With details of three different competitions, here is the latest Mslexia newsletter:
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Hello there,
We thought you’d like to know that our women’s fiction competitions
are now open for submissions. There are three categories: for
full-length novels, short stories and flash fiction. Whether you
write long or short, there’s bound to be a category to suit you.
And our prizes – for both the winners and finalists – can be
life-changing. As well as a generous cash prize pot, we are offering
agent representation, manuscript feedback, career mentoring, a
writing retreat, pitching workshop, personal introductions to
agents and editors – plus publication in Mslexia magazine.
Interested? Scroll down for details.
Novel (prize
£5,000)
Please send up to 5,000 words, which should be the beginning of your
novel for adult or young adult readers. This prize has been created
specifically to promote the work of women who are (as yet)
unpublished as novelists.
Judges: Bestselling
novelist Louise Doughty, BBC Radio producer Nicola Holloway, literary
agent Charlotte Robertson
Additional
prizes: Five finalists will be invited to a pitching
and networking event with agents and editors, and will receive
manuscript feedback from The Literary Consultancy. As well as a
£5,000 cash prize, the winner will also be offered a chance to be
represented by Charlotte Robertson (who achieved publishing deals for
three previous finalists in this competition).
Entry fee: £25
Short story (1st
prize £3,000)
Please send unpublished short fiction up to 3,000 words in length in
any style or genre for adult or young adult readers. Unpublished and
published women are eligible to enter.
Judge: Award-winning
short story writer and novelist Irenosen Okojie
Additional
prizes: The winner and three finalists will be
published in Mslexia
magazine. Three finalists will each receive £100. As well as a £3,000
cash prize, the winner will be offered mentoring by an editor at
Virago Press and a week’s writing retreat at the inspirational
Moniack Mhor centre in the Scottish Highlands.
Entry fee: £10
Flash Fiction
(1st prize £500)
Please send unpublished very short fiction up to 300 words (excluding
the title) in any style or genre for adult or young adult readers.
Unpublished and published women are eligible to enter.
Judge:
Renowned flash fiction author and tutor Kathy Fish
Additional
prizes: The winning entry and three finalists will be
published in Mslexia magazine.
Three finalists will receive £50.
Entry fee: £5
Closing date
for all categories: 23:59 on 30 September 2019
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