Tuesday, 4 January 2011

Mslexia Short Story Competition

Yes, you have to be a girl.

Mslexia’s 2011 Short Story Competition is now open for entries.

Deadline: January 24th 2011.

Shortlisted entries will be judged by short story writer, poet and author Jackie Kay.

First prize is £2,000 plus a week’s writing retreat at Chawton House Library and a day with a Virago editor.

Second Prize is £500, third prize is £250 and three other finalists will receive £100 each.

All the winning stories will be published in the April 2011 edition of Mslexia magazine.

Entries cost £10. Your story or stories should be a maximum of 2,200 words and can be on any topic or theme.

You can submit your entry at online or by post.

For more information www.mslexia.co.uk
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6 comments:

  1. Titus4 January 2011 at 14:42

    Yahoo! I'm eligible. Love the idea of the retreat but how do you find the week? Do they give you a week too?

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  2. Emerging Writer4 January 2011 at 17:45

    Not sure they take female dogs, Titus,..!
    At least it's only a week. Thjere are some fabulous retreats but the minimum is two weeks or two months even. Discriminating against poets i think who more often than any other art form have to work full time to finance themselves.
    Also discriminating against mothers and pet owners!

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  3. Titus4 January 2011 at 21:42

    Right on! Lets mount a campaign making them give us the money instead. If we win. Ah.

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  4. Emerging Writer4 January 2011 at 21:51

    So you want both fame AND fortune, eh?

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  5. Totalfeckineejit5 January 2011 at 00:39

    A day with a Vertigo editor? In the pub? Shopping? At the races? Hangliding? Doing the washing up?

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  6. Emerging Writer5 January 2011 at 17:32

    I'm guessing the editor has to be your personal slave for the day...

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