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28.10.2025 15:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So true!
28.10.2025 13:35 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What advice would you offer to your younger self?
We'll be publishing a handful of our favourite comments in Issue 108 of Mslexia βοΈ
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βMaybe I'll get back to my novel and embark on Chapter 15. Or maybe I won't. The point is, there's no hurry. As long as I keep at it, I'll get there in the end.'
Debbie T on the time it takes to write a book, and the things that get in the way, in our latest Elevenses.
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Poets under 30, you've only got a few days left to enter this year's @societyofauthors.bsky.social Eric Gregory Awards! Deadline: 31 October. For all the info π #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetry #poets #amwriting
27.10.2025 09:22 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0What are your favourite podcasts about writing? #amwriting #writingcommunity #amreading
22.10.2025 10:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Issue 108 submissions for Writing Nest, Mslexia Order of Merit and Must Read have been extended until 28 October!
We can't wait to read what you've written β€οΈ
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Writing Nest βοΈ Send a photo of the place where you write β your desk, armchair, cafΓ© corner, bath β along with up to 50 words about why it works (or doesnβt work) for you.
21.10.2025 11:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Mslexia Order of Merit βοΈ A chance to nominate a living woman who is making waves (in a good way) on behalf of other womenβs creativity and freedom of expression. Describe her campaigns of achievements in 200 words.
21.10.2025 11:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Must Read βοΈ What book have you read recently that made your toes tingle, sparked your creativity, or made you think differently? Describe the book and its effect on you in 400 words.
21.10.2025 11:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Extended Deadline! β°
We've extended the deadline for three Issue 108 submission slots until 11:59pm on 28 October!
What are we looking for...
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What would help you meet your writing goals? βοΈ
Whether youβre making space for a regular writing practice or pushing to finish your manuscript, our Diary & Planner 2026 is built to help you succeed.
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'It turns out the most important part of creativity is not the having done, but the doing. Thatβs the human part.'
20.10.2025 15:13 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Unsolicited writing advice: no. 8075: There is no such thing as serious writing. There are only writers who take their work seriously, and those who donβt. Tragedy is no more βseriousβ than comedy. Childrenβs writing is no less βseriousβ than writing for adults. Good writing is wherever you find it.
20.10.2025 11:52 β π 723 π 162 π¬ 8 π 7Visit the Salon to register mslexia.co.uk/salon/
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Don't miss our upcoming workshop 'OuLiPo: The Freedom of Constraints' with Sue Burge on 27 October, 5-7pm.
She'll be turning the Salon into an OuLiPo workshop fit for the 21st century. Bring old poems that need a good shake-up, a dictionary (if you have one), an open mind, and see what happens!
'Black British literature has always been rich, but too often it hasnβt been given the platform or investment it deserves.'
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Will you be joining us tomorrow for our Skychat on #womenwriters and #writing mindset? It's at 6pm. Hopefully see you there.
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UK start-up Books By People has launched a new certification β the Organic Literature Certification β with a group of independent publishing houses to βcounter AI-generated booksβ π #BookSky
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Our Salon Showcase is open for submissions on the letter 'F'.
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Deadline: 5 January 2026 (Yes, 2026!)
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'Him wunt no bloody buggering angel. Angelβs chunt going to be under the ground like that.'
Read 'Dennis' by Rosanna Ogle in our Salon Showcase.
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'How can we mend but in days? / They wake us, time and time with each loll / of the sun over the horizon, nudging us /
towards the shedding of grudges, saying today, / today might hurt less.'
Read 'Duloxetine 30mg od' by Penny Shutt in our Salon Showcase.
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Something Gothic this way comes⦠Submissions are OPEN for The Havisham Steps: Modern Gothic Poetry. We want poems of neon dread, fractured love, haunted minds.
Closing date: October 31st
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'She labelled every jar on the shelf: 'Dill', 'Damson', 'Dates', 'Despair'. / He frowned at that one. / Just a joke,' she said, smiling.'
Read 'Deceit' by Debra Battersby in our Salon Showcase βοΈ
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What do you do when all you've ever wanted to do is write but your life is just too busy? Our very own Liz Champion is struggling with this dilemma.
Read her Substack, Midlife without a Map. Touching, funny, honest.
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βWomen writers have a particular skill for mining the topic of food, finding the relationship between what we eat and who we are an irresistible theme.β
Julie Vuong explores whatβs happening in food fiction in Issue 107. mslexia.co.uk/magazine/lat...
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Today is the final day to send us your submissions for Issue 108 β°
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We can't waiting to read what you're writing!
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So glad you enjoyed it!
06.10.2025 08:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Happy #NationalPoetryDay! Let's hear it for the poets and poetry publishers who enrich our lives! Here are just a few to get us started β€οΈ
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Just a reminder to all you poets out there...
Our 2025 Poetry Pamphlet Competition is open!
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By this time next year, we could be sharing about your launch reading! π
