The Stinging Fly is a literary magazine published in Ireland, featuring short stories, essays, and poetry.

Equal emphasis is given to short stories and poetry, with occasional other material such as novel extracts, song lyrics, and author interviews.

[6] Notable writers who have made their debuts in the magazine include: Sally Rooney,[7] Nicole Flattery,[8] Sara Baume,[9] Rob Doyle,[10] Colin Barrett,[11] Wendy Erskine,[12] and Oisin Fagan.

[13] The Stinging Fly Press was established in 2005, and the first title, Watermark by Derry-born author Sean O'Reilly, was published in May that year.

In July 2006, the imprint brought out a special fiction issue of the magazine in book form: These Are Our Lives featuring 22 short stories by Irish and international writers.

[17] In 2015, The Stinging Fly Press published Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett and Dinosaurs on Other Planets by Danielle McLaughlin, both to exceptional acclaim.

The judges were AL Kennedy, Irish Times literary editor Caroline Walsh, and Tobias Wolf.

The judges were Anne Enright, Jon McGregor and Yiyun Li[21] In May 2022, Emer O'Hanlon was announced 2022 winner of the inaugural Stinging Fly/FBA Fiction Prize for her story "Diana in a Lonely Place".