Women's Poetry Competition 2024 | Deadline: December 9, 2024

The Women's Poetry Competition 2024 is open to unpublished poems of any length, on any subject. Your £10 entry fee allows you to submit three poems.

Women's Poetry Competition 2024

The Women's Poetry Competition 2024 is open to unpublished poems of any length, on any subject. Your £10 entry fee allows you to submit up to three poems.

Submission Guidelines for the Women's Poetry Competition 2024

1. Type each poem, single-spaced, on A4 pages. If a poem is longer than one page, please number the pages. Write the title on the same sheet as the poem. This applies to single poem entries as well as to poems that are part of pamphlet entries.
2. Your entry will be judged anonymously, so do not put your name on the page with your poem/s.
3. No alterations may be made to an entry once it has been submitted.
4. Winners will be contacted in February 2025 and all winning poems will be published in the Mar/Apr/May 2025 issue of Mslexia magazine.
5. Copyright of each poem remains with the author, but Mslexia and Bloodaxe Books have the unrestricted right to publish the winning poems or pamphlet in their magazine and on their website, plus unrestricted rights to use the winning poems and any related material for PR purposes.  
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7. Poems may be in any style, of any length, on any subject. Sequences of differently-titled poems must be entered as separate poems. A poem that is structured in several parts may be entered as one poem.
8. You may enter any number of poems, but may only win one prize in the single poem competition. This is to allow the maximum number of entrants to receive recognition.
9. Entrants who have not had poetry published (see definition under ‘Eligibility’) are also invited to enter the Unpublished Poet Prize by ticking the ‘Unpublished’ option on the online or postal entry form.
10. You may enter any poem from a pamphlet entry into our competition for single poems, provided it fulfils the entry requirements. These are separate competitions, so you would need to make a separate entry. Success in one competition will not affect your chance of success in the other competition.

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2. Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest | Deadline: April 1, 2025
3. Lyric Magazine College Poetry Contest 2024 | Deadline: December 31, 2024
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5. The Four Quartets Prize 2024 | Deadline: December 31, 2024
6. Tower Poetry Competition 2025 | Deadline: February 20, 2025
7. Gemini Magazine Poetry Open 2025 | Deadline: January 2, 2025
8. Tadpole Press Writing Contest 2024 | November 30, 2024
9. Happiful Poetry Prize 2025 | Deadline: November 30, 2025
10. Colorado Poetry Prize 2024 | Deadline: January 14, 2025
11. Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2024 | Deadline: November 30, 2024
12. Women's Poetry Competition 2024 | Deadline: December 9, 2024

Eligibilty for the Women's Poetry Competition 2024

1. Poems should be in English (or English dialect). 
2. Poems should not be a translation of another author’s work. 
3. Poems entered for the Single Poem Competition must not have been previously published or accepted for publication in print or online by a third party, or included in self-published works that are commercially available and have sales of over 300 copies.
4. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, of individual poems or pamphlet collections, provided the poet withdraws their work from consideration in other competitions immediately upon notification of its placement in the Mslexia competition.
5. We will accept entries from women of any nationality from any country.
6. You do not have to subscribe to Mslexia to be eligible, but you do have to self-identify as a woman.

How to Enter Women's Poetry Competition 2024

1. You may enter online or send your entry by post. If entering online, there are full instructions on the website. 
2. If entering by post, please print out and complete the submission form on our website, mark your envelope ‘Mslexia Poetry Competition’ and send it to: Mslexia Publications Ltd, PO Box 656, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1PZ.
3. If entering by post, please pay by cheque (payable to Mslexia Publications Ltd.) or by debit/credit card (phone +44 (0)191 204 8860 with your details).
4.  The entry fee of £10 allows you to enter up to three poems. You may enter as many times as you like, provided each set of poems is accompanied by the £10 entry fee.

Prize Terms

• 1st Prize: £2,000.
• 2nd Prize, £500; 3rd Prize, £250; Unpublished Poet Prize, £250. 16 additional finalists win £25 each.
• The Unpublished Poet Prize may be awarded in addition to a finalist prize, but not in addition to a 1st, 2nd or 3rd prize

Deadline 

November 9, 2024

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