The 14th Fish International Short Story Prize - 2007/8

 

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Summary - The Rules - Entry Fees - On-Line Entries - Postal Entries

 

Welcome to the 14th Fish International Short Story Prize.

The quality of the entries to this competition continues to surprise and delight us. We look forward to reading all your stories this year and to producing another fine anthology in 2008. You can buy the 2007 Anthology direct from us at our ON-LINE BOOK SHOP. OR! ...

Order a FREE copy of this Year's Fish Anthology when you enter a story for Competition and Critique in The Fish Short Story Prize 2007.
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Tell us your story ID Number and your postal address and we will get the book off to you as soon as possible. (One book per Author.)

Once again this year we will be spreading the prize-fund more widely, to financially reward all the finalists of the competition. In addition to the top three prizes, we will also be offering an award to all the authors who appear in the Anthology and who attend our book launch to read from their stories.

As usual, this competition is on-line entry only. We apologise to our regular postal entrants for any inconvenience. We will work hard to accommodate you wherever possible.

Competition Summary

Closing date:             30 November 2007
Results announced:     17 March 2008
Anthology published:  July 2008
Judges: Carlo Gebler , David Mitchell , Clem Cairns

The Fish Short Story Prize has been running uninterrupted since 1994 and the Prize has been awarded every year at the launch of the Anthology of winning stories. All the winning authors will be invited to read their work at the launch of the book during the West Cork Literary Festival held in Bantry in July 2008.

First Prize - €2,500 - It is a condition of the competition that the overall winner attends the launch of the Anthology. The First Prize will otherwise be passed to the next in line

Second Prize - a week at the Anam Cara Writers' & Artists' Retreat in West Cork's Beara Peninsula, with €300 travelling expenses.

Third Prize - €300

In addition to these prize-winners, all those who are published in the Anthology will receive an award of €100 and five complementary copies of the Fish Anthology 2008. Those who can attend the Award Ceremony and Book Launch in July 2008 will also receive a Fish Certificate to commemorate their visit.

 

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Judges

Carlo Gebler , David Mitchell , Clem Cairns

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The Rules

  • No entry form is needed. Entry is on-line only.
  • You can make as many different entries as you like.
  • There is no restriction on theme or style.
  • Maximum 5,000 words.
  • The winning stories must be available for the anthology and, therefore, must not have been published previously.
  • Copyright returns to the author one year after publication.
  • Notification of receipt of entry will normally be by email.
  • The judges' verdict is final.
  • No correspondence will be entered into once work has been submitted
  • Stories cannot be altered or changed after they have been entered.
  • The Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English.

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Entry Fees

The cost of an On-line entry is fixed in Euro and the translation into your local currency will be done automatically by your credit card company according to the current exchange rate..

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On-Line Entries

On-line entries will only be accepted if entered through our website. Please do not send stories as email attachments. 

ENSURE THE TITLE OF THE STORY DOES NOT APPEAR AT THE BEGINING OF THE FIRST PAGE. THIS WILL BE ENTERED AUTOMATICALLY BY THE SYSTEM WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR STORY.

PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THE STORY. YOUR STORY IS AUTOMATICALLY LINKED TO YOUR NAME.

IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY SUBMITTING OR PAYING FOR YOUR STORY SIMPLY CLICK ON SUBMISSION SUPPORT AND SEND US AN E-MAIL DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM YOU ARE HAVING. WE WILL HELP YOU TO MAKE SURE YOUR STORY GETS ENTERED CORRECTLY.

  On-Line Entry
€
Per Entry 20.00
Critique (Optional) 45.00
2007 Short Story Anthology (Optional) 14.95

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Postal Entries

The Fish Short Story Prize is On-line entry only. No postal entries will be accepted. However if you have problems using our on-line system please contact us at info@fishpublishing.com and we will work with you to ensure that your entry can be completed.

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Short Stories to read online

Read online some of the winning entries from previous Fish Anthologies. These are examples of the calibre that win the Fish Short Story Prize. Short Stories to read online

Writing Short Stories

Our new Writing feature provides some suggestions on the art of story writing. The page is designed to provide writers with on-going, constructive information about how other authors achieved success with writing short fiction. For more information visit our Writing Short Stories page.

Online Book Shop

You can buy Fish Publishing's Anthologies of short stories on-line in our online book shop – The Fish Shop.

Online Entry

Our Fish-On-Line online entry system provides a convenient way to enter our contests on the web. Register as an online Fish author and you can enter current and forthcoming Writing Contests. Writers may also enter any of our competitions by post. See our Writing Contests page for full details

Writing Contests - Assistance

Fish Publishing offers an Editorial Consultancy and Critique Service. designed to provide writers thinking of entering writing competitions with constructive feedback on their work, whether it is a complete novel or just the beginnings. The Service is available to writers prior to entering the Fish writing competitions.