Welcome to the 13th Fish International Short Story Prize. There are a couple of changes to the competition this year. The first is that, in line with our other awards, this year's Fish Short Story Prize is on-line entry only. We apologise to our regular postal entrants for any inconvenience. We will work hard to accommodate you wherever possible.

Also this year we will be spreading the prize-fund more widely, to financially reward all the finalists of the competition. In addition to the top three prizes, we will also be offering an award to all the authors who appear in the Anthology and who attend our book launch to read from their stories.

The quality of the entries to this competition continues to surprise and delight us. We look forward to reading all your stories this year and to producing another fine anthology in 2007. You can buy the 2006 Anthology direct from us at our new ON-LINE BOOK SHOP.

Competition Summary

Closing date: 30 November 2006
Results announced: 17 March 2007
Anthology published: July 2007
Judges:Fiona Kidman , Michael Collins - & - A.N. Other

First Prize - €2,500

Second Prize - a week at the Anam Cara Writers' & Artists' Retreat in West Cork's Beara Peninsula, with €250 travelling expenses.

Third Prize - €300

In addition to the prize-winners, all those who attend the book launch to read their stories, will receive an award of €100 and five complementary copies of the Fish Anthology 2007.

The Fish Short Story Prize has been running uninterrupted since 1994 and the Prize has been awarded every year at the launch of the Anthology of winning stories. All the winning authors will be invited to read their work at the launch of the book during the West Cork Literary Festival held at Bantry House in July 2007. It is a condition of the competition that the overall winner attends the launch of the Anthology. The First Prize will otherwise be passed to the next in line.

Judges

TBC.

The Rules
No entry form is needed. Entry is on-line only.
You can make as many different entries as you like.
There is no restriction on theme or style.
Maximum 5,000 words.
The winning stories must be available for the anthology and, therefore, must not have been published previously.
Copyright returns to the author one year after publication.
Notification of receipt of entry will normally be by email.
The judges' verdict is final.
No correspondence will be entered into once work has been submitted
Stories cannot be altered or changed after they have been entered.
The Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English.

Entry Fees

The cost of an On-line entry is fixed in Euro and the translation into your local currency will be done automatically by your credit card company according to the current exchange rate..

On-Line Entries

On-line entries will only be accepted if entered through our website. Please do not send stories as email attachments.

ENSURE THE TITLE OF THE STORY DOES NOT APPEAR AT THE BEGINING OF THE FIRST PAGE. THIS WILL BE ENTERED AUTOMATICALLY BY THE SYSTEM WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR STORY.

PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THE STORY. YOUR STORY IS AUTOMATICALLY LINKED TO YOUR NAME.

IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY SUBMITTING OR PAYING FOR YOUR STORY SIMPLY CLICK ON SUBMISSION SUPPORT AND SEND US AN E-MAIL DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM YOU ARE HAVING. WE WILL HELP YOU TO MAKE SURE YOUR STORY GETS ENTERED CORRECTLY. On-Line Entry
€
Per Entry 20.00
Critique (Optional) 45.00
2006 Short Story Anthology (Optional) 10.00

Postal Entries

For the first time, The Fish Short Story Prize is On-line entry only. No postal entries will be accepted. However if you have problems using our on-line system please contact us at info@fishpublishing.com and we will work with you to ensure that your entry can be completed.

Source:
http://www.fishpublishing.com/13th-fish-international-short-story-prize.php