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

Closed

CLOSED – (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

Short Story Prize 2018/19: Results, Short & Long-lists

17th March 2019

Winners Short-list Long-list The Ten Winners: Selected by judge Mia Gallagher to be published in the Fish Anthology 2019 FIRST: Wakkanai Station by Richard Lambert (UK) Is awarded €3,000, one thousand of which is for travel to the launch of the Fish Anthology 2018, and a short story workshop at the West […]

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Last Year’s Poetry Winner

9th March 2019

Janet Murray won the Fish Poetry Prize 2018 with her poem, Vernacular Green, which is published in the Fish Anthology 2018 along with nine others selected by last year’s judge, Ellen Bass. Vernacular Green by Janet Murray (i.m. Howard Hodgkin 1932-2017) Hodgkin sees common green in privet, grass, chestnut husks blown horsetail, chickweed crushed […]

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Fish Editor, Mary-Jane Holmes, Wins Myslexia Flash Prize

9th March 2019

Mary-Jane Holmes, ‘Mathematics for girls‘ ‘Winning the Mslexia Flash Fiction Competition was such a boost. Flash is my first love – I teach it, I edit it, I tell everyone I know to read it, but having spent two years working on a poetry collection, I wasn’t sure I could return to it. Moving from […]

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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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Harry Bauld, Fish Alumni, Publishes Poetry Collection

1st February 2019

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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