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We might be a small press, but we love it when our contributors win big. And we need your help! It’s time to nominate your favourite stories, poetry, and artwork!
As a multi-genre publisher, we try to nominate our authors for as many awards as we can. But for fan-based awards we rely on you, our readers who are also members of organizations like the CSFFA and SFWA, and attendees of World Con, World Fantasy, and other conventions, to nominate your favourites.
To help you sort out eligibility, here’s a list of what we’ve published this year (with the exception of reprints) sorted by genre. Stories that overlap genres are listed more than once.
If you are interested in receiving complimentary review copies of any of these works, please fill out the form at the bottom of the page. And please remember to include Pulp Literature for consideration in your respective circles!
2021 Pulp Literature Publications
Asterisks (*) indicate Canadian authors and artists. Contest winners are also identified. For lists of specific author identities, such as women writers or self-identified BIPOC and LGBTQ+ writers, please email us at info(at)pulpliterature.com.
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror
Novellas & Novelettes
Pulp Literature Issue 29, Winter 2021
‘Allaigna’s Song: Oburakor’ ~ JM Landels*
Pulp Literature Issue 31, Summer 2021
‘Allaigna’s Song: Oburakor’ ~ JM Landels*
Short Stories
Pulp Literature Issue 29, Winter 2021
‘Winter’s Flower’ ~ KT Wagner*
‘Synchronicity and Sonata’ ~ Brandon Crilly*
‘The Hunter Undead’ ~ Erin Wagner
‘Ghost Story’ ~ Sylvia Leong*
Pulp Literature Issue 30, Spring 2021
‘Bar Hopping for Astronauts’ ~ Leo X Robertson
‘Bhut’ ~ Michelle F Goddard*
‘The Earth Has Bubbles’ ~ PG Streeter
Pulp Literature Issue 31, Summer 2021
‘Birdie’ ~ Brenda Carr*
‘Armageddon by Tarantino’ ~ Graham Robert Scott
‘The Search’ ~ Colleen Anderson*
‘It Was a Chupi After All’ ~ Elsa M Carruthers
‘Maslow Meets the Mayfly Moon’ ~ Janet Smith* (SiWC Storyteller’s Award first runner-up)
Pulp Literature Issue 32, Autumn 2021
‘Just Another Date Night on the Highway Out of Town’ ~ Zandra Renwick*
‘Come Back Around’ ~ Sarina Bosco
‘Solstice’ ~ Melissa Nelson* (Bumblebee Contest runner-up)
‘Cold Blessing’ ~ Kelsey Hutton*
‘Attempted Murder’ ~ Leslie Wibberley*
Mystery and Crime
Novellas & Novelettes
Pulp Literature Issue 29, Winter 2021
‘The Extra: Frankie Ray, Sleuth with Star Quality’ ~ Mel Anastasiou*
Pulp Literature Issue 30, Spring 2021
‘The Extra: Frankie Ray and the Blazing Anubis’ ~ Mel Anastasiou*
Pulp Literature Issue 31, Summer 2021
‘The Extra: Frankie Ray Makes Murder’s Final Cut’ ~ Mel Anastasiou*
Short Stories
Pulp Literature Issue 29, Winter 2021
‘The Hunter Undead’ ~ Erin Wagner
‘Ghost Story’ ~ Sylvia Leong*
Pulp Literature Issue 30, Spring 2021
‘Good Intentions’ ~ Nancy Ludmerer (Raven Contest winner)
Pulp Literature Issue 31, Summer 2021
‘It Was a Chupi After All’ ~ Elsa M Carruthers
Pulp Literature Issue 32, Autumn 2021
‘Solstice’ ~ Melissa Nelson* (Bumblebee Contest runner-up)
