Announcing the Quarter-Finalists for the First Page Cage Match!

First Page Power!

We are delighted to announce the eight quarter-finalists for the First Page Cage Match! These first pages made us hungry for more, and the authors have been invited to send us the next nine pages (up to 2500 words) and synopses.

Stay tuned to the blog for the announcement of the four semi-finalist authors, coming soon.

And the top eight in the cage are …

Adam Fout for the first page of Frost

Charity Tahmaseb for the first page of The Pansy Paradox

Christine DeLong for the first page of The Carrington Event

Marie Powell for the first page of C U

Mike McArthur for the first page of Murphy’s Law

MJ Malleck for the first page of Henri & The Lion

Nikita Andester for the first page of The Year We Got Away

Shanna Yetman for the first page of Everlastingness

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the quarter-finalists for the First Page Cage Match. 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 third round, coming January 2024, we’ll announce the semi-finalists. These four authors will 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!