Comma Press
UK publishing house
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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.
| 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 |
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]