Writing Courses

Short Story Writing Course

10 modules designed to hone your writing skills within this exciting genre. This is an online course to be completed within 5 months. When you have enrolled on the course . . .

Memoir Writing Course

This tailored one-to-one course will guide and develop an ability to write from personal experience with literary purpose.
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Flash Fiction Writing Course

A series of lively and stimulating lessons online. All aspects of writing flash fiction will be explored, from sourcing material to shaping and producing a publishable work.

Poetry Writing Course

Each word has a little music of its own, which poetry rearranges so it can be heard. Delve deep into these arrangements, exploring poetic tools – symbolism, repetition, figurative speech, persona . . .

Playwriting Course

Complete a full-length play in your own unique voice. The work you create during the assignments will form the skeleton of your play, providing a solid foundation for you to develop it further at your own pace.

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Short Story Prize 2024/25: RESULTS

15th March 2025

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. The 10 winners will be published in the Fish Anthology 2025. See Sean’s comments on the winning stories below. The launch will take place during the West Cork Literary Festival, Bantry, […]

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Fish Anthology 2024 LAUNCH

11th June 2024

Monday 15th July at 6:30 Marino (Old Methodist) Church Bantry, West Cork, Ireland The Launch of the Fish Anthology 2024 was held in this charming old methodist church. Many of the authors published in the Anthology read from their work, to showcase a sample of the talent in this book. […]

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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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