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Short Stories Competition for Women from Mslexia and a Chance to Win £3,000
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Applicant criteria
- NationalityNo specific nationality required
- AgeNo specific age required
- GenderFemale
Opportunity criteria
- Opportunity FieldMusic, Art and Graphic Design
Fees£12.00
- LocationRemotely
- Needed documentsSample of your work
- Deadline2023-09-18
Opportunity description
Mslexia is pleased to announce the launch of the Women's Fiction Competition 2023, a short story competition for unpublished complete short fiction of up to 3,000 words. This year's edition gives participation opportunities to talented and artist women of any age, or nationality.
Benefits
If you win this competition, you will have:
- Cash Prize:£3,000.
- Three additional finalists will each receive £100.
- The winning entry and three finalists will be published in the December 2023 edition of Mslexia.
- The winning entry, three finalists, and eight additional shortlisted stories will also appear in Mslexia’s ebook anthology, Best Women’s Short Fiction 2023.
Eligibility criteria
You should follow the following criteria:
- This competition is for unpublished complete short fiction of up to 3,000 words.
- Entries will be accepted from women of any age of any nationality from any country. This includes under-18s.
- Entries should be in English.
- You do not have to subscribe to Mslexia to be eligible.
- Entries that have won a prize in any other competition are not eligible.
- Entries should not be a translation of another author’s work.
Please note:
- Participation fees are valued at £12.00.
- Entrants will be notified of the outcome of their entry in November 2023.
About Mslexia:
Mslexia is a British magazine for women writers, founded and edited by Debbie Taylor. Mslexia contains articles on writing and writers and encourages independent publishers and bookshops and innovations in writing. It was first published on March 1999 and is produced four times a year. Mslexia has about 11,000 subscribers.
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