Congratulations to the Magpie Award for Poetry Winners! Recognizing them and more in this week's newsletter: mailchi.mp/414db2fc64f2...

We’ve had some customers reporting website errors lately, and we’re working to track down the problems. Find ways to troubleshoot today on the Pulp Lit blog: pulpliterature.com/website-wrin...

From Pulp Literature Issue 49, find the opening pages of a new graphic short by @artofjordanbray.bsky.social, ‘Nightwalks’, today on the blog: pulpliterature.com/nightwalks-b...

Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Magpie Award for Poetry 🏆 - mailchi.mp/ddb54047aaa4... And be sure to get your Hummingbird Flash Fiction Contest entries in by today to take advantage of our last day of earlybird pricing!

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 Magpie Award for Poetry! Find the winners, as selected by final judge Renée Sarojini Saklikar, today on the Pulp Literature blog: pulpliterature.com/congratulati...

Find the first page of 'Forbidden Fruit', a graphic short by Anat Rabkin, today on the Pulp Literature blog: pulpliterature.com/throwback-th...

The Hummingbird Earlybird rate flies away soon! Get the details on this and more in this week's newsletter: mailchi.mp/1b5b7496f893...

We are thrilled to now announce the shortlist for the 2026 Magpie Award for Poetry. Find the ten shortlisted poets today on the Pulp Literature blog: pulpliterature.com/announcing-t...

From Pulp Literature Issue 49, find an excerpt from the Honourable Mention of the 2025 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize, ‘Change of Life’ by JA Logwood today on the Pulp Lit blog! pulpliterature.com/change-of-li...

Last Week for the Early Bird 🐦 - mailchi.mp/359407d8bf81... Take advantage of our reduced entry rate for the 2026 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize by getting your entries in before May 15th! See less

The Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize is OPEN! 📣 mailchi.mp/1b57a3b41ca4...

‘Here I Lay Down My Heart’ by Rob Taylor was the very first winner of the Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize, back in 2014. Read an excerpt of Rob’s winning story today on the Pulp Lit blog: pulpliterature.com/throwback-th...

From Pulp Literature Issue 49, we now present an excerpt from the winner of the 2025 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize, ‘October Nineteenth’ by Kirsty Campbell. Read it today on the Pulp Lit blog: pulpliterature.com/october-nine...

The Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize opens TODAY! - mailchi.mp/5c0872ff9c7d... Find all the details on the Pulp Literature website and in this week's Pulp Spec newsletter...

It’s officially time to announce the longlist for the 2026 Magpie Award for Poetry! Find the names of the longlisted poets published today on the Pulp Literature blog: pulpliterature.com/announcing-t...

For our 40th issue, which marked ten years of Pulp Literature at the end of 2023, we chose a throwback feature story: ‘Above it All’ by Robert J Sawyer, originally published in 1996. Read an excerpt here on the blog: pulpliterature.com/throwback-th...

Meet the Pulp Lit Mistresses of Mystery | We’re delighted to announce that not one, but two, Pulp Literature authors have shortlisted works in the 2026 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence! Congratulations to Mel Anastasiou and MH Callway! pulpliterature.com/congratulati...

While it’s not quite December and not quite time for Christmas in July, we thought you might enjoy this attempt at Christmas in April with Emily Drake‘s ‘Christmas Trappings’ from Pulp Literature Issue 49. Enjoy an excerpt of this story today on the blog: pulpliterature.com/christmas-tr...

Congratulations to these Pulp Lit crime writers 🔍 - mailchi.mp/bc8fc3af6d10... Mel Anastasiou and MH Callway have been shortlisted for Awards of Excellence by the Crime Writers of Canada!

The Autumn 2022 issue featured ‘I Can See for Miles’, an excerpt of Mel Anastasiou‘s novel of love and grief Pretty Lies, set during the sun-drenched summer of 1974 on Bowen Island, BC. Read an excerpt today on the Pulp Lit blog: pulpliterature.com/throwback-th...

We’re spoiled in Vancouver tonight with the launch of the third book in Renée Sarojini Saklikar’s magnificent cli-fi epic in verse, Bramah’s Discovery, and the launch of Neil Surkan’s Empties, with Pulp authors Sophie Crocker and David Ly. mailchi.mp/5c26ccf2e5ef...

In Pulp Literature Issue 49, Lauren Stein (@tinylwrites.bsky.social) presents us with a less than usual work day in ‘Return to Office’. Read an excerpt of this story today on the blog: pulpliterature.com/return-to-of...

SFF from Issue 49 🪐 - mailchi.mp/d88f3c93135f... Find excerpts from two of our latest SFF stories in this Pulp Spec newsletter!

In ‘Just Another Date Night on the Highway Out of Town’, Zandra Renwick demonstrates why, some days, it just pays to order in. Enjoy an excerpt of this story today on the Pulp Lit blog: pulpliterature.com/throwback-th...

The Magpie Award closes at midnight! Visit pulpliterature.com/contests for all the details and to enter! | mailchi.mp/c0294ea6ff37...

In Pulp Literature Issue 49, Cadence Mandybura (@cadencewrites.bsky.social ) teaches us about the price of searching for lost things in her story ‘The Pilfer Imp’. Read an excerpt of this story today on the blog: pulpliterature.com/the-pilfer-i...

