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From the lens a Fractured Fairy Tales inspired creative writing contest.

You know you have a fractured fairy tale or two in you. Don't get stuck on definitions - just tell a fantasy story in a new and twisted way - a point is optional, recognizable characters useful, having fun writing is mandatory.

If it helps, pick an author; Poe, O'Henry, Hans Christian Andersen, Gloria Steinman - and write in their style - but not as well. Unless you have to write well - some of you can't avoid it. Your style may launch a new genre.

Tickle your funny bone, then:

Let 'er rip!

  • Angelgirl1976 Feb 16, 2012 @ 8:15 pm | delete
    Can you please do another 'Fractured Fairy Tail' compertion for 2012. I would love to give it a go. Another great lens, i'm becoming a fan :)
  • William Thirsk-Gaskill Nov 21, 2011 @ 11:34 am | delete
    A few people seem to end up on my Wordpress blog when I suspect they are looking for this site here. I have a posting entitled "Fairy-tale in less than 200 words". It is my attempt at a fairy-tale in the style of the late Thomas Bernhard, an Austrian author whose work I have read in English translation.
    http://iamhyperlexic.wordpress.com
  • JJNW Jun 29, 2011 @ 12:32 am | delete
    Renewing this contest for 2011? Sounds fun!
  • lasertek Dec 26, 2010 @ 8:34 pm | delete
    Creating Fractured Fairy Tales is a great idea!
  • _Joan_ Jul 5, 2009 @ 11:27 am | delete
    Oh! I just saw the part where you said you want stuff that's 200 words or less. Feel free to delete mine; it's WAY longer. I'm still lensrolling you, though.
  • BFuniv.com Feb 17, 2010 @ 1:05 pm | delete
    Joan, thank you for the submission. I've kept your entry and removed the rule, short stories are now cool. Freedom = less rules + more humanity.
  • _Joan_ Jul 5, 2009 @ 11:24 am | delete
    I added my story. You can be the judge of whether it fits your format or not. Love your idea.
  • poddys Mar 23, 2009 @ 10:24 pm | delete
    Great lens, 5***** and I am pleased to welcome this lens to the "Laugh Away" group on Squidoo - http://www.squidoo.com/groups/laugh_away Also Favorited, and Lensrolled to my Humor lenses.

    If you would like to link back to this group to help promote it (and therefore promote your lens(es) in the group, there are link details in the lens home page.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Feb 4, 2009 @ 10:24 am | delete
    The Fractured Fairytale Contest sounds like lots of fun.
  • daria369 Oct 15, 2008 @ 8:49 am | delete
    I enjoyed this lens very much, thank you. I know someone who could write a fractured fairy tale and will recommend this lens and contest.
  • The_Homeopath Oct 14, 2008 @ 8:17 am | delete
    Talk about fractured - my favorite perfume is called Ulalume. So now, when we read dear Edgar's work we tease my daughter with her earliest pronunciation of it - OOOOOO LA LOOOOO MAY! Unfortunately, the entire meaning of the piece is then lost to absurdity, but we're an odd bunch anyway.

    And speaking of absurd - I LOVED the Sherman and Peabody stories on Rocky and Bullwinkle. THAT would make a wonderful basis for a Fractured Fariy Tale. Almost like A Connecticut Yankee, only with humorous characters going "back in time" in a fairy tale.
  • BFuniv.com Mar 12, 2010 @ 9:15 am | delete
    Once we have 20 questionable entries here, perhaps we will do an alternate history writing contest, Son Of Fractured, featuring Sherman and Peabody. That should be a hoot!
  • ChristiannaGarrett-Martin Oct 14, 2008 @ 4:38 am | delete
    hehe! Very nicely written, very descriptive. I love these two lines: "Perfectly seasoned skin without a taste of tan. Dark hair poured in waves off her shoulders like an oil slick onto a beach".

    Great stuff!

    Christianna
  • Timewarp Sep 20, 2008 @ 6:30 pm | delete
    Fun lens, Im still a bit unclear on what a fractured fairy tale is...is it just a parody?
  • qlcoach Jul 29, 2008 @ 11:40 am | delete
    Great idea here about this contest! Thanks for sharing and interacting with our club too.
    Gary Eby, author and therapist

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