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Writing opportunities, events, writing tips and a nourishing monthly letter written by Mslexia's Editor, Debbie Taylor
Subscribe to the Mslexia mailing list to be in the loop 💌
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Announcement: following Lionel Shriver's controversial comments on diversity in publishing, we have decided to remove her as the judge of our 2018 Short Story Competition.
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Friendly reminder: you're still a writer if you...
– have never been published
– don't want to be published
– haven't written for a while
– doubt in your own abilities
– are yet to find your voice
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'Although we welcome open debate, Shriver’s comments are not consistent with Mslexia’s ethos, and alienate the very women we are trying to support.'
We will be announcing Shriver’s replacement in the coming weeks, ahead of the competition’s 1 October deadline. Thank you.
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Hands up who would like a thread of all the writing competitions and open submission slots with deadlines in the next few weeks?
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Show of hands please – who would like a thread of writing competitions and open submission slots with January deadlines? 🙋🏿🙋🏼🙋🏾
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A statement from editor Debbie T: ‘Since our launch in 1999, Mslexia’s raison d’être has been to provide a safe space for all women writers to develop their craft. We actively encourage entries from marginalised writers and frequently draw attention to the issues they (we) face.
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The Lucy Cavendish Prize for unpublished woman writers is open!
Closing 8 Feb 2019, send the first 40-50 pages of your novel, followed by a 5-10 page synopsis of the rest. £1500 for the winner, and mss feedback from
@PFDAgents
for all shortlistees.
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Show of hands: who would like a thread of writing competitions and calls for submission closing in September? 🙋🙋🙋
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Show of hands, please – who would like a giant thread of all our open submission slots? 🙋🏻🙋🏿🙋🏼🙋🏾🙋🏽
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Just because it's party season doesn't mean this can't be a killer writing month...
Hands up who'd like a thread of all the open submission slots and competitions closing in December?
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As an office full of writers who spend a significant amount of time interviewing other writers, we can confirm that the self doubt never goes away – no matter how many book deals you nab or copies you sell. All you can do is keep putting pen to paper! We believe in you.
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The Lucy Cavendish Prize for unpublished woman writers is open!
Closing 8 Feb 2019, send the first 40-50 pages of your novel, followed by a 5-10 page synopsis of the rest. £1500 for the winner, and mss feedback from
@PFDAgents
for all shortlistees.
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Make sure to tune into BBC Two tomorrow at 9pm to catch Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women, a new documentary exploring the wild, inventive and often radical writing of the late author!
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We're so proud to introduce the winner of our 2019 Poetry Competition, in association with
@PoetryBookSoc
.
Regi Claire is a stunning, visceral talent, and we'll never stop thinking about this piece.
(We've just cried all over again.)
Read it here:
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We’re delighted to launch our 2019 stable of women’s fiction competitions, AND the women’s poetry and pamphlet competitions with our partners
@PoetryBookSoc
!
Check out this thread for an intro to each of this year's competitions, or head to our website:
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We know times are tough out there right now, so we're putting together a list of grants and bursaries currently available to writers.
If you've spotted any, please do drop them below to create a master thread – and any organisations with ongoing schemes, please chime in! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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We're looking to commission features from women who manage to write despite a particular personal challenge, e.g. new baby, long-term illness, English as a second language, depression, no Wi-Fi connection, family ridicule…
Is this you? Pitch us here:
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SUBMISSIONS OPEN
Theme: ROOTS
Hidden depths and ancestry, what nourishes plants and humans alike... or maybe your lack of access to a hairdresser in lockdown 😅
We accept stories of up to 2,200 words and poems of up to 40 lines
Deadline: 7 June
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NEW PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY 📚
Our autumn issue theme is 'Roots'; exploring hidden depths and ancestry, about what nourishes and anchors plants and humans alike. Short stories of up to 2,200 words, poems of up to 40 lines, and short scripts of up to 1,000 words!
Deadline: 7 Jun
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Paid publication opportunity: For our summer mag, we’re commissioning poetry, short stories and scripts on the theme 'wildlife'. Whether it’s a mosquito or marmoset, a flea or a ferret, we’re itching to read your zoological creations!
Deadline: 8 Jun
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Paid publication opportunity: We're commissioning short stories written to be read aloud to a child at bedtime. They can be on any subject, but no more than 250 words long, please!
Deadline: 6 Jan
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Have you've got a short story stashed away in the drawer? Get it it out, polish it up, and give yourself a chance of winning £3,000! 🎉
Our 2023 Short Story Competition is judged by Deborah Moggach & closes 18 September ✍️
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
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The Mslexia Women’s Fiction Awards 2018 are now open for entries! There's something for every writer, including our popular Short Story and Novel competitions, our second-ever Flash Fiction competition and our all-new Novella competition 🎉
More info:
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More than 200 writers and publishers have signed a letter in support of trans and non-binary people days after a host of prominent literary names signed a letter interpreted as defending JK Rowling's controversial views on trans rights.
