Mslexia Magazine - Issue 54 - Jun/Jul/Aug 2012

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.

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 was created to address a difficulty, more prevalent in women, with getting into print.

In the current issue:

ISSUE 54

Jun/Jul/Aug 2012

Featuring… GUEST EDITOR: SUZIE FEAY ◊ SARAH HALL ◊ MIMI KHALVATI ◊ SCARLETT THOMAS ◊ RACHEL JOHNSON

SPECIAL

AGENDA

Dyke writing 
Suzi Feay investigates the dearth of new lesbian novelists

INTERVIEW

Sarah Hall talks to Bidisha
 

FEATURES

The curse of the disappearing floor 
Scarlett Thomas' worst mistakes

Make your own muse 
Hope Whitmore on how these powerful archetypes can be used by women writers today

How to be a great reviewer 
the lowdown by Literary Editor Katy Guest

REGULARS

NEW WRITING: MSLEXIA WOMEN'S SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2012

winning stories selected by Tessa Hadley 
 

MAKING A POEM

Mimi Khalvati talks to Fiona Sampson

WHAT WENT HORRIBLY WRONG

for Kate Williams

BEDSIDE TABLE

What Rachel Johnson likes to read
 

PLUS…

WRITING LIFE

What went wrong, Big Question, Life coach, Make a difference, Make a splash

INSPIRATION

Blue pencil with Debbie Taylor
Fiction masterclass, What went wrong, Pen portrait, The creative mix, Making a poem

BOOKS

Books to look out for, Book group, What's new, How to write a bestseller, Independent press profile
 

DIRECTORY

Everything a writer needs to know: competitions, calls for submissions, grants, courses, events, contacts, venues