Critique Service

As part of our aim to inspire new and exciting authors and to help them get published, Fish Publishing offers a high quality critique service. Our editorial staff takes great care to ensure that reviews are fair, accurate and constructive. That this can be a valuable service has been confirmed by the feedback we have received.

You can avail of the Critique service at any time without entering a competition, before entering a competition, or at the same time as you enter, either by post or by selecting the appropriate option on our Fish-On-Line entry page.

On-line Critique requests can be done through your normal Author's page. Simply log-in as usual (Or create a log-in if you are new to Fish) On your Author's Page select Submit and then choose which form of Critique applies to you, ie. Short Story (€45.00 - up to 5,000 words.), One page Prize (€25.00 - up to 250 words) or Poetry (€25.00 - up to 250 words. Contact us for a price on longer poems). On-line prices are fixed in euro with your credit card company making the conversion into your own currency.

If you wish to make a postal request for a critique you can do so by sending your story, plus s.a.e. (or International Reply Coupon if writing from any country other than Ireland), plus the appropriate fee to: Fish Publishing,Durrus, Bantry, Co Cork, Ireland. Cheques should be made payable to Fish Publishing and be in your own currency.

Critique Postal charges are as follows:

€45 (£30, US$70) - Short Story (up to 5,000 words)
€25 (£18, US$38) - One Page Story (up to 250 words)
€25 (£18, US$38) - Poem (up to 250 words)

We also have an Editorial Consultancy Service, which provides writers with on-going, constructive feedback on their work.

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 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

Online Book Shop

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