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Women’s Poetry and Pamphlet Competitions 2018

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Closing date: 
13 September 2018
Entry: 
Open to women of any nationality from any country, and welcomes poems in any style, of any length, on any subject. Entry fee: Poetry £10 Pamphlet £20
Prize: 
POETRY: First Prize £2000 plus publication in both Mslexia and the PBS Bulletin, Second Prize £400, Third Prize £200. PAMPHLET: Publication by Seren Books

Women's Poetry Competition 2018

 

For a single poem.

Judged by the UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duff

1st Prize: £2000 plus publication in both MslexiaStylish and lively site for quarterly UK literary magazine read by 12,000 'committed' women writers. Good range of quality writing, information and advice with news, reviews, competitions and interviews, all presented in a friendly fashion. Praised by Helen Dunmore as 'astute, invigorating and above all an excellent read.' www.mslexia.co.uk and the PBS Bulletin, as well a mentorship with PBS Book Selector Sandeep Parmar and a Cove Park writing retreat.

2nd Prize: £400, 3rd Prize: £200

17 finalists win £25 each.  Read more

Mslexia Women’s Poetry and Pamphlet Competitions 2017

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Closing date: 
19 June 2017
Entry: 
Open to women of any nationality from any country, and welcomes poems of in any style, of any length, on any subject Entry fee:£7 for up to 3 poems and £20 for a collection of 18-20 poems of 20-24 pages
Prize: 
Poetry Prize £2,000 plus two optional extras, Pamphlet Prize Publication of the pamphlet by Seren Books in 2017

Mslexia Women's Poetry Competition 2017

 

Mslexia Women's Poetry Competition 2017 is for poems of any length and in any style.

Judge: Sinéad Morrissey

1st Prize: £2,000 plus two optional extras: A mentoring session with Amy Wack (poetry editor at Seren BooksClick for Seren Books Publishers References listing), and a week's writing retreat at Cove Park.  Read more

Mslexia Women’s Poetry and Pamphlet Competitions 2015

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Closing date: 
15 June 2015
Entry: 
Open to all women poets Entry fee £7 for Poetry Competition, £20 for Pamphlet Competition
Prize: 
1st Prize: £2,000 plus two optional extras - Publication of the pamphlet by Seren Books

MslexiaStylish and lively site for quarterly UK literary magazine read by 12,000 'committed' women writers. Good range of quality writing, information and advice with news, reviews, competitions and interviews, all presented in a friendly fashion. Praised by Helen Dunmore as 'astute, invigorating and above all an excellent read.' www.mslexia.co.uk Women's Poetry Competition 2015 is for poems of any length and in any style.

Judge: Deryn Rees-Jones

1st Prize: £2,000 plus two optional extras: A mentoring session with the editor of The Poetry Review, and a week's writing retreat at Cove Park. PLUS Special prize: £500 for the best poem by a previously unpublished woman poet.  Read more

Mslexia Women's Memoir Competition 2014

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Closing date: 
22 September 2014
Entry: 
Women from any country who have not published a memoir, but may have published something else, are eligible Entry fee £25
Prize: 
£5,000

The competition is for full-length memoirs from unpublished women memoirists. To be eligible a memoir must be at least 50,000 words and narrate actual events from the writer's own life. To enter the competition, send up to 5,000 words - which must be the first 5,000 words of the memoir.

First Prize £5,000  Read more

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