Romantasy Competition

A project of Arche/Typed Digital Magazine

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions (July 2025). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

“Romantasy” focuses on a romantic story in a fantasy setting.
Fantasy settings are characterized by imaginary worlds that incorporate elements of magic, mythology, and the supernatural. Common themes in fantasy include heroism, myth, mythical creatures, sacrifice and good vs evil.
Romance stories typically focus on the relationship and romantic love between characters. Romance stories can be set in a wide variety of genres. Romance stories are often characterized by common themes and tropes like:
Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, second chances, opposites attract, and more.
Put these elements together and you get Romantasy, a specific subgenre of both fantasy and romance that tells a romantic story within a fantasy setting. Romantasy has taken the reading world by storm in recent years with hit novels like the Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros, and the Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas. While Romantasy can (and often does) include spice and smut scenes, it doesn’t have to to still be considered Romantasy.
During the Archetype Romantasy Short Story Competition, writers will have seven days to write and submit their Romantasy short story, based on a prompt that will be emailed to all participants at the start of the competition.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions.
The fee is USD $15 (average for contests).

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2025

Publication Medium & Contest Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: One-time contest

Fiction Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Genres:

Romance Subgenre: Romantic Fantasy

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 2,500 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Winner's Prize:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Professional payment. Details: USD $1,000 for winner.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026