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MsLexia’s 2013 novel competition closes 23 Sept
September 9th, 2013
The competition is open to unpublished women novelists writing in any genre for adults, including literary fiction, women’s fiction, young adult fiction, science fiction, fantasy, chick-lit, crime fiction, thriller, historical fiction. To constitute a novel, books must total at least 50,000 words. This is a bi-annual competition. The next one will be in 2015.
1ST PRIZE: £5,000. Judging Panel: Kirsty Lang, arts journalist and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, Val McDermid, award-winning novelist, journalist and short story writer, and Charlotte Robertson, literary agent at Aitken Alexander Associates.
Closing date: 23 September 2013. More details of how to enter on the Mslexia site.
£5,000 First Prize for Mslexia children’s novel contest
June 12th, 2012
Mslexia Magazine has launched a competition to find new writing talent for young readers. The competition is open to children’s novels in any genre by previously unpublished women novelists, as long as they’re written for independent readers or young adults. Crossover fiction (i.e. books aimed at both children and adults) is eligible. To qualify as a novel, your book must total at least 30,000 words.
To enter the competition, send up to 3,000 words – which must be the first 3,000 words of the novel. Any preface is included in your 3,000 words. There is no need to submit a synopsis.
First Prize: £5,000. Juding panel: Malorie Blackman, award-winning children’s author; Julia Churchill, literary agent specialising in children’s books for Greenhouse Literary Agency; Julia Eccleshare, children’s books editor at the Guardian newspaper.
Closing date: 10 September 2012. Entry fee: £25. For more information, visit www.mslexia.co.uk or Email novel@mslexia.co.uk
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‘Writers’ Workout’ falls on 2nd anniversary!
April 27th, 2010
I’m offering places for The Writers Workout at a 15 % discount to celebrate the fact this workshop falls almost exactly on the two-year anniversary of the very first London Writing Workshops event (pictured left), which took place on May 24, 2008 . Since then, there have been another 12 workshops, attended by more than 100 people in total, quite a few coming back more than once.