Comma Press

Comma Press
Founded2002
FounderRa Page Sarah Eyre
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationManchester
DistributionNBN International (UK)
Independent Publishers Group (US)
Publication typesBooks
Official websitecommapress.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 Sarah Eyre and 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.

Comma is a founding member and coordinator of The Northern Fiction Alliance, a cohort assembled to showcase the output of northern independent presses.

Awards

In June 2017 Comma was awarded the inaugural "Northern Publisher of the Year" award at the Northern Soul Awards in Manchester.

The New Uncanny: Tales of Unease (2008) won the 2008 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Anthology.