Founded | 2002 |
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Founder | Ra Page |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | Manchester |
Distribution |
NBN International (UK) Independent Publishers Group (US) [1] |
Publication types | Books |
Official website |
commapress |
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 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]
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]
In June 2017 Comma was awarded the inaugural "Northern Publisher of the Year" award at the Northern Soul Awards in Manchester. [9] [10] [11]
Founded | 2002 |
---|---|
Founder | Ra Page |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | Manchester |
Distribution |
NBN International (UK) Independent Publishers Group (US) [1] |
Publication types | Books |
Official website |
commapress |
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 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]
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]
In June 2017 Comma was awarded the inaugural "Northern Publisher of the Year" award at the Northern Soul Awards in Manchester. [9] [10] [11]