Announcing the 2024 First Page Cage Longlist!

And So It Begins

It’s time to announce the longlist for our 2024 First Page Cage Match.

Congratulations to all of the authors, listed alphabetically by first name below. And double the congratulations for those with a (2) beside their name: these authors have two stories under consideration!

And the longlisted authors are …

Catherine Mackie
Christine Breede
Julie Wise (2)
Mark Silcox
Melanie Marttila
MFC Feeley
Mike Donoghue (2)
Nathalie De Los Santos
Patrice Hapke
Rachael Warecki
Ruth Horn
Sophie Ganic
Sylvia Leong
VJ Hamilton
William C Kaufmann

With some familiar faces on this list, we encourage you to take a look at other works by some of these longlisted authors. Find Christine Breede in Pulp Literature Issue 35, Melanie Marttila in Issue 38, MFC Feeley in Issue 26, Mike Donoghue in Issue 26, Sylvia Leong in Issues 29 and 38, and William C Kaufmann in Issue 17.

Congratulations again!

Stay tuned to see which stories will be announced as quarter finalists, this Friday, October 18th.

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And for our short form writers, consider this your very last reminder that our Raven Short Story Contest is closing tonight! Get your entries in before midnight for a chance at the top prize and publication in Pulp Literature.

Thank you to all of our submitting authors for sharing your words and supporting Pulp Literature!