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Mslexia

The UK's bestselling magazine for women who write.

13/08/2025

'If I’m struggling, I talk the idea through with someone. I seek enrichment beyond my enclosure, mix a cocktail, have a breakdown, experiment on the page, reread the whole thing, start again, retrieve a previously stashed draft from the metaphorical bin, have another breakdown, apologise to everyone I know and then eventually it all works out.'

Alice Slater offers a glimpse at how she tackles the writing process in Issue 106 ✍️

https://mslexia.co.uk/magazine/latest-issue/

11/08/2025

What's new in poetry? ✍️

Ellora Sutton reviews Isabelle Baafi's CHAOTIC GOOD Faber Books, Pascale Petit's BEAST Bloodaxe Books and Christina Thatcher's BREAKING A MARE Parthian Books in our latest issue.

https://mslexia.co.uk/magazine/latest-issue/

06/08/2025

'I mentioned the Mslexia longlisting in my cover letter and it worked like magic. Nearly every agent got back to me straight away asking to see the whole manuscript, and I had four offers of representation by the end of the week.'

Emily Howes went on to win our 2021 Novel Competition, but being longlisted was enough to grab the attention of agents! ⭐

Her novel, The Painters Daughters, was published in February 2024, with Orion in the UK and Simon and Schuster in the US.

If you're not sure if your novel is ready, remember – you've only got to submit the first 5,000 words in the first instance. Those words might change your life 🤍

https://mslexia.co.uk/competitions/adult-novel/womens-fiction-competition-2025-adult-novel/

04/08/2025

Where do you do most of your writing?

30/07/2025

'Most agents turned it down, until my agent, Gemma said...well, this is a mess, but I can fix it.'

Ellie Slee talks to Robin Stevens, queen of the children's crime genre, in our Issue 106 interview ✍️

https://mslexia.co.uk/magazine/latest-issue/

28/07/2025

What elements come together to create prizewinning flash fiction? 🏆

Mslexia Flash Fiction Competition winners Marissa Hoffmann and Mary-Jane Holmes share their tips in the Salon!

Check out their workshops and others in our Spotlight Events:

https://mslexia.co.uk/salon/events/

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23/07/2025

‘Creative projects are not linear. We think we can show up to the page everyday the same way and write the same number of words, of the same quality, until we are done. But I have never found that to be the case.’

Safiya Robison talks 'Staying Power' and what we can learn about ourselves and our writing process by seeing projects through to completion in Issue 106.

https://mslexia.co.uk/magazine/latest-issue/

22/07/2025

Get all 7 of our Mslexia Minis ✨ FREE ✨ if you pick up a Mslexia Magazine subscription before 31 August.

Each Mini guide is equivalent to a short course, including lessons, writing exercises and reading recommendations. They're a quick way to try something new or reconnect with your craft.

Ready to kick-start your writing? ✍️

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21/07/2025

What books are you looking forward to diving into this summer?

16/07/2025

Can you describe your work-in-progress in a single sentence? Let's hear it!

15/07/2025

'The creative impulse often feels uncomfortable or disturbing: an itch on your back you can't reach; a restlessness that's not satisfied by a run or a swim; a frightening dream you can't recall that wakes you in the middle of the night...

We can numb it with alcohol and pizza, we can soothe it with meditation and deep breathing, but if we are to write from our hearts we simply have to listen to, and embrace, its beastly essence.'

Debbie T encourages us to embrace the wild side of writing in July's Elevenses Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3TnWjp9

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