Feminist Flash 2011

Enter our feminist fiction writing competition - judged by a panel of noted feminist writers - to win £100, 1 yr BUST Magazine subscriptions & get your blog and writing promoted. Start writing!

Competition closed.

Read winning/shortlisted entries for FEMFLASH 2011:

Winner: MALE PRIVILEGE by C. Askew
Runner-up: HEELS by A. L. Michael
Runner-up: ADVICE TO HORROR GIRL VICTIMS by K. Logan
LOCAL COUPLE DISMAYED OVER LACK OF PINK PEGS by K. Southerly
GEOFF by S. Williams
FEMINISM ISN'T JUST A MOVEMENT by M. Reimers
IN THE BEGINNING by K. Taylor
THE PREVENTION OF SASQUATCH by A. Readman
WHERE THE NURSES DRINK by L. May
MY FEMINIST HUSBAND by R. Venkatarayan

Slut shaming. Contraception. Body dysmorphia. Ladette culture. Impossible Disney princesses. The glass ceiling for women in everything from banking to comedy. Acid attacks in S Asia. Systematic rape in Sierra Leone. FGM. Saudi women permitted to vote but not drive themselves to the polling station. Being told it's, uh, you know, dude, a little bit uncool to call yourself a feminist. Feminism is prevalent in all aspects of society and affects, ooh, pretty much 100% of the population!

To promote feminism in writing, Mookychick is proud to announce a new annual writing competition, FEMINIST FLASH 2011. Winners receive wealth, fame and a 1 year digital subscription to BUST Magazine.

And in response to intrigued queries, yes, of course boys can enter too. We'd be a bit gutted if they didn't.

MEET OUR PANEL OF JUDGES

Lena Chen is a queer and feminist activist, the founder of The Ch!cktionary, and a self-described "reluctant sexpert". A blogger and personal essayist, she started her writing career with the controversial Sex And The Ivy, a blog about her sex and love life at Harvard.

Julie Zeilinger is founder and editor of the teenage feminist blog The FBomb. She also loves brunch, is fluent in sarcasm and wishes her life was the movie WHIP IT.

Kaite Welsh is an author and journalist. She has written for The Guardian, Diva, Bitch and others, and is an occasional contributor to Radio 4's Woman's Hour, where she discusses LGBT issues. Her fiction has been nominated for several prizes, including the Cheshire Prize for Fiction and the Gaylactic Spectrum Best Short Story award.