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FISH
SHORT STORY PRIZE
Closes 14 Dec 2008
Judge: Colum McCann
FISH
ONE-PAGE PRIZE
Stories of 300 words or less.
Opens 1 Jan, Closes 20 March.
Judge: Arthur
Mathews
Cancellation of FISH KNIFE, SHORT HISTORIES IV, & CRIMINALLY-SHORT SHORT HISTORIES Prizes. See News Page for details.
You
can now order the Fish Anthology 2008
HARLEM RIVER BLUES
at the
Fish Online Bookshop
Harlem River Blues features the winners from the 2007 Fish Short Story Prize, 2008 One-Page Prize, and more.
The winner of this year's First Prize, with the title story Harlem River
Blues is Julia van Middlesworth from New Jersey, who claimed her prize
at the West Cork Literary
Festival in Bantry, West Cork, Ireland.
You can buy the Fish Anthology through your local book store or on-line
through
Fish On-Line, Amazon.co.uk
or Kenny's
Irish Bookshop.
"The Fish Short
Story Prize is an open door that's
inviting writers to walk through
it. It has to be encouraged, celebrated,
congratulated."
- Roddy Doyle
Fish Publishing is an independent publishing company based in the West
of Ireland. It has been running writing contests since
1994. It publishes writers in anthologies of high production and literary
standards. The annual Fish international short-fiction prize has become
an established event on the literary calendar. Numerous winners of the
prize have gone on to publish many widely-acclaimed works. Visit the
Short Stories to Read Online
page to read some of our published entries.
Fish Publishing offers a comprehensive Critique and Editorial Consultancy Service. Our editors are highly experienced in the areas of providing writers with critical analysis and developmental assistance. They have been working with Fish for many years, providing support to writers at all stages of their writing. They can help writers to realise their full potential with one-to-one help and critical input. The Critique Service offers appraisals on short stories, while the Editorial Consultancy Service provides authors with the opportunity to request assistance on specific areas and to then re-submit the work as it progresses.
Fish Publishing runs several literary competitions every year. On our
Writing Contests page there is an outline of our current and recent
writing competitions. To find the details of each one, or to keep up
to date with the judging of those which have recently closed, click
on the appropriate link and go to that competition's page. You will
then find full details of the entry requirements and other important
information.
The growing international participation in Fish competitions led to
the introduction of a system for entering stories online through the
Fish website. Click on Online
Entry to visit Fish-On-Line.
Fish has always ensured that acclaimed writers act as judges in all of its contests. The valuable comments from some of these writers can be read on our Writing Short Stories page.
The Fish Anthologies
Novels & Other Titles
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.