Mslexia Magazine - Issue 83

Agenda: Pass it on: Sara Grant on the epidemic of grassroots philanthropy in the writing community.

PLUS: Incredible journeys in poetry and prose • Support networks • Researching agents • Creating a newsletter • Fictional cults

Editor
Françoise Harvey

Plus

Cressida Cowell • Shazia Mirza • Maggie Gee • Zoë Brigley • Katherine May

AGENDA

• Pass it on: Sara Grant on the epidemic of grassroots philanthropy in the writing community

FORUM

• What you’re saying about… critiques, compostable covers, sister stories, cultural democracy
• Humblebrags
• Your life sentences
• For the love of it: bespoke Choose Your Own Adventures with Isabelle Mead
• Alice Bell’s view of reviewing
• Noticeboard

SHOWCASE

• Katherine May introduces stories and poems on the theme of ‘journey’

CRAFT

• Creativity news
• Writing exercises
• What works for Zoë Brigley
• Poetry challenge: aubade, introduced by Linda France
• Walk the line: Christina Sanders on why a short stroll can help the words flow
• Maggie Gee’s Achilles’ heel
• Flash challenge: Lotty Talbutt
• First page surgery with Kavita Bhanot

INTERVIEW

• Cressida Cowell talks to Fiona Noble

OFF THE PAGE

• Script news
• Play list with Nina Berry
• Podding along: fiction podcasts with Alice Slater
• Songbirds: rhyme and slant rhyme with Susie McComb
• Mslexia Moths, selected by Molly Naylor
• Bedtime story: ‘The Lost Star’ by Kim Donovan

CAREER

• Publishing news
• Crystal ball
• Letter openers: Claire Wingfield on how to build your profile using newsletters
• Pitch surgery with Nelle Andrew
• Pitch calendar
• Self-help book test drive with Lucy Corkhill
• Looking the gift horse in the mouth: Katie Munnik on pros and cons of winning an agent

DOORS OPEN

• Open for submissions
• Insight: pitch prospects
• Three of a kind: LGBTQ+ magazines
• Insight: Green Stories
• Open for entries: competitions and awards
• Insight: agent Sophie Lambert’s manuscript wishlist
• Insight: Polari
• Insight: CWA’s Debut Dagger
• Time away: writing holidays

OUT NOW

• Début author interview: Melanie Blake
• Poet laureate by Margaret Pritchard Houston
• Six best radical reads for children
• Poetry news
• Poetry review by Jade Cuttle
• Non-fiction: books by musicians with Caroline Sanderson
• Fiction issues: cults by Alex Marwood
• Short story news
• Short story review by Alice Slater
• Short story heroes: Miranda July
• Books about writing
• O is for…

DON’T MISS

• Events and courses

AND FINALLY

• Shazia Mirza’s bedtime reading
• What we’re up to
• Submitting and subscribing to Mslexia