Announcing the Longlist for the First Page Cage Match!

The Battle of the ‘Scripts

We are delighted to announce the longlist for our inaugural First Page Cage Match!

Authors are listed alphabetically by first name. And those with a (#) beside their name have multiple stories under consideration for the next round.

Stay tuned to the blog for the announcement of the eight quarter-finalist authors, coming Monday, December 18th, and their first pages, coming soon! 

And the longlisted authors are…

Adam Fout
Allison Render
Andrew (no last name given)
Bart Campbell
Brenda Butler
Carol Tulpar (3)
Charity Tahmaseb
Cheryl Skory Suma
Christine Breede
Christine DeLong
Hannah McManus
Lee Adams
Leslie Wibberley
M J Malleck
Marie Powell
Mike McArthur
Nikita Andester
Shanna Yetman
Stephen A Roddewig

Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to the authors who made the First Page Cage Match longlist. Best of luck in the next round! And thank you to all submitting authors for sharing your words and supporting Pulp Literature.

Up next…

In the second round, on Monday, December 18th, we’ll announce the quarter-finalists. These authors will be invited to submit their first ten pages (2500 words) and synopses.

Then, from these eight, four semi-finalist entries receive judges’ comments on their first ten pages. They can then submit thirty pages (7500 words). For all the details on the subsequent rounds, visit the contest page.

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Short-form writers, for your chance to appear in the magazine — and win $300! — enter the Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest, opening January 1st!