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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-03-021078.txt : 20030918
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20030918190241
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-03-021078
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030521
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030918

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ELIOT THEODORE L JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001253539

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24230
		FILM NUMBER:		03901797

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		44259 NOBEL DRIVE
		CITY:			FREMONT
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94538

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIBERSTARS INC /CA/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000924168
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC LIGHTING & WIRING EQUIPMENT [3640]
		IRS NUMBER:				943021850
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		44259 NOBEL DRIVE
		CITY:			FREMONT
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94538
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5104900719

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		44259 NOBEL DRIVE
		CITY:			FREMONT
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94538
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<ownershipDocument>
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    <documentType>4</documentType>
  <periodOfReport>2003-05-21</periodOfReport>
  <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000924168</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FIBERSTARS INC /CA/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FBST</issuerTradingSymbol>
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  <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001253539</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ELIOT THEODORE L JR</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>44259 NOBEL DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>FREMONT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94538</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
      <isDirector>1</isDirector>
      <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
      <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
      <isOther>0</isOther>
    </reportingOwnerRelationship>
  </reportingOwner>
  <derivativeTable>
    <derivativeTransaction>
      <securityTitle>
        <value>Director Stock Options</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <conversionOrExercisePrice>
        <value>3.65</value>
      </conversionOrExercisePrice>
      <transactionDate>
        <value>2003-05-21</value>
      </transactionDate>
      <transactionCoding>
        <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
        <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
        <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
      </transactionCoding>
      <transactionTimeliness>
        <value></value>
      </transactionTimeliness>
      <transactionAmounts>
        <transactionShares>
          <value>5000</value>
        </transactionShares>
        <transactionPricePerShare>
          <value>3.65</value>
        </transactionPricePerShare>
        <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
          <value>A</value>
        </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
      </transactionAmounts>
      <exerciseDate>
        <footnoteId id="F1"/>
      </exerciseDate>
      <expirationDate>
        <footnoteId id="F2"/>
      </expirationDate>
      <underlyingSecurity>
        <underlyingSecurityTitle>
          <value>Common Stock</value>
        </underlyingSecurityTitle>
        <underlyingSecurityShares>
          <value>5000</value>
        </underlyingSecurityShares>
      </underlyingSecurity>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
        <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
          <value>60000</value>
        </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
        <directOrIndirectOwnership>
          <value>D</value>
        </directOrIndirectOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
    </derivativeTransaction>
  </derivativeTable>
  <footnotes>
    <footnote id="F1">Exercisable when vested; vests in 12 equal installments commencing one month from the date of the grant, becoming fully exercisable on 5/21/04.</footnote>
    <footnote id="F2">Expires on 5/21/13 or when Theodore L. Eliot Jr. ceases to serve as a director of Fiberstars, Inc. if earlier.</footnote>
  </footnotes>
  <ownerSignature>
    <signatureName>/s/ Theodore L. Eliot Jr.</signatureName>
    <signatureDate>2003-09-12</signatureDate>
  </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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