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The 2nd Fish International Poetry Prize >>> LONG-LIST<<<
Summary - The Rules - Entry Fees - On-Line Entries - Postal Entries - Judge
This is the opportunity for all you Poets out there to make your voice heard in the world of Fish. For too long a time Fish concentrated solely on short-stories, but, every so often, a strident voice would be heard above the sussuration of word-processors. "Is there no room for poetry in such a thing as this?" And of course, there had to be. So last year we introduced the Fish International Poetry Prize, and it proved a resounding success. Now, once again, this is your opportunity to get the poetic muse's revenge, to get your poem published in the Fish Anthology, and to proclaim "Equal rights for Poets!"
Competition Summary
Opens: 1 January 2007
Closing date: 31 March 2007
Results: 30 April 2007
Judge - Rita Anne Higgins
Prizes:
A First Prize of €1,000 to the winner plus publication in the
2007 Fish Anthology.
Up to five runners-up will also be selected to appear in the Anthology and will each receive an award of €100 plus five complementary copies of the Anthology.
All winning authors will be invited to the launch of the 2007 Fish Short Story Prize Anthology. This will take place during the West Cork Literary Festival at Bantry House in July 2007.
The Rules
• No entry form is needed, this is an On-line competition.
• You can enter as many times as you wish. One poem per entry.
• The Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English.
• There is no restriction on theme or style.
• There is no restriction on length - but if someone sends in The Rime of The Ancient Mariner , they probably won't win.
• The winning poems must be available for the Anthology and, therefore, must not have been published previously.
• Copyright remains with the author.
• 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.
• Poems cannot be altered or changed after they have been entered.
On-Line Entries
This is an On-line only competition, and entries will only be accepted if entered through our website. Please do not send poems as email attachments. Enter On-Line
PLEASE ENSURE THE TITLE OF THE POEM APPEARS AT THE BEGINING OF THE FIRST PAGE. PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THE POEM. YOUR POEM IS AUTOMATICALLY LINKED TO YOUR NAME.
POEMS CAN BE TRICKY THINGS, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE AT
ALL GETTING YOUR POEM INTO THE SYSTEM, OR TO LOOK RIGHT WHEN YOU HAVE
SUBMITTED IT, THEN SIMPLY SEND YOUR ORIGINAL VERSION TO US, AND WE WILL
SEND IT BACK IN A FORM THAT WILL UP-LOAD PERFECTLY..
SIMPLY CLICK HERE
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.
| On-Line Entry € |
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| Per Entry | €12.00 |
| Entry + Critique (Optional) | €37.00 |
2006 Fish Anthology (Visit the Fish On-line Book Shop) |
€10.00 (Inc. p. & p.) |
Postal Entries
This year's Fish International Poetry Prize is, in line with all of
our competitions, On-Line Entry only.
For those of you who might encounter problems entering the competition;
getting the format of your poem correct, or paying for your entry for
example, simply click on
Poetry Support
We will work with you to make sure your poem can be properly entered into the competition.
Judges Biography
Rita
Ann Higgins was born in 1955 in Galway, Ireland, and still lives
there. She published her first five collections with Salmon in Ireland,
Goddess & Witch (1990), which combines Goddess on the Mervue Bus
(1986) and Witch in the Bushes (1988), Philomena's Revenge (1992) and
Higher Purchase (1996), followed by Sunny Side Plucked: New & Selected
Poems (1996) and her latest collection An Awful Racket (2001) from Bloodaxe.
Her plays include Face Licker Come Home (1991), God of the Hatch Man
(1992), Colie Lally Doesn't Live in a Bucket (1993) and Down All the
Roundabouts (1999).
She has edited Out the Clara Road: The Offaly Anthology and (with Gráinne
Sweeney) Word and Image: a collection of poems from Sunderland Women's
Centre and Washington Bridge Centre.
She was Galway County's Writer-in-Residence in 1987, Writer in Residence
at the National University of Ireland, Galway, in 1994-95, and Writer
in Residence for Offaly County Council in 1998-99. In October 2000 she
was Green Honors Professor at Texas Christian University. Her many awards
include a Peadar O'Donnell Award in 1989 and several Arts Council bursaries.
Sunny Side Plucked was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. She is
a member of Aosdána
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.