy,

I loved fairytales when I was a child and loved reading them to my children. Are you going to be writing something for them? If so, let me know where and when.

Take care...

Lisa Kirby
www.familyfunandfood.blogspot.com

T. Forehand said...

Dorothy, it looks like your blog is really successful...many comments from all over. That is wonderful and your blog has such good resources for children's writers as well as readers. Thank you.

Your bootcamp buddy.
Terri
http://heartfeltwords4kids.blogspot.com
http://freewebs.com/heartfeltwords4kids/

Unknown said...

Thank you for that information. I will check it out.

Moblibar said...

Hi Dorothy, is great you share the link of Les Bonnes Fees with the comunity. You have a great blog. I can see lots of positive comments from all over, I think this is a great space for joung writers. Thank you again.

I like it so much, Congratulations and thanks again for sharing. Regards.

The Unadorned said...

Hi Dorothy,

My website is not exactly for kids or for that matter for stories of that sort, but then there are quite a few I have of late posted there. I hope they will be enjoyable. More than that I should not brag.

Thanks.
Nanda
http://ramblingnanda.blogspot.com
http://remixoforchid.blogspot.com

Angela said...

I don't believe in fairy tales anymore. I used to, before the summer, but now I've realised that nobody has an oven big enough to fit a person in and that you must come from an extremely ugly family to mistake a wolf for your grandmother.

Plus, Jack and the Beanstalk just teaches children it's alright to murder and commit acts of ecological vandalism.