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Writing Competition

2015 Manchester Writing Prize: The Manchester Fiction Prize

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Closing date: 
25 September 2015
Entry: 
Open to all writers across the world aged 16 and over Entry fee £17.50
Prize: 
£10,000

The judges are Nicholas Royle, Stuart Kelly and Leone Ross.

A £10,000 prize will be awarded for the best short story of up to 2,500 words.  Read more

Mslexia Women’s Poetry and Pamphlet Competitions 2015

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Closing date: 
15 June 2015
Entry: 
Open to all women poets Entry fee £7 for Poetry Competition, £20 for Pamphlet Competition
Prize: 
1st Prize: £2,000 plus two optional extras - Publication of the pamphlet by Seren Books

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 Poetry Competition 2015 is for poems of any length and in any style.

Judge: Deryn Rees-Jones

1st Prize: £2,000 plus two optional extras: A mentoring session with the editor of The Poetry Review, and a week's writing retreat at Cove Park. PLUS Special prize: £500 for the best poem by a previously unpublished woman poet.  Read more

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