Comma Press Explained

Comma Press
Founded:	2002
Founder:	Ra Page
Country:	United Kingdom
Headquarters:	Manchester
Distribution:	NBN International (UK) Independent Publishers Group (US)^[1]
Publications:	Books

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]}

External links

• Comma Press official website
• Arts Council England on Comma Press

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trade Orders . 2018-05-30 . Comma Press.
2. Web site: The data: 2018-22 . Arts Council England.
3. Web site: About the Northern Fiction Alliance . 2020-12-23 . Northern Fiction Alliance.
4. Web site: Northern Fiction Alliance . 2020-12-23 . Comma Press.
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0079gw3/ BBC National Short Story Award
6. Web site: Prizes . 2020-12-23 . Comma Press.
7. Web site: The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction 2021 . 2020-12-23 . National Association of Writers in Education.
8. Web site: 2020-07-23 . Creative writing competition: The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction 2020 . 2020-12-23 . Writers Online.
9. Web site: 2017-06-30 . The Northern Soul Awards 2017: The Winners . 2020-12-23 . Northern Soul . en-GB.
10. Web site: Northern Soul : Northern Publisher of the Year 2017 Winner . 2020-12-23 . Comma Press.
11. Web site: 2020-11-04 . 7 Top BAME Book Publishers . 2020-12-23 . Writing Tips Oasis . en-US.