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Fish Publishing Lockdown Prize

A project of Fish Publishing (see other related projects).

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions (June 2020). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

For many, this is the most extraordinary event of our lifetime. While we are all isolated at home, thoughts turn to the imaginative and creative. At times of crises and changes in the world society looks to its artists who can help console, inspire and even re-imagine the world. You may not be the doctors or chemists who work at the coal-face of this epidemic, but you are the creative people who mine the human spirit and bring the ore to the surface. Let’s hear from you, the writers and poets, for your response to this crisis. How is it affecting the psyche of the individual and the collective? How are people coping with their unexpected isolation and incarceration? Will we come out of it changed? Will we look at ourselves and our world with an altered perspective? We are looking for responses of all kinds – the funny, the sad, the imaginative, the surprising, the mundane, the beautiful.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions, and they do not offer monetary payment for accepted submissions.

Country of Publication & Year Established

Ireland
Established in 2020

Publication Medium & Contest Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication
One-time contest

Collapse section Fiction Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 100 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Society/Culture: Current events, Social issues, See guidelines.
Other: See guidelines.

Winner's Prize:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Multiple entries are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Narrative Nonfiction: Up to 100 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Society/Culture: Current events, Social issues, See guidelines.
Other: See guidelines.

Winner's Prize:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Multiple entries are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: Up to 19 lines.
Poem: Exactly 3 lines.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms, including: Haiku (or related).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Society/Culture: Current events, Social issues, See guidelines.
Other: See guidelines.

Winner's Prize:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Multiple entries are allowed.
Media: Text.

Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary.

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Fish Publishing Lockdown Prize Submission Statistics

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This listing is inactive and does not have any submission reports for the past 12 months.

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  • Be professional, patient, and persistent.

Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026

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