Mysteries from Issue 49 🔍 - mailchi.mp/612a819c6e3f... And your reminder that there are just TWO DAYS left to enter the 2026 Magpie Award for Poetry!

The 2026 Magpie Award for Poetry closes Wednesday, April 15th! Poets, this is your last chance to polish up your poems for a shot at the $500 top prize and publication in Pulp Literature. pulpliterature.com/the-magpie-a...

‘In ‘Little Snowflake Girls’, Dawn Lo introduces us to a girl becoming a woman, navigating family, friends, and foreign climates. Enjoy an excerpt today on the blog, and pick up the full story in Pulp Literature Issue 28, on sale now till the end of April! pulpliterature.com/throwback-th...

The Magpie Award for Poetry closes next week! ⏳ Find the details and more in this week's newsletter: mailchi.mp/44553ce1e4da...

In Pulp Literature Issue 49, Russell Hugh McConnell offers up "an entirely realistic portrayal of normal life in southwest Florida" with ‘Salty Dave and the Voice of the Brazen Head’. Read an excerpt of this story today on the blog: pulpliterature.com/salty-dave-a...

In Case You Missed It ... Updates from the Blog ✨ - mailchi.mp/c6bb71d983db... Learn about our upcoming conference, read prize-winning poems, and find your reminder for the Magpie Award for Poetry's impending deadline in this Pulp Spec newsletter.

For our writers who are aspiring, practising, and all of those in between, Pulp Literature Press is planning an online writing conference this June from the 26th-28th! To have your say in which topics this conference will cover, fill out the form on our blog: pulpliterature.com/help-shape-o...

In ‘The Map According to Me’, Susan Pieters reminds us that, in the generation gap, being the centre of it all might just make one more lost than found. Enjoy an excerpt today on the blog! pulpliterature.com/throwback-th...

Last chance for the April Month of Hours 🕰️ | mailchi.mp/2bd4021c2263...

In Pulp Literature Issue 49, take a trip back to 1987 with ‘Smile’ by DP Snyder. Read an excerpt of this story today on the blog: pulpliterature.com/smile-by-dp-... @dpsnyder.bsky.social

Updates from the Magpie Award for Poetry 🖋️ - mailchi.mp/2211aa95b654... The 2026 Magpie Award for Poetry, judged by Renée Sarojini Saklikar, closes in just over 2 weeks! Get your entries in soon for a shot at the $500 top prize and publication in Pulp Literature!

Awards Nomination Season ✨ The 2025 round up is now available on the Pulp Lit blog. Help us to nominate your favourite stories from Pulp Literature Press for awards this year! pulpliterature.com/awards-nomin...

Not for the faint of heart … or stomach. Read an excerpt of ‘Gross Motor’ by Sara Mang on the Pulp Lit blog! pulpliterature.com/throwback-th...

Read our poetry roundup in this week's newsletter and get inspired to submit to the 2026 Magpie Award for Poetry! mailchi.mp/6159962d9628...

Looking for your motivation to enter this year's Magpie Award for Poetry? On the Pulp Literature blog today, find inspiration in the winning poems from the Kingfisher Poetry Prize with excerpts from Issue 49. Read them here: pulpliterature.com/the-pulp-lit...

The Latest SFF from Issue 49 🪐 - mailchi.mp/57678df5042f... Plus, there's still time to enter the Magpie! Send us your poems for a chance at the $500 top prize and publication in Pulp Literature. Find all the details at pulpliterature.com!

Join us to write in April for our next Month of Hours! Find the details in this week's newsletter: mailchi.mp/22773873254c...

Back in 2018 Greg Brown’s ‘Bear’ from Issue 14, and ‘Love’, from Issue 16, were both longlisted for the Writers’ Trust Journey Prize. ‘Love’ made it to the final three. Read an excerpt of that poignant short story on the blog: pulpliterature.com/throwback-th...

In Pulp Literature Issue 49, Benny Lawrence explores mythic family histories in ‘Maybe We Once Were Birds’. Read an excerpt of this story today on the blog: pulpliterature.com/maybe-we-onc... @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social

Announcing the Bumblebee Winners 🐝✨ - mailchi.mp/c599109e03e7... Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest, as selected by final judge Bob Thurber! And for our poets, a reminder that the Magpie Award for Poetry closes on April 15th, so get your entries in soon!

In ‘Last of a Thing’ by Douglas Smith, a fool travels through mythic lands to a monster’s lair and brings us unexpected truths, as fools always do. Enjoy this excerpt from Issue 12 on the blog: pulpliterature.com/throwback-th...

We’ve been buzzing to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest! Congratulations to these ten shortlisted authors and their stories: pulpliterature.com/announcing-t...

From Pulp Literature Issue 49, find the first section of ‘Her Mother’s Smile’ by JM Landels, a new story set within the Ilmar which takes place just after the events of Allaigna’s Song: Chorale. Read an excerpt today on the blog: pulpliterature.com/her-mothers-...

The Early Bird Gets a ... Discount? - mailchi.mp/f4677883d6a2... Earlybird pricing for the 2026 Magpie Award for Poetry ends on March 15th!