SHORTLIST FOR 2011/12 SHORT STORY PRIZE

There are 145 stories here, selected from an overall entry of 1,900. We would like to congratulate the writers who made this list. See here. http://www.fishpublishing.com/short-stories-news.php

Author David Mitchell is still working on his selection of the winners, so to preserve anonymity we have left out the names of the authors.

The final results will be announced on 17 March on the Fish website and by newsletter. The ten stories chosen by David Mitchell will be published in the 2012 Fish Anthology. This will be launched at the 2012 West Cork Literary Festival in July. All are welcome to attend.

We have not posted the longlist this year, because it is too long, comprising some 550 stories. We have noticed over the years that the quality of stories overall has risen, which has given rise to the unwieldy longlists. For the 2012 Prize we will be tougher on the marking.

Writers who entered can look at their Author Pages where the mark “B” indicates that the story was longlisted. “A” indicates that the story was shortlisted.

Visit the website: http://www.fishpublishing.com/short-stories-news.php