Comma Press

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

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.

History

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

Comma is a founding member and coordinator of The Northern Fiction Alliance, a cohort assembled to showcase the output of northern independent presses.[3][4]

Publications

Comma Press publishes anthologies of short stories, including the BBC National Short Story Award Anthology.[5]

Comma runs the Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction in collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire.[6][7][8]

Awards

In June 2017 Comma was awarded the inaugural "Northern Publisher of the Year" award at the Northern Soul Awards in Manchester.[9][10][11]

References

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

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