Our 2026 competition is now open!
Our judge this year is award-winning author Ingrid Persaud.
Send short stories up to 3,000 words. The winning story will recieve £3,000, plus publication in Mslexia. Closing date: 21 September.
Want to see how our 2025 winner Natalie Ann Holoborow did it? Find out here, and check out our ebook anthology Best Women's Short Fiction 2025, which features our winner, three finalists, eight additional stories (plus the winner, finalists and runners up of our flash fiction competition), from this years competition.
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