From Writing West Midlands: Mslexia Comptitions 2014 Poetry Judge: Wendy Cope 1st Prize: £2,000 plus optional extras: A mentoring session with the editor of Poetry Review, and a week at the idyllic poets retreat of Cove Park. PLUS Special new prize: £1,000 for the best poem by a previously unpublished woman poet. 2nd Prize: £400 3rd Prize: £200 17 Runners up: £25 each Entry Fee: £7 for up to 3 poems Closing date: 16 June 2014 mslexia.co.uk/poetry [email protected] 0191 204 8860 Pamphlet Prize: Publication of the pamphlet by Seren Books, plus £250, 25 complimentary copies of your pamphlet and 10 per cent royalties from subsequent sales. Entry fee: £20 for a collection of 18-20 poems of 20-24 pages. Closing date: 16 June 2014 mslexia.co.uk/pamphletcompetition [email protected] 0191 204 8860 Womens Memoir The competition is for full-length memoirs from unpublished women memoirists. To be eligible a memoir must be at least 50,000 words and narrate actual events from the writers own life. To enter the competition, send up to 5,000 words – which must be the first 5,000 words of the memoir. First Prize: £5,000 Five other finalists will receive manuscript feedback from The Literary Consultancy and be invited to a special networking event with literary agents. Judging panel: Julie Myerson (memoirist, novelist), Jenny Brown (literary agent), Jane Martinson (Womens Editor, Guardian) Entry fee: £25 per memoir Closing date: 22 September 2014 mslexia.co.uk/memoir [email protected] 0191 204 8860
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