Comma Press

Based in Manchester, Started 2007

www.commapress.co.uk

Comma Press is an independent publisher based in Manchester. We are an Arts Council England NPO. Comma’s mission is to put the short story at the heart of contemporary narrative culture. Through innovative commissions, collaborations and digital initiatives, we explore the power of the short story to transcend cultural and disciplinary boundaries, and to enable greater understanding across these boundaries.

Submission Policy

We accept submissions from writers however we mainly work on Project Briefs or Showcase call-outs which we post on our website asking people to submit stories that work under the brief or terms of that specific call-out. We have extensive submission guidance on our website.

In Another Country: Selected Stories

David Constantine

2015

Refugee Tales

Patience Agbabi, Jade Amoli-Jackson, Chris Cleave, Stephen Collis, Inua Ellams, Abdulrazak Gurnah, David Herd, Marina Lewycka, Avaes Mohammad, Hubert Moore, Ali Smith, Dragan Todorovic, Carol Watts & Michael Zand. Edited by David Herd & Anna Pincus.

2016

Protest: Stories of Resistance

Sandra Alland, Martyn Bedford, Kate Clanchy, David Constantine, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Kit de Waal, Stuart Evers, Maggie Gee, Michelle Green, Andy Hedgecock, Laura Hird, Matthew Holness, Juliet Jacques, Sara Maitland, Courttia Newland, Holly Pester, Joanna Quinn, Francesca Rhydderch, Jacob Ross & Alexei Sayle. Edited by Ra Page.

2018

The Iraqi Christ

Hassan Blasim

2013

Banthology

Anoud., Wajdi al-Ahdal, Ubah Cristina Ali Farah, Najwa Binshatwan, Rania Mamoun, Fereshteh Molavi & Zaher Omareen. Edited by Sarah Cleave.