The Fish Poetry Competition 2011
Fish Publishing runs the poetry competition each year, and publishes the winners in the annual Fish Anthology. This is launched during the West Cork Literary Festival in July.
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Fish has been running the poetry contest since 2006. Previous judges include Leanne O'Sullivan, Michael McCarthy, Peter Fallon and Matthew Sweeney. To view our catalogue of anthologies containing the winning poems from previous poetry competitions click Fish Books.
The judge for the 2011 Fish Poetry Prize is American Iraq veteran Brian Turner. 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 published along with nine other winners in the 2011 Fish Anthology..
Brian Turner served for seven years in the US Army. He was an infantry team leader for a year in Iraq from November 2003 with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. In 1999-2000 he was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina with the 10th Mountain Division. Born in 1967, he received an MFA from the University of Oregon and lived abroad in South Korea for a year before joining the army.
His poetry was included in the Voices in Wartime Anthology published in conjunction with a feature-length documentary film. His collection Here, Bullet (Bloodaxe Books, 2007) was first published in the US by Alice James Books in 2005, where it has earned Turner nine major literary awards, including a 2006 Lannan Literary Fellowship and a 2007 NEA Literature Fellowship in Poetry. In 2009 he was given an Amy Lowell Traveling Fellowship. His second collection, Phantom Noise is published by Alice James Books in the US and by Bloodaxe Books in the UK in 2010.
- Poetry Contest Summary
- Poetry Contest Prizes
- Poetry Contest Rules
- Poetry Contest Entry Fees
- Online Entry to Poetry Contest
- Postal Entries for the Poetry Contest
Poetry Contest Summary FOR 2011
Closing date: 30 March 2011
Results: 30 April 2011
Judge: Brian TurnerPoetry Contest Prizes:
A First Prize of €1,000 to the winner plus publication in the 2011 Fish Anthology.
The best ten poems will be published in the 2011 Anthology and each poet will receive five copies of the Anthology.
All winning poets will be invited to the launch of the 2011 Fish Anthology. This will take place during the West Cork Literary Festival in July 2011.
Poetry Contest Entry Fees
The cost of an Online entry is fixed in Euro and the conversion into your local currency will be done automatically by your credit card company according to the current exchange rate.
Online Entry
€Postal Entry
€Per Entry
14.00
16.00
Critique (Optional)
30.00
32.00
Online Entry to Poetry Contest
Please do not send stories as email attachments. Enter the Fish Poetry Contest online
Postal Entries for the Poetry Contest
To enter by pos, please include entry fee and story in the same envelope. Do not put your name or address on the poem - put all contact details on a separate sheet. Cheques payable to 'Fish Publishing'. NOTE: cheques must be made out in the currency of the country from which they are sent, to the value of the fee. Receipt of entry by email only. Poems will not be returned. Critiques will be returned by email unless requested by post.
Post to: The Fish Poetry Contest, Fish Publishing, Durrus, Bantry, Co Cork, Ireland
Poetry Contest Rules
No entry form is needed. Entry is mostly on-line, or by post if required.
You can enter as many times as you wish. One poem per entry.
The poetry contest is open to poets of any nationality writing in English.
There is no restriction on theme or style.
Poem length is restricted to 200 words.
The winning poems must be available for the anthology and, therefore, must not have been published previously.
Fish holds publishing rights for one year after publication. Copyright remains with the author.
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.
Poems cannot be altered or changed after they have been entered. Do not put name or address with the poem, but on a separate sheet if entering by post, or in the correct place on the online entry system.
Overall winners of the Fish Poetry Prize may enter again, but will not be eligible for the first prize.
A poet who has had two poems in Fish Anthologies may not enter for three years. They may enter other Fish Prizes in that time. (This is designed to give opportunities to a wider circle of emerging poets).
Entry is taken to be acceptance of these rules.
If you encounter problems entering the poetry contest - getting the format of your poem correct, or paying online for your entry, please email us and we will do all that we can to help.