Contemporary, Literary, and Historical
Novellas & Novelettes
Pulp Literature Issue 30, Spring 2021
‘The Shepherdess: Merveilles’ ~ JM Landels*
Pulp Literature Issue 32, Autumn 2021
‘The Shepherdess: Intrigue’ ~ JM Landels*
‘Ghost Walking’ ~ Mel Anastasiou*
Short Stories
Pulp Literature Issue 29, Winter 2021
‘The Library Giant’ ~ Shashi Bhat*
‘The Hunter Undead’ ~ Erin Wagner
‘Dark and Stormy’ ~ Mike Gillis
‘Ghost Story’ ~ Sylvia Leong*
‘The Weeping Pools’ ~ Cadence Mandybura* (Hummingbird Award winner)
‘River’s Thousand-One Voice’ ~ Cadence Mandybura* (Hummingbird Award first runner-up)
‘Glimpse of a Goddess’ ~ Laura Kuhlmann* (Hummingbird Award second runner-up)
Pulp Literature Issue 30, Spring 2021
‘Bhut’ ~ Michelle F Goddard*
‘The Earth Has Bubbles’ ~ PG Streeter
‘Life Supports’ ~ Claire Lawrence*
‘The Smell of Screaming’ ~ Adrienne Gruber* (SiWC Storyteller’s Award honourable mention)
‘Good Intentions’ ~ Nancy Ludmerer (Raven Contest winner)
‘It Can Be Done with Words ~Erin MacNair* (Raven Contest honourable mention)
Pulp Literature Issue 31, Summer 2021
‘A Kinder Home’ ~ Hajera Khaja*
‘The Search’ ~ Colleen Anderson*
‘Blind Maggie’ ~ Alan Sincic (Bumblebee Contest winner)
Pulp Literature Issue 32, Autumn 2021
‘Crossroads’ ~ Dan MacIsaac*
‘Come Back Around’ ~ Sarina Bosco
‘Solstice’ ~ Melissa Nelson* (Bumblebee Contest runner-up)
‘The Canadian Invasion’ ~ David Perlmutter*
‘Cold Blessing’ ~ Kelsey Hutton
‘Attempted Murder’ ~ Leslie Wibberley*
‘My Name Is Philomena’ ~ Robin Malcolm (SiWC Storyteller’s Award winner)
Graphic Arts Short Stories
Pulp Literature Issue 29, Winter 2021
‘Blue Skies over Nine Isles’ ~ Joseph Stilwell* (author) and Hugh Henderson* (illustrator)
Pulp Literature Issue 30, Spring 2021
O World ~ Edna St Vincent Millay (author) and Phoebe Mol (illustrator)
Pulp Literature Issue 31, Summer 2021
Houses Part One ~ Matthew Nielsen*
Pulp Literature Issue 32, Autumn 2021
Houses Part Two ~ Matthew Nielsen*
Poetry
Pulp Literature Issue 29, Winter 2021
‘Kalaloch Beach, WA’ ~ Michael Penny*
‘Californian Illusion’ ~ Abner Porzio
Pulp Literature Issue 30, Spring 2021
‘Heaven or Las Vegas’ ~ Paige Elizabeth Wajda
Pulp Literature Issue 31, Summer 2021
‘Prometheus’ ~ Àkpà Árinzèchukwu
‘Behind the Sumacs’ ~ Samuel Strathman*
Pulp Literature Issue 32, Autumn 2021
‘Another True Account of the Nature of Grit and How It May be Ascertained’ ~ Frances Boyle* (Magpie Award winner)
‘Recurrent Dream #79’ ~ David Barrick* (Magpie Award first runner-up)
‘Mammal Mouth (Linaria Vulgaris)’ ~ Aldona Dziedziejko* (Magpie Award second runner-up)
Artwork
Cover Art
Pulp Literature Issue 29, Winter 2021
A Foundation of Lies ~ Kris Sayer*
Pulp Literature Issue 30, Spring 2021
Superbloom ~ Weiwei Xu*
Pulp Literature Issue 31, Summer 2021
Helby Island Afternoon ~ Tatjana Mirkov-Popovicki*
Pulp Literature Issue 32, Autumn 2021
The Pianist Who Serenaded the Mermaids with Chopin’s Nocturne in E Minor ~ Tais Teng
Illustrations
Pulp Literature Issues 29-32
Body of work ~ Mel Anastasiou*
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