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We're launching a new monthly round-up of the very best places to submit your work, whether you're a poet or journalist, a playwright or a novelist – or anything in between. Let's make 2021 the year you add lots of publication notches to your writing CV!
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Writers are paid to hallucinate vividly for months on end and record it for others.
#badlyexplainyourjob
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Today we remember the women who fought to give us the right to vote. In celebration of
#Suffragette100
, tell us your favourite
#FeministReads
.
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Transworld have acquired 70-year-old Anne Youngson's debut as their lead title for 2018.
It is never too late.
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Mslexia's 20th anniversary issue out TOMORROW! For 2 decades, Mslexia has brought readers stories, poems, reviews, interviews and insights from iconic women writers.
Help us celebrate our B-day with
#Mslexia20
and checkout our subscription options here:
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Who's in for a little list of places to send your writing to brighten up this cold, dark January afternoon? 🙋♀️
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'It has always seemed wrong to me that women between the ages of forty and seventy are the book buying force the publishing industry relies on and yet they are so underrepresented in fiction.'
Read more from Georgina Moore on our blog ✍️
#WritingCommunity
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Congratulations to everyone who made the longlist of our short story competition! Our winners will be announced in the Spring issue of the mag.
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There are lots of lists of the best books of all time - but we think they're too male-heavy 😶
Let us know what your fave books by female and non-binary authors are and we'll compile them into a thread of OUR greatest books of all time 📖
Drop yours in the comments👇
#books
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The Mslexia Fiction Competition 2021 is now OPEN!
We have three categories: Novel (Adult), Short Story and Flash Fiction ✨
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Our 20th anniversary issue is out TODAY! We're celebrating
#Mslexia20
till our birthday on 8 March, and reflecting on 20 years of Mslexia.
Featuring
@veschwab
,
@FJMoz
, Annie George, KJ Orr,
@SusanCalman
,
@psychoanalysis
and more!
Buy or subscribe here:
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Women's Poetry Competition 2022 ✨
SINGLE POEM
Win up to £2k
No length limit
Open internationally
Judged by
@HelenMort
PAMPHLET
Winner published by
@BloodaxeBooks
+ £250
Up to 20 poems/24 pages
Judged by Imtiaz Dharker
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Grab a cuppa and a pen – we're about to tweet a thread of writing competitions closing before the end of October!
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We’re about to publish Issue 100 of Mslexia & we couldn’t have done it without the amazing women writers who’ve featured in our pages! 🎉We want to give a huge thanks to
@JulesVuong
for keeping us up-to-date with latest literary trends! ❤️
#Mslexia100
#AmWriting
#WritingCommunity
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It's our 20th birthday TODAY and we're extremely grateful for all the support and kind words you've had for us over the last week!
We'd love to hear more from you: which was your first issue of Mslexia? How long have you been with us?
#Mslexia20
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How does a WHOLE YEAR of Mslexia Magazine PLUS access to our back catalogue FOR FREE sound?🤩✨
We're giving away 10 digital subscriptions, made available by lovely
@exacteditions
!
Simply RT this post by noon Monday 5 October & make sure you're following us for a chance to win.
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Have you written a piece of work you're proud of, but aren't sure where to send it for publication? Check out our bestselling Indie Press Guide, a comprehensive catalogue of nearly 600 independent publishers accepting submissions – all listed by genre
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Submission slot!
The World's Wife
Send us a 500-word fictional prose monologue in the voice of the wife, mistress, sister, mother of a famous real or fictional person, e.g. ‘Ophelia, fiancée of Hamlet’. Free to enter!
Next deadline: 10 October
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Paid publication opportunity: Love poems!
We’re seeking contemporary and unsentimental work (up to 40 lines). The important thing is that these poems clearly reflect a voice writing now – original, authentic, economical and poised.
Deadline: 6 Jan
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OPEN SUBMISSIONS 🚨
We're accepting short stories of up to 2,200 words and poems of up to 40 lines on the theme of ROOTS
Will you write a tale about a sprawling family history or a poem growing winter veg? It's up to you to interpret!
Deadline: 7 June
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If you could only recommend reading one book about writing, what would it be?
#amreading
#writingcommunity
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We're looking for poems (max 40 lines) and stories (max 2,200 words) responding to the theme of PORTRAIT for our summer issue!
Deadline: 8 March
Submit:
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Huge congrats are in order for the finalists of our short story competition!
