The 2020 Hummingbird Prize Shortlist

And then there were ten …

Like their avian counterparts, the Hummingbird finalists are a brisk and bright bunch! We’re delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2020 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize (alphabetical by first name).

Andrew Moore for ‘Ye Fair in the Wood’
Andrew Moore for ‘In as a Lion, Out as a Lamb’
Cadence Mandybura for ‘The Weeping Pools’
Cadence Mandybura for ‘River’s Thousand-One Voice’
Candace Kubinec for ‘Revenant’
Hannah van Didden for ‘The wife’
Jade Williams for ‘Dying to Travel’
Laura Kuhlmann for ‘Glimpse of a Goddess’
Soramimi Hanarejima for ‘Attention Management’
Steven Simoncic for ‘You Will Do This’

Thank you to all submitting authors for sharing your words and supporting Pulp Literature. The winners, selected by judge and flash fiction writer extraordinaire Bob Thurber, will be announced live during our Summer 2020 virtual launch on Sunday, 19 July at 2pm Pacific. Join us as we celebrate the finalists and congratulate the winners, who will then read from their winning stories!

Pulp Literature Summer Launch

Join us at our virtual launch for Pulp Literature Issue 27, Summer 2020! On Sunday 19 July at 2:00 Pacific, we will be partying it up social distancing style! Drop by our Discord channel, where we’ll be hosting live readings from our authors, including Kate Felix, Mitchell Toews, Crystal Bourque, R Daniel Lester, Hannah van Didden, Kim Martins, Mary Rykov, Mel Anastasiou, and JM Landels.

We will also be announcing the winners of the 2020 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize! Join us as we congratulate the authors and listen to them read from their prizewinning stories.  Chat with our guests, ask questions, and win door prizes!  Spaces are limited so be sure to RSVP.

Pulp Literature Summer 2020 Online Book Launch

Sunday 19 July
2pm – 4pm Pacific Time

RSVP here!