Tuesday 27 October 2009

Fish One-Page Prize (Flash Fiction Competition)

John Hegley, judge of Fish Publishing's flash fiction contest - the Fish One-Page Story PrizeFish Publishing's flash fiction contest - The Fish One-Page Prize is open for entries.
This competition accepts stories of max 300 words on any theme.
€1,000 First Prize. The best 10 stories will be published in the Fish Anthology 2010.
Full details of this writing competition can be found at 2010 One-Page Story Prize
Simon Munnery, judge of Fish Publishing's flash fiction competition - The Fish One-Page Story Prize
We are excited and pleased that John Hegley (performance poet, musician, songwriter and producer of 10 books of verse and prose pieces) and Simon Munnery (comedy writer and experimental standup comedian) will be putting their heads together to select 10 stories for publication in the 2010 Fish Anthology.

Wednesday 14 October 2009

The Fish Poetry Prize 2010

The Fish Poetry Prize 2010

Fish Publishing runs the poetry competition each year, and publishes the winners in the annual Fish Anthology which will be launched during the West Cork Literary Festival, July 2010.
Fish has been running the poetry contest since 2006. Previous judges include Leanne O'Sullivan, Michael McCarthy and Peter Fallon.

Fish's guest poet this year is Matthew Sweeney, who has kindly offered his time and experience to judge the Fish Poetry Prize. Matthew will be reading all the entries so, as long as your poem is written in English and is less than 200 words, you have a chance to catch his eye and have your poem selected to be published along with nine other winners.
For more info on Matthew Sweeney visit Irish Writers Online 




Friday 9 October 2009

Fish Short Story Prize


Fish Publishing runs a short story competition each year, the winners of which are published in the annual Fish Anthology.
Roddy Doyle, Colum McCann and Dermot Healy, previously judges of the Fish Short Story Prize are now Honorary Patrons. This year, Ronan Bennett has generously agreed to lend his time and wisdom to select ten stories to be published in the 2010 Fish Anthology.
The Fish Short Story Prize welcomes stories on any theme written in English, with a maximum of 5,000 words.
The Anthology will be launched during the West Cork Literary Festival, July 2010.
The Fish Short Story Prize has been running annually since 1995. Publication in the anthology has been a stepping stone for many into successful writing careers.