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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.

 

Submit Your Work Here

 

 

Sean Lusk

Sean Lusk
– Judge 2024 –

Short Story Prize

Closed

CLOSED
Opening: Aug ’24
€6,400 in Prizes + Publication

Judge: Sean Lusk
Word limit: 5,000

Closed for Entries

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Ted Simon

Ted Simon
– judge for 2025 –

Short Memoir Prize

Closed

CLOSED – Opens Aug ’24
Prizes + Publication

Judge: Ted Simon
Word limit: 4,000

Now Closed

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Michelle Elvy,
judge for 2025.

Flash Fiction Prize

Closed

CLOSED – Opens Aug ’24
Prizes + Publication

Judge: Michelle Elvy
Word limit: 300

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Billy Collins

Billy Collins,
Judge for 2025

Poetry Prize

Closed

CLOSED – Opens Aug ’24
Prizes + Publication

Judge: Billy Collins
Word limit: 60 lines

The winners of the Fish Poetry Prize 2025, as selected by Billy Collins, will be announced on 22nd May. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this delay. Long and short-lists are published on Recent NEWS

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The Lockdown Prize

Closed

CLOSED (closed 15 June ’20)
Prose / Poem / Haiku or Senryu

9 pieces to be published

POEMS / POCKET PROSE / HAIKU

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Fish Anthology 2024

Fish Anthology 2024 LAUNCH

11th June 2024
Monday 15th July at 6:30 Marino (Old Methodist) Church Bantry, West Cork, Ireland FREE ENTRY   The Launch of the Fish Anthology 2024 is being held in this charming old methodist church. Many of the authors published in the Anthology will be reading from their work, so come along to get a sample of  the […]
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Poetry Prize 2024: Results

15th May 2024
  Winners Short-list Long-list     Here are the winners of the Fish Poetry Prize 2024, selected by Billy Collins, to be published in the Fish Anthology 2024. Below you will find short biographies of the winners and the Long and Short Lists. From all of us at Fish we congratulate the poets whose poems […]
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Short Story Prize 2023/24: RESULTS

10th April 2024
Winners Short-list Long-list   On behalf of all of us at Fish, congratulations to all of you who made the long and the short-lists.  Apologies for the delay in this announcement. The 10 winners will be published in the Fish Anthology 2024. The launch will be during the West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry, Ireland – […]
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Flash Fiction Prize 2024: RESULTS

10th April 2024
Winners Short-list Long-list   From all of us at Fish, thank you for entering your flashes. Congratulations to the writers who  were short or long-listed, and in particular to the 11 winners whose flash stories will be published in the Fish Anthology 2024. The launch will be during the West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry, Ireland […]
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Short Memoir Prize 2024: RESULTS

1st April 2024
Winners Short-list Long-list   On behalf of all of us at Fish, we congratulate the 10 winners who’s memoir made it into the Fish Anthology 2024 (due to be launched in July ’24 at the West Cork Literary Festival), and to those writers who made the long and short-lists, well done too.  Thank you to Sean […]
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