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Story Competition Entry

CRITIQUING SERVICE

The Mslexia Critiquing Service is available to entrants of the Mslexia Short Story Competition, for stories of up to 2,200 words, at a fee of £45 per story. This is a professional service offering a fair, accurate and constructive review of your work to assist you in getting published. You will receive a two-page critique by a professional writer which will give feedback on areas such as structure, content, characterisation and publishability. It will be completed within 4-6 weeks of the competition closing date 25 January 2010.

Click here for more details about the competition.

Submissions for critiquing

• Please send THREE copies of each story you would like critiquing, one of which should be your competition entry. Two copies are required for the critiquing service.
• Mark each story you would like critiquing clearly on your competition cover sheet with CRITIQUING SERVICE. A sample cover sheet is available to download and print from here.
• Please add £45 per story for the critiquing service - this is additional to the £8 per story entry fee which should be paid for separately if you are paying online. If you are paying by cheque, please send one cheque with the total amount due.
• We will acknowledge that we have received your work for critiquing by post or email.
• If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us.

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* After completing Pay Online, please remember to quote your online payment reference in your covering letter. *

Submit to the competition – PAYING ONLINE

UK entries

1) Pay online here, entering the number of stories you are submitting. Please take note of your online payment reference, which you should include in your covering letter.

2) Download, print and fill in your cover sheet, then post your entry to:
Women’s Short Story Competition
Mslexia Publications Limited
PO Box 656
Freepost NEA5566
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1BR
(Postmarked no later than 25 January 2010. No need for a stamp.)

Overseas entries

1) Pay Online here, entering the number of stories you are submitting. Please take note of your online payment reference, which you should include in your email.

2) Email your entries, with a covering letter, to: shortstory@mslexia.co.uk

Submit to the competition – PAYING BY POST

Entries may be submitted and paid for by post if accompanied by a Sterling cheque, or you can telephone the office +44 (0) 191 233 3860 with your credit card details. Download, print and fill in your cover sheet, then post to:

From the UK

Women’s Short Story Competition
Mslexia Publications Limited
PO Box 656
Freepost NEA5566
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1BR

From overseas

We regret the Freepost facility is not available for entries posted from overseas.

Women’s Short Story Competition
Mslexia Publications Limited
PO Box 656
Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1PZ
United Kingdom

Competition Rules

Before submitting your entry make sure you read the Competition Rules. We reserve the right to reject any entry that does not comply. Refunds cannot be made in this case.

For more information please call +44 (0) 191 233 3860 or email shortstory@mslexia.co.uk