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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All fiction competitions close 23:59 on 30 September, and poetry competitions close 23:59 on 16 September.
FAQs:
RULES:
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Our adult novel competition is back!
We’re offering a £5K cash prize and optional representation from
@RMLitAgency
for the winner; plus MS feedback from
@TLCUK
and a pitching/networking event for all finalists.
Deadline: 30 Sept
Fee: £25
Enter here:
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Please send up to the first 5000 words of a novel of at least 50,000 words, which is suitable for adult or YA readers.
This competition is designed for emerging women authors; only those who are yet to have a full length work traditionally published are eligible to enter.
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This year's competition is judged by novelist Louise Doughty
@DoughtyLouise
literary agent Charlotte Robertson
@RMLitAgency
and Radio 4 producer Nicola Holloway
@NicolaHolloway7
We're incredibly excited to have them on board!
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We're also thrilled to offer sponsored entries for this career making competition! We'll have details for prospective entrants soon.
We are now open for donations, if you'd like to provide an entry for an emerging woman writer on a low-income, head here:
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Our ever popular Short Story competition is now open to published and unpublished women writers.
Judged by the award winning writer
@IrenosenOkojie
, the winner can expect a £3000, plus an optional retreat at
@moniackmhor
, mentoring with
@ViragoBooks
AND publication in Mslexia!
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Three finalists will also be published in the magazine alongside the winner, and receive £100 each.
Send us a fantastic short story between 300 and 3000 words to be in with a chance to win!
Fee: £10
Enter here:
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For writers of perfect flashes of short fiction, our flash fiction competition is now open! This competition is open for both published and unpublished women writers, with a fantastic story of up to 300 words.
This year's competition is judged by flash aficionado
@kathyfish
!
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Our 2019 Flash Fiction competition winner will receive a £500 prize and will be published in Mslexia, alongside 3 finalists. The finalists will also receive £50 each.
Fee: £5
Enter here:
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For details about the poetry and pamphlet competitions, please see the website and social media channels of our partners
@PoetryBookSoc
!
Women poets stand to win up to £2000, publication and much more!
Rules, Ts&Cs and entry info can be found here:
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@J_Askew_Author
@PoetryBookSoc
Hi there! We did offer a limited number of bursary entries for low-income writers, but the deadline to apply for this was 16 August. We do run the competitions every year and it's likely that we'll do the same next year, so watch this space!
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@Mslexia
@PoetryBookSoc
@EmmaMooney21
@performpoetRose
@carla_woodburn
@2202Gayle
@thescartingmous
@Nancy_Lippold
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@oindrilaTSS
@PoetryBookSoc
Hi Oindrila; the competitions are open to poets of any nationality, though work submitted must be in English. Thanks!
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