The start of May brought the announcement of the winners of two wonderful competitions: the Fish Poetry and One Page Story Prizes.
The prize-winning and shortlisted works will feature in the 2009 Fish Anthology, alongside new work by Peter Fallon and Colum McCann - an awe-inspiring writer whose story 'Phreak' blew me away when it appeared in the Paris Review a few months back and whose novel, Let the Great World Spin, will be published by Bloomsbury next month.
The first-place authors this year are Bernadette M Smith, for her story 'In the Car', and Annie Atkins, for her poem 'The Locksmith'. For full lists and details, please see below:
The 2009 Fish Poetry Prize
First Prize: 'The Locksmith' by Annie Atkins
Runners-up: (Not in order)
'I Am' by Jane Clarke
'I Can Move Stars' by Mary O’Gorman
'The Long Run' by Adam Wyeth
'This Corolla, Mama' by Marcella Spruce
Highly Commended:
'Gap Year' by Helena Nolan
'Factory Girl (Guangdong Province, China)' by Marie Altzinger
2009 Fish One Page Prize
First Prize: IN THE CAR by Bernadette M. Smyth
Second Prize: THEORETICALLY by Tom Glover
Third Prize: 71st STREET by Theresa Barnett
Runners Up: (Not in order)
APRIL FOOL AND THE FEMINISTAS by D K McCutchen
NIGHT GAMES by Gerry Galvin
THE LAST BULLET by Fia Kenzie
VIEW FROM LIMBO by Colette Dartford
A SIMPLE MATHEMATICAL EQUATION by Annie Atkins
REINCARNATION by Geraldine Walsh
PLAZA DE ARMAS by Rachel S Mann
