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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Sarah Hall
– Judge 2023 –

Short Story Prize

Closed

OPENS 2 Oct 2023
€6,400 in Prizes + Publication

Judge: Sarah Hall
Word limit: 5,000

OPENS 2 Oct 2023

Open for entries 2 Oct 2023

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Sean Lusk
– judge for 2023 –

Short Memoir Prize

Closed

CLOSED – results 1 April ’23
Prizes + Publication

Judge: Sean Lusk
Word limit: 4,000

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Kit De Waal,
judge for 2023.

Flash Fiction Prize

Closed

CLOSED – results 10 April ’23
Prizes + Publication

Judge: Kit De Waal
Word limit: 300

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Billy Collins,
Judge for 2023

Poetry Prize

Closed

CLOSED – results 15 May ’23
Prizes + Publication

Judge: Billy Collins
Word limit: 60 lines

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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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News & Articles

Launch of the Fish Anthology 2023

12th July 2023

Tuesday 11th July saw the launch of the 2023 Anthology in the Maritime Hotel, Bantry. Nineteen of the fourty authors published in the anthology were there to read from their piece, travelling from Australia, USA and from all corners of Europe. Read about the Anthology More photos of the […]

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Poetry Prize 2023: RESULTS

15th May 2023

Winners Short-list Long-list Winners: Here are the 10 winners, as chosen by judge Billy Collins, to be published in the FISH ANTHOLOGY 2023. The Anthology will be launched as part of the West Cork Literary Festival, (The Maritime Hotel, Bantry, West Cork – Tuesday 11th July – 18.00.) All are welcome! Second […]

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Flash Fiction Prize 2023: RESULTS

10th April 2023

Winners Short-list Long-list From all of us at Fish, thank you for entering your flashes. So many gems deserving of a readership have left their imprint on the Fish editors and judge, Kit de Waal. It was an honour to read them all. Congratulations to the writers whose Flash Stories were short or long-listed, […]

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Short Memoir Prize: Results 2023

31st March 2023

Winners Short-list Long-list On behalf of all of us at Fish, we congratulate the 10 winners who made it to the Fish Anthology 2023, and to those writers who made the long and short-lists, well done too. Thank you to Sean Lusk, for the time and enthusiasm that he put into selecting the winners. (About […]

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Short Story Prize 2022 Results

16th March 2023

Winners Short-list Long-list On behalf of all of us at Fish, congratulations to the 10 winners, and to those who made the short and long lists. I was delighted to find so many skilled pieces in the entries this year, stories that were gem-like, compressed and glinting . . . Sarah Hall […]

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