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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 PLUS Special prize: £500 for the best poem by a previously unpublished woman poet.

2nd Prize: £400; 3rd Prize: £200

17 Runners up: £25 each

Entry Fee: £7 for up to 3 poems

All winning poems will be published in the September 2015 issue of Mslexia

CLOSING DATE: 15 June 2015

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Mslexia Women's Pamphlet Competition 2015 is for collections of 18-20 poems of 20-24 pages.

Judge: Amy Wack (Poetry Editor, Seren BooksClick for Seren Books Publishers References listing)

1st Prize: Publication of the pamphlet by Seren Books, plus £250, 25 complimentary copies of the winning pamphlet and 10 per cent royalties from subsequent sales.

Entry fee: £20 for a collection of 18-20 poems of 20-24 pages.

The winner will also have one or more poems from the collection published in the December 2015 issue of Mslexia

CLOSING DATE: 15 June 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