General
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50 votes
We are refining it all the time. Very few writers have difficulty with it, and for the few who do we do whatever we can to help.
Clem -
Be able to edit a story once it is submitted
I noticed a spelling mistake after I had submitted it and would like to be able to change it
23 votesI don’t know of any competition where you can change an entry once it is entered. However on the Fish online entry system you can check your entry once it is uploaded, and make changes to it. Once the entry fee is paid it cannot be changed.
Clem -
Why are your fees so expensive. £15 for one story. I expected better from Ireland a supposed socialist country.
you have a competition for students at a price they can afford to enter or you lower your prices....your entry fee is disgustingly high and the twice the amount an avergae worker would get per hour........
17 votesThere are discounts for subsequent entries. If it is more expensive than some other prizes it’s because we have good prize money and publish the winners in a quality anthology. there is also an online entry system where you can see your entry and follow its progress. It is about value for the entry fee.
Clem -
Be great to see 'Shortlisted' or 'Longlisted' (or 1st place!!) against my entries
next to entries in author database listing that shows all your entries
17 votesOnce an entry is read it is marked A, B or C. A means it is shortlisted, B means it is on the longlist, and C means it hasn’t made the cut. You can see the mark on your Author Page. The shortlists will be on the website and in the newsletter.
Clem Cairns -
Say a story makes it on the longlist, will it be reviewed one more time after all entries are read? Just curious, that would make sense.
Say a story makes it on the longlist, will it be reviewed one more time after all entries are read? Just curious, that would make sense.
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Great Support
Thank you Mary-Jane for activating my account.
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Be able to change my email address
I'm using a different email address. How do I change it?
8 votesIf you notify Fish of a change of address we will change it on your page.
Clem -
Be able to submit a story in pdf format
I can't get the formatting of the poem the way I want it in your editor and would prefer to submit a .pdf file.
7 votesJust choose the ‘Upload PDF’ option instead of the ‘Paste’ one.
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5 votes
Man we are trying.
Clem -
Be able to delete story once competition is closed
I don't want to leave my story on the system once the competition is closed. How can I delete it?
4 votesThere is no way to do this at present. Till now we delete the entries from here on request. I is a feature that a few writers over the years have requested, and I will see if we can add it.
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take some praise for a good online entry system
just saying that having entered using your new online system, and had no issues using it despite some limitations to my vision. Appreciated chance to preview what was sent
4 votesThank you. Most writers using the site have no problems, but we still work hard at making it easier still.
Clem -
question about short lists
I understand why you didn't want to run author names with the short list for the short story prize in the first week of March, because you hadn't chosen a winner yet, but what's the logic behind only using titles for the short list for memoir? Or short lists for contests that have closed? Then for some reason the names of postal entries are printed.
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2 votes
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Make it easy to change password
At the moment have to contact admin to do that.
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stop marking people's work as if they were children.
If you want to mark things as B and C for your own administration purposes that's fine, but don't insult people who didn't ask for feedback by giving them a mark.
It also takes away the fun/suspense of entering a competition.
I also suggest that if you're going to publish shortlists or longlists then you should be doing so alphabetically. No-one knows or cares the name of a story, but it can be useful to people to be visible on such a list.1 voteJean,
We put the marks up on the pages after years of writers asking us to do just that. They wanted at least some indication of where they were at with the entry. Insult was far from our thoughts.
Our website doesn’t have the facility to select the names, just the titles. The names can’t be announced till after the comp is over because it is anonymous, and by then the writers will usually have found it. -
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