Mslexia Single Poem Competitions - Women's Poetry Competition and Women's Pamphlet Competition, deadline 5 December 2022

For unpublished poets:

V         Hello, Every year our Single Poem Competition includes a special £250 prize for the best poem by an Unpublished Poet, whose work has never been published before. All you need to do is mark your entry with a ‘U’, so we know to include you.  This won’t affect your chances of being considered for the £2,000 first prize – it will simply double your chance of recognition. In 2019 Regi Claire won our main prize with the first poem she’d ever written! So sift through all those poems you’ve never submitted, and the ones that have been bounced back from other competitions, and give us a try. We publish all of the top 20 finalists in the magazine, and there’s always a handful who have never been published before.  Don’t worry if your best poem has already been submitted elsewhere. We welcome simultaneous submissions, so let us see it anyway. If it wins with us, you can always withdraw from other places. Take it from us, even if nothing comes of it, taking a chance on yourself is already a huge win. You have until midnight on Monday, so forget Christmas shopping this weekend and invest in your craft instead.  Good luck!       WOMEN'S POETRY COMPETITION Our judge this year is award-winning poet Helen Mort, and the winner will bag £2,000. Finalists and 16 shortlisted poems will be published in the December issue of Mslexia. Entry fee: £10 for three poems 1st prize: £2,000 + publication Deadline: 5 Dec Enter here     WOMEN'S PAMPHLET COMPETITION If you have a fuller body of work – and would love to have your pamphlet published by the inimitable Bloodaxe Books – the inimitable Imtiaz Dharker is judging this category. Entry fee: £20 1st prize: £250 + publication Deadline: 5 Dec Enter here     Copyright © 2022 Mslexia Publications Ltd., All rights reserved.     Copyright © 2022 Mslexia Publications Ltd., All rights reserved.