About Fish Publishing

Fish Publishing is an independent publishing company, founded in 1994. It aims to enable writers to have their work published in book format. The annual Fish International Short Story Prize has become an established event on the literary calendar, and numerous winners of the prize have gone on to publish many widely-acclaimed works. These include Eamonn Sweeney, Molly McCloskey, William Wall, Alex Keegan, Gina Ochsner, Suzanne Power and Martin Malone.

Fish Publishing also has other competitions - the One Page Story Prize, which is run annually, and the Short Histories Prize and the Unpublished Novel Award, which were held in 2005.

Managed by Clem Cairns and Jula Walton, Fish Publishing's activities have also included the publication of Altergeist, a novel by Tim Booth, Small City Blues # 1-57 by Martin Kelleher, and The Woman Who Swallowed the Book of Kells by Ian Wild. To see our full range of publications visit the Catalogue

To contact Fish Publishing:

Postal: Fish Publishing, Durrus, Bantry,
Co. Cork, Ireland.
(There is no postal/zip code).

email: info@fishpublishing.com

 

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.