Fish Publishing is accepting submissions for four creative writing contests:
• The Fish Short Story Prize is for short stories up to 5,000 words. The winner will receive €3,000 and a five-day writing workshop at West Cork Literary Festival. The second prize is €300 and a week at Anam Cara Writers’ Retreat, and the third prize is €300. Send original, unpublished work. The writer’s name must not appear on the manuscript. Enter online or by post. The entry fee is €20 by post or €22 online. The closing date is 30 November.
• The Fish Short Memoir Prize is for original, unpublished life writing up to 4,000 words. The first prize is €1,000 and the second is a week’s writing retreat at Casa Ana in Spain and €300 travel expenses. Enter by post or online. The entry fee is €16 by post and €18 online. The closing date is 31 January.