The Buzziest of the Bunch
We are delighted to announce the winner and unranked honourable mentions of the 2024 Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest, as selected by final judge Bob Thurber.
And because we love a great opening line, we’ve decided to tempt your literary tastebuds with the first sentence of each. Look for the stories, in their entirety, coming to a Pulp Literature issue near you!
Winner:
Alan Sincic with ‘The Scientific Method’
Long before I read the book about how the father and the mother collide – the diagram of the docking maneuver and the pics all prickly with arrows that point to the tumbler and the spring and the shank – I’d assembled a picture of my own.
Unranked Honourable Mentions:
Jodi MacAulay with ‘Girl of My Dreams’
I don’t polish the furniture much anymore.
Leslie Wibberley with ‘Managing a Difficult Situation With Grace’
Grace rolls over, each one of her seventy-nine years making itself known in a noisy chorus of snaps and pops.
Megan W Shaw with ‘All but Pink’
“It’s the wrong colour.”
Science in the Summer
‘The Scientific Method’ will appear in Issue 43, Summer 2024. And look for the honourable mentions in a future issue of Pulp Literature.
Our thanks once again to judge Bob Thurber, and to all submitting authors for sharing your words and supporting Pulp Literature!
Poets, It’s Your Turn: The Magpie Award for Poetry Is Now Open!
First Prize: $500 and publication in Issue 44, Autumn 2024
Runners up (2): $50 each and publication in Issue 44, Autumn 2024
Entry fee: $35 1st poem, $10 each subsequent poem
All entry fees include a 1-year digital subscription to Pulp Literature.
For all the details and to enter, visit the contest page!
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