There is nothing like Mslexia
Mslexia tells you all you need to know about exploring your creativity and getting into print.

No other magazine provides Mslexia's unique mix of debate and analysis, advice and inspiration; news, reviews, interviews; competitions, events, courses, grants. All served up with a challenging selection of new poetry and prose.

Mslexia is read by top authors and absolute beginners. A quarterly masterclass in the business and psychology of writing, it's the essential magazine for women who write.

Critically acclaimed
'diverse and brilliant' Fay Weldon
'intelligent and creative' Time Out
'my favourite women's magazine' Wendy Cope
'the best I've read on the subject' Independent
'full of essential information' Daily Mail
'astute, invigorating and above all an excellent read' Helen Dunmore

Information and inspiration
• what agents and publishers are looking for
• latest research into the psychology of creativity
• how to turn your own life into literature
• exercises to stretch your imagination
• analysis of publishing trends
• interviews with top authors about their writing methods
• masterclasses in prose and poetry
• the anatomy of a bestseller
• professional primers in copy editing and manuscript presentation
• tips for coping with rejection
• getting started as a freelance journalist
• how hormones affect your writing
• reviews of the best new books by women
• the perfect cover letter that gets your work read
• how to use dreams in your writing

Featuring Margaret Atwood, Pat Barker, Rosie Boycott, Julie Burchill, Bea Campbell, Edwina Currie, Sarah Dunant, Helen Dunmore, Carol Ann Duffy, Germaine Greer, Selima Hill, Glenda Jackson, A L Kennedy, Val McDermid, Jenni Murray, Julie Myerson, Susie Orbach, Michèle Roberts, Meera Syal, Kirsty Wark, Fay Weldon and more… read Interviews and Author Methods

Mslexia will get you noticed
We commission work by prominent authors as well as talented newcomers. We aim to publish some new voices in every copy of the magazine.

Literary agents and BBC producers scan Mslexia every quarter on the lookout for fresh talent. In the seven years since the magazine was launched, Mslexia has become the magazine for women writers to submit to. Many women have launched their writing careers in the pages of the magazine. If you want to take your writing more seriously - or have some serious fun with your creativity - subscribe to Mslexia.

More than just a magazine
Mslexia is a vibrant and growing organisation committed to furthering women's creativity.

Our independent research into the biases in book reviewing, book buying and poetry publishing have been featured on BBC2's Newsnight, Radio 4's Today programme, in the Independent and elsewhere.

The facts
Mslexia is a national magazine for woman writers that was launched in March 1999 with start-up funding from the National Lottery and Northern Arts.

Based in Newcastle, its intention is to ‘provide information, guidance and inspiration to published and unpublished authors and improve the quality and standing of women’s literature’.

Mslexia’s subscribers are 11,000 woman writers – from absolute beginners to established authors like Helen Dunmore, Deborah Moggach and Hilary Mantel.

Why 'Mslexia'?

Mslexia means women’s writing (ms = woman lexia = words). Its association with dyslexia is intentional. Dyslexia is a difficulty, more prevalent in men, with reading and spelling. Mslexia is a difficulty, more prevalent in women, with getting into print. Mslexia is the complex set of conditions and expectations that prevents women, who as girls so outshine boys in verbal skills, from becoming successful authors. The magazine Mslexia aims to define, explore and help overcome the condition of mslexia and provide a platform and playground for women writers. Its intention is to provide information, guidance and inspiration for published and unpublished authors, and improve the quality and standing of women’s literature.

Want to know more? Read the article 'Three cures for Mslexia' written by Editor Debbie Taylor from the launch issue of the magazine, which analyses some of the issues at stake.

Who's who

Editor Daneet Steffens
Founding Editor Debbie Taylor
Marketing and PR Wendy Macdonald
Advertising and Marketing Elizabeth Whyman
Company Secretary and Administration Helen Baynes
Finance Isabel Smales
Information and Administation Sophie Baker
Administration Assistant Alice Ochocka
Listings Editor Sophie Baker
Staff Writing Elizabeth Whyman
Production and Website Wendy Macdonald
Books section Helen Baynes – email books publicity
Website Design Melanie Ashby
Roadshow agent: Gerry Wardle