Isha Karki (
@IshaKarki11
) won for her fantastic 'Alchemy'! Kristen Loesch (
@KShaoling
), Niamh MacCabe (
@NiamhMacCabe
), and Sifa Asani Gowon are our brilliant runners-up!
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Submission Slot!
Twice a year we invite submissions of stories (up to 2,200 words) and poems (up to 40 lines) to be selected for our Showcase section.
Theme for Issue 98: Ghosts. Deadline: 6 March
#amwriting
#amreading
#writingcommunity
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When people ask whether we still need a writing magazine promoting the work of women… 👀
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Submissions are open for the
@RSLiterature
's Christopher Bland Prize, a £10,000 for debut authors over the age of 50.
Applications close on 12 December, refer your agent or publisher here to download the application pack:
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Fancy adding a notch to your writing CV? We're seeking stories, poems and scripts on the theme ‘Cooking’ for our autumn issue. It’s an open submission slot, and we pay for everything we publish! Deadline: 4 June
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Entry is open until midnight on Monday 20 September for our 2021 Women's Fiction Competition! There are three categories:
💫 Novel (adult) (over 50k words)
💫 Short story (up to 3,000 words)
💫 Flash fiction (up to 300 words)
#WomensFictionCompetition
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The wait is finally over! After months and months of keeping our mouths zipped, we’re delighted to announce our exciting new partnership with the
@PoetryBookSoc
to bring you two brand new women’s poetry prizes 🎉🎉🎉
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Encouraging girls to write from a young age is so important - we love seeing all the talent that every generation has to offer 😍
#poetry
#girlscan
“All your dreams go to the moon,
The man in the moon sprinkles them to rainbows
And sad people look up to the sky, happy dreams they have that night
And dark night skies with shimmering stars take all worries away to the beautiful moon...”
Written by 6 year old Daisy
#RoleModel
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If you could give one piece of writing advice - and one only - what would it be?
#amwriting
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Here's an open submission slot for those who'd like to see their work in print. Send us 150 words of second-person advice you’d like to give to your younger self, and we'll publish (and pay for) our favourite in the next issue of Mslexia!
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🌟Mslexia's Fiction and Memoir Competition 2020 is LIVE! 🌟
Our categories are Flash Fiction, Short Stories, Children's and YA Novel, and Memoir and Life Writing: four opportunities for one life-changing win.
See our website for guidelines & submission!
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Have you written a piece of work you're proud of, but aren't sure where to send it for publication? Check out our bestselling Indie Press Guide, a comprehensive catalogue of nearly 600 independent publishers accepting submissions – all listed by genre
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SUBMISSION SLOT! Our Showcase theme for Issue 95 is 'KEYS'. Think about cogs and spindles, locking and unlocking – and what lies inside. 🔑
Send stories of up to 2,200 words and poems up to 40 lines. We pay for every piece we publish!
Deadline: 6 June
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NEW SUBMISSION SLOT: Bedtime Stories. We're looking for short stories written to be read aloud to a child at bedtime. They can be on any subject, but
no more than 400 words, please! Submit here:
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Issue 100 has gone to print! 🎉 We couldn't have done it without the many amazing women writers in our community! Today we’re giving a shoutout to our fabulous poetry reviewer and winner of our 2020 Poetry Competition
@Ellora_Sutton
❤️
#Mslexia100
#AmWriting
#WritingCommunity
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NEW SUBMISSION SLOT: Bedtime Stories. We're looking for short stories written to be read aloud to a child at bedtime. They can be on any subject, but
no more than 400 words, please!
Submit here >>>
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Have you written a piece of work you're proud of, but aren't sure where to send it for publication? Check out our bestselling Indie Press Guide, a comprehensive catalogue of nearly 600 independent publishers accepting submissions – all listed by genre
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When
@girlhermes
was shortlisted for our 2015 Novel Competition, she was working in a cafe, and borrowed the entry fee from her Mum; now she's an acclaimed full-time author!
Enter the 2018 Women's Fiction Awards for a chance to change your writing life:
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It's Issue 100 launch day! ✨ Thank you to everyone who took a chance on us 25 years ago, to the amazing women writers who've graced our pages, and to the incredible community that's grown up around us! ✨ We couldn't have done it without you!
#Mslexia100
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Paid publication opportunity: For our summer issue, we’re commissioning stories, scripts and poems on the theme ‘other worlds’. It's free to enter, we pay for the pieces we print, and you can interpret the prompt however you like!
Deadline: 9 Mar
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We’re absolutely delighted and very honoured to have been voted Best Magazine at the 2020 Saboteur Awards! Thank you to all who voted. With love, Team M x
P.S. To see what they’re raving about, you can subscribe here...
