Open for Entries

1st prize £3,000. Three additional finalists will each receive £100 and all four winning entries are published in Issue 104 of Mslexia. Winning entries plus eight more shortlisted entries will be published in Mslexia's ebook anthology Best Women's Short Fiction 2024. Entry fee: £12. Closing date: 23 September.

1st prize £500. Three additional finalists each receive £50 and all four winning entries are published in Issue 104 of Mslexia. Winning entries plus eight more shortlisted entries will be published in Mslexia's ebook anthology Best Women's Short Fiction 2024. Entry fee: £6. Closing date: 23 September. 

1st prize £5,000. Finalists receive manuscript feedback from The Literary Consultancy and personal introductions to literary agents arranged in partnership with New Writing North. For novels of at least 20,000 words in any genre for children and young adults. Submit first 3,000 words only in the first instance. Longlisted entrants will be asked to submit their finished manuscripts along with a synopsis later in the judging process. Entry fee: £26. Closing date: 23 September.  

1st prize £2,000; 2nd £500; £3rd £250; plus our Unpublished Poet Prize of £250, which will be awarded to the best poem by an unpublished poet. The four winners, plus 16 additional finalists will be published in Mslexia. Judge: Jane Hirsfield. Entry fee: £10 for three poems. Closing date: 9 December.

1st prize £250, plus publication of the winning pamphlet by Bloodaxe Books. A selected poem from the winning pamphlet will be published in Mslexia. Entry fee: £20. Closing date: 9 December.