Fish Publishing and the CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION present

NOW CLOSED

WELCOME TO THIS YEAR'S
FISH-KNIFE AWARD
the crime-based short story competition run by
Fish Publishing, in conjunction with the
Crime Writers' Association.

Our intention is to publish the very best in modern
short-form fiction - with a focus on crime.

5,000 words on any kind of crime,
- from piracy to petty larceny-
- from murder to misdemeanour -
- from GBH to GTA -

Anything goes, so long as it is well written,
well conceived and, well... CRIMINAL!

To enter click here:
The Fish-Knife Award

 

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

 

Competition Summary

Title: The Fish-Knife Award
Opens: 1 June 2008
Closing date: 31 August 2008
Results: 30 November 2008
Judges -TBC

 

The winner of the Fish-Knife Award, will receive a first prize of €1,000 plus publication in the Fish Anthology 2009 . The winner will also receive an engraved silver fish-knife and ten copies of the Anthology.

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 read their work at the launch of the Fish Anthology 2009.

Enter Competition Here

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The Rules

•  No entry form is needed. Entry is on-line only.

•  The Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English.

•  There is no restriction on theme or style, except that it must contain an essentially criminal element.

•  Stories should be 4-5,000 words. Any entries significantly longer than this will be disqualified.

•  Stories 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 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.

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Entry Fees

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

Payment is by credit card only.

 
€
Per Entry €20.00
Critique (Optional) €45.00
   

 

 

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On-Line Entries

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED ON-LINE THROUGH OUR WEB SITE. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ENTRIES AS E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS.

PLEASE ENSURE THE TITLE OF THE STORY DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE FIRST PAGE, THE TITLE IS AUTOMATICALLY APPENDED BY THE SYSTEM.

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

Enter Here

 

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Postal Entries

This is an on-line only competition. Postal entries will not be accepted. However if you have any difficulty with our on-line submission system or with our on-line payment system we will be glad to work with you to sort things out. Simply E- mail us at techsupport@fishpublishing.com

 

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Judges

TBC

THE WINNERS OF
THE FISH-KNIFE AWARDS 2007
ARE:

WINNER:

THE DYAN'S DAUGHTER- LINDA EVANS, HIGH WYCOMBE, ENGLAND

RUNNERS-UP:

TO BE AN ANGEL - DOUGLAS BRUTON, WEST LINTON, SCOTLAND

BABIES' BREATH - KATHY COOGAN, CINCINNATI, OHIO

WHO PICKED KRIVOKAPIC'S BRAIN? - ANDREW GEDDES, SIDCUP, ENGLAND 

ANYTHING FOR YOU - SOPHIE LITTLEFIELD, DANVILLE, CALIFORNIA

WHITE CRAYONS - GORDON HOPKINS, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON


 

Winners of The Fish-Knife Award 2006

 

For the first time Fish announced JOINT WINNERS of one of our writing awards. The judges were unable to decide between two great stories so the joint winners of the inaugural FISH-KNIFE AWARD were:


EWAN GAULT and ORLAITH O'SULLIVAN

Orlaith O'Sullivan - Gilt

Madeira, Portuga l

Ewan Gault - Honeysuckle and Cat's Piss

Tokyo, Japan

Linda Evans - Normal service will be resumed shortly
Buckinghamshire, England

Polly Nelson - Air Cowboys
New Jersey, USA

Martin Bott - Luz
Zurich, Switxerland

 

Marc Phillips* - Caye Caulker Tides
Texas, USA

( *Winner - The Fish Short Story Prize 2005)

 

 

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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.