First Bewildering Stories Contest: “Twisted Fairy Tales”

The Winners

Longer Stories
Authors’ and Readers’ Preference
winners in multiple-title ballots

The Singularity Winner
story receiving the most single-title ballots

Saurbh Katyal, Rascal and Beetle

Shorter Stories
Authors’ and Readers’ Preference

Vera Searles, Women of the Woods
Jean Hooper, Rosie and the Three Badgers
Katherine Allen, Pirate Queen
Ásgrímur Hartmannsson, Little Pig, Little Pig

tie for third place

Editors’ Favorites in alphabetical order, excluding authors’ and readers’ favorites
Byron Bailey, Stumbling Off the Stalk ; Trophy Slipper Tala Bar, The Apple of Her Heart Deborah Cimo, The Eberaldi Tree Joel Gn, Gifts and Curses ; The Water Maiden R D Larson, Dreadlocks and the Three Heirs Michael E. Lloyd, The Three Bears and the Intruder Jussi Melartin, The Prince’s Tale C. Meton, The Return of the Ugly Duckling Roberto Sanhueza, The Bound Workers ; The Wolf and I Vera Searles, One Magic Spell ; Shoe House
Editors’ Stories
Ian Donnell Arbuckle, Bip, Bop Danielle L. Parker, Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Wrong Prince Don Webb, Dimmity Dumpling and the Scarlet Cloak