Announcing the 2026 Raven Short Story Contest Shortlist!

Taking Flight

It’s time to announce which ten stories truly took flight for this year’s Raven Short Story Contest shortlist!

The winners, as chosen by our final judge, Kelly Robson, will be announced on November 15th, so stay tuned to the Pulp Literature blog for the final results.

And the shortlisted authors are…

Eva Ye with ‘The Sound of Blue’

Greg Terpenning with ‘Writing Up a Storm’

Jaime Gill with ‘The Never-Weres’

Kirsty Campbell with ‘The Legendary Tapestry Maker of Ghent’

KT Wagner with ‘Baba Yaga’s Apples’

MJ Fonte with ‘The Devil Meets Todd’

Mitchell Toews with ‘Raising Scorpions’ 

Peter Norman with ‘Rise Crescent Wynd’

Petra Chambers with ‘Slug Lord’

Sheryl Hamilton with ‘Play the Endgame Like a Machine’

Congratulations to all!

The winner, chosen by Kelly Robson, will be announced on November 15th, so keep an eye on the blog!

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


Joining us again as final judge is Kelly Robson, an award-winning science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer. She won the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and her short fiction won the 2022, 2019, and 2016 Aurora Awards. She has also been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon, Locus, Astounding, Aurora, and Sunburst awards.

Kelly grew up in the foothills of the Rockies, competing in rodeos and gymkhanas. From 2008 to 2012, she wrote the wine and spirits column for Chatelaine. ‘Good for Grapes’ appeared as our featured story in Pulp Literature Issue 23, Summer 2019. After twenty-two years in Vancouver, she and her wife, fellow writer AM Dellamonica, now make their home in downtown Toronto. Visit her at kellyrobson.com.


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