Mslexia competitions

Here is the latest Mslexia newsletter with details of upcoming competitions: 

Welcome to your Spring haul of Writing Opportunites, Karen Ready to make real progress with your writing? You need our exclusive five-day masterclass – Memoir School. If you've debated joining us, then consider this the final rallying cry, your sign to prioritise your practice and dedicate a whole week to memoir writing. Not only do you have access to four incredible tutors, a motivational coach, a counsellor, a community-building host, AND an agent but you’ll also connect with like-minded women writers as you craft your memoir together.  Enrollment closes on Monday 24 March and there are only a couple of spots left! Click below to find out more and book.    ENROLLMENT THIS WAY 🎓

THE MOTH Have you written a poem you think would appeal to children? Then why not enter The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2025! Judged by Kate Wakeling, you could win £1,000 and a week at Circle of Misse. Poems can be on any subject and there is no line limit. Deadline: 31 March Entry fee: €15 per poem Enter here THE MASTERS REVIEW For emerging writers, this Debut Fiction Prize is for fiction up to 6,000 words. The first-place winner receives $3,000, online publication, a two-year subscription to Dutrope, a license for Scrivener, and a copy of Best Emerging Writers. Deadline: 6 April Entry fee: $20 Enter here THE DEBORAH ROGERS FOUNDATION WRITERS AWARD  Oh hello 10K prize! £10,000 will be presented to a first-time writer whose submission demonstrates outstanding literary talent and who needs financial support to complete their work. The two runners-up will each receive £1,000.  Send them your 15,000-20,000 words of a work in progress, fiction or non fiction, which is not under option or contract.  Deadline: 31 March  Submission fee: Free Info here SHOOTER  The winner of the 2025 Shooter Poetry Competition will receive £150, publication in the S/S issue and on the website, plus promotion on Shooter’s social media. The runner-up will receive £50, publication on Shooter’s website, and promotion on social media. Poems may be any theme or style, up to 100 lines long. Deadline: 18 May Submission fee: £4 per poem, or £10 for three Info here NINTH LETTER   The theme for the next issue of this award-winning literary journal is “reversal”. They welcome reversals big and small, tragic or fortunate, long coming or sudden and they'll be on the lookout for reversals of structure and form. Authors whose work is selected for this web issue will be offered payment of $25 per poem or $75 per piece of prose, plus an exclusive discount for a one-year print subscription. You may submit up to three poems, or one piece of short prose (fiction or nonfiction) of up to 3,500 words; please also include a cover letter that briefly explains how you see your work connecting to the theme. Deadline: 1 April Submission fee: Free Info here SALLY PORT This is an independent fantasy fiction magazine and they want your stories. Their upcoming theme is 'Making the Choice' and they are open to fiction and non fiction. For middle-grade aim for 2,500-5,000 words, YA aim for 2,500-10,000, and for General Fantasy it's a hard limit of 13,000. They pay $0.05 per word for finished pieces!  Submission fee: Free Info here SHORT FICTION Short Fiction Journal aims to showcase the most carefully crafted, deeply considered, simply brilliant short stories from the UK and beyond. They are looking for fiction between 500 and 5,000 words. Payment is £0.02 per word, to the nearest 100 words, with a minimum of £30 and a maximum of £100.  Deadline:  23 March Submission fee: Free Enter here HAVEN SPEC Haven Spec is a speculative fiction magazine featuring stories for a 21st century audience. They love stories with a sense of adventure, stories that teach us, touch us, and leave us wanting more. They publish six issues every year, two of which (the DRY Issue and the WET Issue) are focused exclusively on the climate crisis and themes of displacement. They are currently open to fiction of up to 6,000 words and up to five poems per submission. They pay  8¢ per word for original fiction and $20 per poem.  Submission fee: Free Submit here TIGER BARK PRESS As part of Tiger Bark Press's ongoing commitment to printing quality poetry by a diversity of voices, the press will hold an 'open reading period throughout the month of March 2025, for full-length book manuscripts by poets who identify as Black, as indigenous, or as people of color.' Their hope is 'to fall in love with, and publish, at least one book as a result of this reading period, and perhaps more. Selected poets will be offered a standard publishing contract, with books scheduled for publication in 2026.' Deadline: 1 April Submission fee: Free Submit here

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