The Pulp Lit Pulpit episode 11: Stephen Case’s Sci-Fi Faves and Submitting to Contests

Contests, Submissions, & Guidelines, Oh My!

My first day of university, I was a bundle of nerves trying to find the humanities building before the morning flood of students (never mind that my class didn’t start for another hour). Finally sure I was in the right place, I lingered outside, refreshed my email, and was greeted by a flurry of rejections from four separate literary magazines at once. Nice. Looking back on it now, I’m thrilled that with all my anxiety over university prep that past summer I still found time to submit my work. Regardless of the outcome, sending your work to contests and general submission is such an important step for any writer (though, I might stop compulsively checking my email when I’m already in a panic). In Episode 11 of the Pulp Lit Pulpit, editors Genevieve Wynand and Jen Landels talk contest submissions and how to succeed. 

Also in Episode 11, you can look forward to an exclusive interview with author and researcher Stephen R. Case. We’ve published Stephen’s short stories, ‘Polycarp on the Sea’ and ‘Two Twenty-Two’ in Pulp Literature Issue 5 and Issue 10. In this interview, Stephen recommends some of his sci-fi faves and offers a glimpse into his writing routine. You can find Stephen on his website and on Twitter.

Be sure not to miss Jen’s reading of Allaigna’s Song where Irdaign adapts to motherhood and her new life as Princess High of Brandishear within the walls of the Bastion until this blissful honeymoon is derailed by Fate. Also don’t miss Mel’s reading of Stella Ryman and the Fairmount Manor Mysteries where Stella continues on her quest to clear an innocent woman’s name. 

Thanks for joining me, and happy listening!

Your host,

Sam Olson