Writing Contests

Fish Publishing runs four annual International Writing Contests.

Renowned poets and writers select ten from each contest for publication in the Annual Fish Anthology.

Fish endeavours to publish outstanding new writers and poets.

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Fish Writing Contests –

Mia Gallagher
judge for 2018/19
Short Story Prize

Short Story Prize

Closed

CLOSED (30 Nov ’18)
€6,400 in Prizes + Publication

Judge: Mia Gallagher
Word limit: 5,000

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Chrissie Gittins,
judge for the
Short Memoir Prize 2019

Short Memoir Prize

Closed

CLOSED (31 Jan ’19)
Prizes + Publication

Judge: Chrissie Gittins
Word limit: 4,000

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Pamela Painter,
judge for 2019.

Flash Fiction Prize

Open

OPEN – Closes 28 Feb ’19
Prizes + Publication

Judge: Pamela Painter
Word limit: 300

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Billy Collins,
Judge of the
Poetry Prize 2019

Poetry Prize

Open

OPEN – Closes: 31 March ’19
Prizes + Publication

Judge: Billy Collins
Word limit: 300

Ten poems, as selected by the judge, will be published in the FISH ANTHOLOGY 2019

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Young-Adult Novel Contest

Closed

CLOSED

The winning novel will be published by Fish Publishing.

(Shortlisted authors will be requested to submit their entire novel for final selection.)

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News & Articles

New Play by Adam Wyeth – Fish Editor & Poet

5th February 2019

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED A new play by Adam Wyeth Did your dad ever give you lollipops for good behavior? Would you like me to give you a lollipop now? Would you give me a lollipop now? A trippy triptych of verbal warfare, media spin, and shocking talk-show showdowns. Disarming and alarming ‘This Is What […]

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Irish Short Story of the Year. VOTE ! (Mia Gallagher, Fish Short Story Prize Judge, has Story Shortlisted)

14th November 2018

Dear family, friends and colleagues I’m absolutely delighted that my story ‘Polyfilla’ has been shortlisted for the writing.ie Irish Short Story of the Year with An Post Irish Book Awards. I’m really gratified to be on such a terrific shortlist, selected from a very strong longlist. My fellow-shortlistees are the wonderful Nuala O’Connor, Róisín O’Donnell, […]

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Harry Bauld, Fish Alumni, Publishes Poetry Collection

14th November 2018

The Uncorrected Eye by Harry Bauld Published by Passager Books A collection of poetry Jo Sarzotti praises for its “roving imagination.” Read a sample on Passager’s website. Upcoming Event: Reading at Columbia University November 14, 6 pm Order online Harry Bauld’s poem, Forty Winters, was published in the Fish Anthology 2017. Read it […]

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Fish Editor Tina Pisco Teaches English in Refugee Camp

1st November 2018

Link: FOLLOW MY BLOG Here are the first three posts on my blog from Nea Kavala Refugee Camp in Greece – Nea Kavala Update #1 It’s Sunday and I have been volunteering in Nea Kavala refugee camp in Northern Greece for one week. I am working in the Women’s Space with Hope, a young woman […]

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Fish Anthology 2018 LAUNCH

29th July 2018

WEST CORK LITERARY FESTIVAL, MARITIME HOTEL, JULY 16 It was an unusually dry day for a West Cork summer and the sun shone on the fields across the harbour, and through the wall of glass behind the stage the 100 or so assembled at the Fish Anthology launch could see it all, and the boats […]

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