Awards Nomination Season: the 2022 Round Up

FAN-tastic!

In 2022, Pulp Literature Press released four issues and two novels, bringing you 365-days worth of fabulous stories, poetry, and artwork. And now, at award season, it’s time to celebrate our amazing contributors!

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 Press for consideration in your respective literary circles!

2022 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 LGBTQIA+ writers, please email us at info(at)pulpliterature.com.

Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror

Novels

Allaigna’s Song: Chorale ~ JM Landels*

Short Stories

Pulp Literature Issue 33, Winter 2022

‘And in the Arcade, Ego’ ~ Kate Heartfield*
‘The Switch Fairy’ ~ Monica Wang*
‘The Magic Shuffling Machine’ ~ Derek Salinas Lazarski
‘Out in the Sticks’ ~ Kevin Sandefur (2021 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize runner-up)

Pulp Literature Issue 34, Spring 2022

‘Gumdrop: A Bekker Story’ ~ JJ Lee*
‘A Gentleman’s Primer for Winning Debates with Your Friends and Enemies’ ~ Mitchell Shanklin
‘Gerald Bantam Says Goodbye’ ~ Hannah van Didden (2021 Raven Short Story Contest first runner-up)

Pulp Literature Issue 35, Summer 2022

‘A Collection of Secrets’ ~ Rhea Rose*
‘Gwannyn’s Song’ ~ JM Landels*
‘Shadow Work’ ~ Soramimi Hanarejima
‘Floaters’ ~ Kevin Sandefur (2021 Raven Short Story Contest honourable mention)
‘Audrey and the Crow’ ~ Cadence Mandybura* (2021 Raven Short Story Contest second runner-up)

Pulp Literature Issue 36, Autumn 2022

‘Old Gifts’ ~ James Sallis
‘Ambience’ ~ Jason P Burnham
‘Oeufs Dangereux’ ~ Pete Barnstrom
‘Caught Dead’ ~ Shawn L Bird*
‘The Dump-‘Em Dog’ ~ Anna Zumbro

Mystery and Crime

Novels

The Extra: A Monument Studios Mystery ~ Mel Anastasiou*

Short Stories

Pulp Literature Issue 34, Spring 2022

‘Would We Had Time’ ~ Lorina Stephens*

Pulp Literature Issue 35, Summer 2022

‘The Island’ ~ M Denise Beaton*

Contemporary, Literary, and Historical

Novels

The Extra: A Monument Studios Mystery ~ Mel Anastasiou*

Novellas, Novelettes & Novel Excerpts

Pulp Literature Issue 33, Winter 2022

‘Pretty Lies: Eyes Full of Moon’ ~ Mel Anastasiou*

Pulp Literature Issue 34, Spring 2022

‘The Shepherdess: Artifice’ ~ JM Landels*
‘Pretty Lies: Fly Away’ ~ Mel Anastasiou*

Pulp Literature Issue 35, Summer 2022

‘Pretty Lies: Hold On’ ~ Mel Anastasiou*

Pulp Literature Issue 36, Autumn 2022

‘The Shepherdess: Grandmère Paris’ ~ JM Landels*
‘Pretty Lies: I Can See for Miles’ ~ Mel Anastasiou*

Short Stories

Pulp Literature Issue 33, Winter 2022

‘Paper, Candles, Hearts, and Other Combustible Materials’ ~ Anne Baldo*
‘The echo of light footsteps on parchment’ ~ Kimberley Aslett* (2021 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest honourable mention)
‘The Switch Fairy’ ~ Monica Wang
‘Fate of Chickens’ ~ Krista Jane May*
‘Pale Pony Express’ ~ Lulu Keating* (2021 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest honourable mention)
‘The Art of Ironing’ ~ Natalie Harris-Spencer (2021 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize winner)
‘Out in the Sticks’ ~ Kevin Sandefur (2021 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize runner-up)

Pulp Literature Issue 34, Spring 2022

‘A Gentleman’s Primer for Winning Debates with Your Friends and Enemies’ ~ Mitchell Shanklin
‘Clothesline’ ~ Kimberley Aslett* (2021 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize honourable mention)
‘Would We Had Time’ ~ Lorina Stephens*
‘The Realm of Shadows’ ~ Megan W Shaw* (2021 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize honourable mention)
‘The Balance’ ~ Douglas Smith*
‘A Jar of Marmalade’ ~ Laura Kuhlmann (2021 Raven Short Story Contest winner)
‘Gerald Bantam Says Goodbye’ ~ Hannah van Didden (2021 Raven Short Story Contest first runner-up)
‘Respawn’ ~ Michelle Barker* (SiWC’s 2021 Jack Whyte Storyteller’s Award honourable mention)

Pulp Literature Issue 35, Summer 2022

‘The Two Oh Four Six’ ~ Dustin Moon*
‘Shadow Work’ ~ Soramimi Hanarejima
‘The Island’ ~ M Denise Beaton*
‘Floaters’ ~ Kevin Sandefur (2021 Raven Short Story Contest honourable mention)
‘Audrey and the Crow’ ~ Cadence Mandybura* (2021 Raven Short Story Contest honourable mention)
‘Death and Laughter’ ~ Kaile Shilling* (SiWC’s 2021 Jack Whyte Storyteller’s Award honourable mention)
‘Whispers in Between My Shoulder Blades’ ~ Christine Breede (2022 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest winner)

Pulp Literature Issue 36, Autumn 2022

‘Old Gifts’ ~ James Sallis
‘Ambience’ ~ Jason P Burnham
‘Can-on-a-String’ ~ Alex Kitt*
‘Oeufs Dangereux’ ~ Pete Barnstrom
‘Adrift off the Shore of Alzheimer Island’ ~ Cheryl Skory Suma* (2022 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest runner-up)
‘The Dump-‘Em Dog’ ~ Anna Zumbro
‘Once Upon a Time in Camelot’ ~ GD Litke* (SiWC’s 2021 Jack Whyte Storyteller’s Award winner)