Mslexia Poetry Competition 2013
Magazine
Judge: Kathleen Jamie
Entry Fee: £7 for up to 3 poems
The tenth annual Women's Poetry Competition is for poems of any length and in any style. The judge this year is the Costa Award-winning poet Kathleen Jamie. First prize is £2,000 plus two optional extras: a week at the idyllic poets' retreat of Cove Park and a mentoring session with the editor of premier poetry magazine, Poetry Review. 2nd Prize: £400; 3rd Prize: £200. 17 Runners up win £25 each and all winners will be published in the Sep/Oct/Nov 2013 issue of the magazine. The closing date is 17 June 2013. For more information, and to enter, visit www.mslexia.co.uk/poetrycompetition, email poetry@mslexia.co.uk or call us on 0191 204 8860.
The magazine has also set up two free online workshops. The first poetry writing workshop by Deryn Rees-Jones, A Conversation With The Possible, is available here and the first pamphlet workshop by Clare Pollard, The Idiolect Game, is here.