Announcing the 2024 Hummingbird Prize Longlist!

Huzzah for the Hummingbirds

We are delighted to announce the 2024 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize longlist!

Authors are listed alphabetically by first name. And those with a number beside their name have multiple stories under consideration for the shortlist.

And the longlisted authors are …

Adam Fout
Aldona Dziedziejko
Bradford Gyori
Cat Girczyc
Chanel M Sutherland
Carol McCauley
Cheryl Skory Suma
Ciara Gordon
Emmanuelle Khoury
Greg Blee
Jordan Scarrott
Kean Murphy
Kevin Sandefur
Kirk McDougall
KT Wagner
Laura MacLeod
Margot Spronk
Marion Lougheed
Melanie Mayer
Nikoletta Gjoni
Pattie Palmer-Baker (4)
Sarina Bosco
Sophie Ganic
Soramimi Hanarejima
Tabor Flickinger
Teagan Summers

Congratulations!

The shortlist for the 2024 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize will be announced Friday, July 12th. And the winner, as chosen by final judge Finnian Burnett, will be announced Monday, July 15th!

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

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Meet Hummingbird final judge, Finnian Burnett!

Finnian Burnett’s work explores the intersections of the human body, mental health, and gender identity. They are a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts grant, a finalist in the 2023 CBC nonfiction prize, and a 2024 Pushcart nominee. Their novella in flash, The Price of Cookies, is now available. When not writing or teaching, Finnian enjoys walking, Star Trek, and cat memes.

Finnian’s stories ‘Ethan Peck’s Muscles’ and ‘Nothing Left’ appeared in Pulp Literature Issue 37, Winter 2023. ‘When Captain Picard Was My Dad’ was our feature story for Issue 41, Winter 2024. And you’ll find a new story by Finnian, coming up in Issue 43, Summer 2024. Meanwhile, visit Finn at finnburnett.com.