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.

Publications

Comma Press publishes anthologies of short stories, including the BBC National Short Story Award Anthology.[4]

Comma runs the Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction in collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire.

Awards

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

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gollark: They have CBs. I wonder why they bred it with a 2G. Probably an accident.
gollark: Now the eternal wait and wondering begins.
gollark: I offered my spare CB Magma. That prize is probably worth *something*.
gollark: They were also lucky to get it before the Wyrmrequirementpocalypse.

References
  1. "Trade Orders - CommaPress". Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  2. City Life magazine
  3. Arts Council England website
  4. BBC National Short Story Award
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