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And that’s a wrap on 2020! We won’t be posting or monitoring this account over the festive period – we’re attempting that ‘work/life balance’ thing we always preach about – but wish you all health, happiness and creativity over the coming weeks. See you in 2021!
🎁🎄🥂
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our VERY tired team have largely made it home from the inaugural
#Mslexicon
. We’re incredibly grateful for all the positive feedback on this big, risky venture for our little charity!
It was wonderful to meet you all in person 💖
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We're looking for writing for our Summer issue! Deadlines: 11 March (themed writing) 8 April (everything else). Find out more below...
Themed writing:
Fiction:
Non-fiction:
Poetry:
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NEW PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY 📚
For our summer issue, we’re looking or pieces about artists and their subjects, about seeing and being seen, about paint, pencil and film.
Deadline: 8 March
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Discover 400+ new places to submit your writing with our guide to Indie Presses 2016/17
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This year's short story competition is being judged by the amazing
@sunnysingh_n6
and
@leoneross
with a top prize of £5000!
Are you a woman writer sitting on a great story between 300 and 3,000 words? Enter the competition here:
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Do you ever return to the pieces of writing you've stashed in the drawer or do they just quietly moulder?
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
#writers
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We're looking for writing on the theme of ROOTS!
Submit your best stories (up to 2,200 words) and poems (up to 40 lines) by 7 June
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The Women's Fiction Awards has an opportunity for every type of woman writer. With 6 categories across Novel, Novella, short fiction and poetry and a deadline of 1 Oct, there's oodles of time to finish that WIP and submit.
Find out more here:
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We LOVE indie bookshops! Do you have a favourite? We're pretty taken with
@Lighthousebks
in Edinburgh 😍
#ChooseBookshops
#IndieBookshopWeek
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In honour of bookshops reopening today, we want to know your favourite bookshops!
Do you have a favourite indie, or a go-to branch of a large retailer?
Let us know where you'll be headed first!
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The Mslexia Women’s Fiction Awards 2018 are open for entries! Categories include children's novel, short story, flash fiction and novella, and the prizes range from £5k and publication to agent networking events and heavenly writing retreats 🎉🎉
Enter:
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New submission slot: The World's Wife
Send us a 500-word fictional prose monologue in the voice of the wife, mistress, sister, mother of a famous real or fictional person, e.g. ‘Ophelia, fiancée of Hamlet’. Free to enter!
Deadline: 11 Jan
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Best writing podcasts? We'd love to know what you're listening to!
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
#podcasts
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We're seeking submissions for issue 83's themed writing section, on the theme of JOURNEY. Take us along with you in your best writing!
Submit your poem (max 40 lines) or prose (max 2200 words) to us by 10 June.
Find out more:
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We're offering a cash prize of £500 for a 300 word piece of Flash Fiction at this year's Women's Fiction Awards. Judged by
@megpokrass
three other finalists will receive £50.
Find out more, and enter here:
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The Mslexia Women’s Fiction Awards 2018 are now open for entries! There's something for every writer, including our popular Short Story and Novel competitions, our second-ever Flash Fiction competition and our all-new Novella competition 🎉
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For our autumn issue, we're seeking scripts, prose and poetry on the theme 'Cooking'. Making a meal can be an act of love and sensual pleasure, or an act of hatred and grudging resentment. It can also be source of intense anxiety. Will there be enough? Will they like it?
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The Mslexia Women’s Fiction Awards 2018 are open for entries! Categories include children's novel, short story, flash fiction and novella, and the prizes range from £5k and publication to agent networking events and heavenly writing retreats 🎉🎉
Enter:
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We're delighted to announce that a small number of sponsored entries are available for low income writers who'd like to enter this year’s Mslexia Novel Competition!
To donate an entry or apply, check out this thread:
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Have you written a piece of work you're proud of, but aren't sure where to send it? Check out our bestselling Indie Press Guide, a comprehensive catalogue of nearly 600 independent publishers accepting submissions – all listed by genre
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NEW SUBMISSION SLOT: Bedtime Stories. We're looking for short stories written to be read aloud to a child at bedtime. They can be on any subject, but
no more than 400 words, please!
Submit here >>>
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Issue 94 is now live! 👁️
@HelenMcClory
picks the best eye-themed poems and stories,
@MandaScott
outlines why we need 'thrutopias' in fiction,
@acaseforbooks
looks at wild and wonderful children's lit and
@HelenMort
interviews the inimitable
@JTaylorTrash
!
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After much consideration, we've decided that if you're a female writer then you should probably subscribe to Mslexia magazine - because it's really great. What do you think?
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
#writers
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