{{Short description|UK publishing house}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox publisher | name = Comma Press | image = | parent = | status = | founded = 2002 | founder = Ra Page | successor = | country = United Kingdom | headquarters = Manchester | distribution = NBN International (UK)<br />Independent Publishers Group (US)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trade Orders |url=https://commapress.co.uk/about/trade-orders/ |access-date=2018-05-30 |publisher=Comma Press}}</ref> | keypeople = | publications = Books | topics = | genre = | imprints = | revenue = | numemployees = | nasdaq = | url = {{URL|https://commapress.co.uk}} }}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The data: 2018-22 |url=https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/national-portfolio-2018-22/more-data-2018-22 |publisher=Arts Council England}}</ref>
Comma is a founding member and coordinator of The Northern Fiction Alliance, a cohort assembled to showcase the output of northern independent presses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Northern Fiction Alliance |url=http://northernfictionalliance.com/about |access-date=2020-12-23 |publisher=Northern Fiction Alliance}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Northern Fiction Alliance |url=https://commapress.co.uk/about/northern-fiction-alliance/ |access-date=2020-12-23 |publisher=Comma Press}}</ref>
==Publications== Comma Press publishes anthologies of short stories, including the ''BBC National Short Story Award Anthology''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0079gw3/ BBC National Short Story Award]</ref>
Comma runs the Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction in collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prizes |url=https://commapress.co.uk/resources/prizes/ |access-date=2020-12-23 |publisher=Comma Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction 2021 |url=https://www.nawe.co.uk/DB/jobs-and-opportunities/the-dinesh-allirajah-prize-for-short-fiction-2021.html |access-date=2020-12-23 |publisher=National Association of Writers in Education}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-23 |title=Creative writing competition: The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction 2020 |url=https://www.writers-online.co.uk/news/creative-writing-competition-the-dinesh-allirajah-prize-for-short-fict |access-date=2020-12-23 |website=Writers Online}}</ref>
==Awards== In June 2017 Comma was awarded the inaugural "Northern Publisher of the Year" award at the Northern Soul Awards in Manchester.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-30 |title=The Northern Soul Awards 2017: The Winners |url=https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/northern-soul-awards-2017-shortlist-winners/ |access-date=2020-12-23 |website=Northern Soul |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Northern Soul : Northern Publisher of the Year 2017 Winner |url=https://commapress.co.uk/news/northern-soul-northern-publisher-of-the/ |access-date=2020-12-23 |publisher=Comma Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-04 |title=7 Top BAME Book Publishers |url=https://writingtipsoasis.com/bame-book-publishers/ |access-date=2020-12-23 |website=Writing Tips Oasis |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://commapress.co.uk/ Comma Press official website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120802132408/http://www.artscouncil.org.uk//funding//browse-regularly-funded-organisations//npo//comma-press// Arts Council England on Comma Press]
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Category:Book publishing companies of England Category:Companies based in Manchester