Submissions are closed, but the contest isn’t over — it’s voting time!
Read all the stories on the contest page and vote for your favorites.
Voting is open until November 23rd, 2025 (11:59 p.m. EST).
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Once upon a time there was a King and a Queen who loved each other with all their hearts and wanted to have a child. Soon they had the great joy of welcoming into the world a very pretty little girl ... [+]
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