Congratulate Magpie Winner, Nicola Aime!
Magpie Award final judge Diane Tucker has revealed the three gems which will have everyone standing in line to purchase their Issue 12 copy of […]
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Magpie Top 10 Shortlist!
Congratulations to these wonderful poets for being selected as top picks for our Magpie Prize! This is an impressive pool of talent, and we are […]
Meet the Judge: Bob Thurber
Pulp Literature invites short story writers from around the globe to enter our Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize. It’s a humdinger of a contest, judged by […]
Bumblebee Brilliance!
Congratulations to our Bumblebee Micro-fiction Award winner, John Meyers! We had a swarm of entries, but final judge Bob Thurber was able to pick the […]
Magpies take flight!
Poets, this is your chance to earn solid money, and what a pleasure it is for our magazine to be able to offer this opportunity […]
What’s the Buzz?
Microfiction is the grey zone between poetry and prose, in my books. It all depends on how you read your words. Do you memorize the […]
Retreat Afterglow
Gourmet food, historic bedrooms, island sunshine, and the Muse guiding our pens … Last weekend on Bowen was a writer’s paradise in every way, and […]
Pushcart Picks
At the end of our second year of publishing, we look back at 2015 and admire the works we have printed. It’s a bit like […]
The Promise of Genre Redeemed
Whyte, Heinlein, Sanderson, MacDonald, and George Nail It … Right at the start of your story you get the promise of genre clear and bright […]
Crafting Supporting Characters: Robert Sawyer and GRR Martin Show How It’s Done
I’m a great admirer of authors who make exceptional use of supporting characters. A cast of extras is fun to write, of course. And supporting […]