Comma Press

Comma Press is a publishing house based in Manchester, United Kingdom that publishes short story anthologies and single-author collections in paperback and eBook formats.

Comma Press
Founded2002
FounderRa Page
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationManchester
DistributionNBN International (UK)
Independent Publishers Group (US)[1]
Publication typesBooks
Official websitecommapress.co.uk

History

Comma Press was founded in 2002 by Ra Page, a former editor at Manchester's City Life magazine.[2] Comma Press is one of Arts Council England's National Portfolio Organisations for the funding period from 2018 to 2022.[3]

Comma is a founding member and coordinator of The Northern Fiction Alliance, a cohort assembled to showcase the output of northern independent presses.[4][5]

Publications

Comma Press publishes anthologies of short stories, including the BBC National Short Story Award Anthology.[6]

Comma runs the Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction in collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire.[7][8][9]

Awards

In June 2017 Comma was awarded the inaugural 'Northern Publisher of the Year' award at the Northern Soul Awards in Manchester.[10][11][12]

References
  1. "Trade Orders". Comma Press. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  2. City Life magazine
  3. "The data: 2018-22". Arts Council England.
  4. "About the Northern Fiction Alliance". Northern Fiction Alliance. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  5. "Northern Fiction Alliance". Comma Press. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  6. BBC National Short Story Award
  7. "Prizes". Comma Press. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  8. "The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction 2021". National Association of Writers in Education. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  9. "Creative writing competition: The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction 2020". Writers Online. 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  10. "The Northern Soul Awards 2017: The Winners". Northern Soul. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  11. "Northern Soul : Northern Publisher of the Year 2017 Winner". Comma Press. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  12. "7 Top BAME Book Publishers". Writing Tips Oasis. 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
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