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Monthly archive - May 2017

Mslexia Women’s Poetry and Pamphlet Competitions 2017

Information

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

Taming Wild Things

29 May 2017

Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature exposure to such experiences. That is obvious.  Read more

'If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy.'

— Dorothy Parker

15 May 2017 - What's new

May 2017
  • 'If you're ever lucky enough to score an early success as a writer, as happened to me with The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, for the rest of your life there's a before-the-fall and an after-the-fall.
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The changing world of publishing

15 May 2017

Backlist titles, because they are always available, offer opportunities to benefit from new publicity. The effect of changing exchange rates on publishing is shown by price increases at Wordsworth Editions.  Read more