Pick Your Page!
It’s time to cast your vote in the First Page Cage: Readers’ Choice Semifinals, Match Two! Four first-page entries have made it this far. Who will emerge as number one?
Way back in 2023 (it was December, but dramatic effect, amirite), the Pulp Lit editors selected the eight First Page Cage Match entries that enticed us enough to want to read more. These eight quarter-finalist authors then sent along the first ten pages (2500 words) of their manuscripts. And the top four who piqued our interest have been invited to send along their first thirty pages (7500 words).
We gave you, our devoted readers, a chance to join the fun and vote for your favourite first pages.
The quarter-finalist round of the Readers’ Choice division is complete. The winners of week one and two battled it out last week. And now the winners of week three and week four are going head to head. Read their first-page marvels here. Then cast your vote in our Readers’ Choice poll.
Let the voting begin!
In this corner, it’s …
Everlastingness by Shanna Yetman, which you can read here.
And in this corner, it’s …
Murphy’s Law by Mike McArthur, which you can read here.
Vote in the second match of the Readers’ Choice Semifinals now!
Voting in this bracket closes Thursday, February 15th. The winner of Match Two will be announced — and voting in the Readers’ Choice Finals will begin! — on Friday, February 16th.
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