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Mslexia Children’s Novel Competition 2016

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Closing date: 
19 September 2016
Entry: 
Open to all unpublished women writers Entry fee £25
Prize: 
£5,000

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 Novel Competition 2016 is for novels of at least 15,000 words written for children (and young adults) in any genre by previously unpublished women novelists.

To enter, please submit the first 3,000 words of your completed children's novel. To qualify, your book must total at least 15,000 words.

Judges: Anne Fine (novelist), Claire Wilson (literary agent), and Charlotte Eyre (Children's Editor, the Bookseller).

1st Prize: £5,000 plus the winner and four other finalists will receive free professional feedback from The Literary Consultancy and be invited to meet literary agents and editors at a special networking event in London.

Entry Fee: £25 per novel.

The winner will be announced in the Mar/Apr/May 2017 issue of Mslexia.

CLOSING DATE: 19 September 2016

For more details mslexia.co.uk/novel

 

Closing date: 
19 September 2016
Entry: 
Open to all unpublished women writers Entry fee £25
Prize: 
£5,000