The First Page Cage Deadline Extended!

One More Week!

For all of our novelists, the deadline for the 2025 First Page Cage has been extended by a week! You can now submit your pages up until October 8th, 2025 for a chance at the $300 top prize and editorial feedback.

As always, all contest entry fees include a 1-year digital subscription to Pulp Literature, and this year’s cage match will be judged by Pulp Literature Press editors Mel Anastasiou, Jen Landels, Sierra Louie, and Jenn Sommersby. Check out our full contest guidelines for all of the details here, and make the most of this last week!

Submit your work to the 2025 First Page Cage here

Thank you to all of our entrants, and best of luck!