None of us is going to be around to close the First Page Cage contest for the remainder of the week, which means you get a reprieve!

Summer Nostalgia For Pulp Literature Issue 51, a sea glass-coloured sky welcomes us into our summer issue. Get your first glimpse of this issue under the cover [...]

Aboard the Enterprise To round out our 50th issue, find another feature story from Finnian Burnett. Read an excerpt of ‘One Last Frontier’ below, and [...]

The Top Ten From this year’s many eye-catching longlisted poems, we are pleased to announce our shortlist for the 2026 Kingfisher Poetry Prize! From these [...]

Celebrating Stories We invite you to join us for our Summer 2026 launch at Café Duello this Monday, September 14th from 5-7pm! We will be announcing the shortlist for [...]

Author readings, open mic, and a sneak preview of Ilmar Songs by JM Landels #readings #authors #launch #booklaunch @jmlandels

Practising Failure From Pulp Literature Issue 50, read the first two pages of Isabel Harvest‘s graphic short, ‘Lessons in Ballet’, below. When speaking about her [...]

Forbidden Territories From Pulp Literature Issue 50, find an excerpt from the Second Runner-up of our 2025 Raven Short Story Contest, ‘Pahlavan and the Nightingale’ [...]

Striking Short Poems From this year’s batch of striking short poems, we are happy to announce the longlist for the 2026 Kingfisher Poetry Prize! Below [...]

Regulars From Pulp Literature Issue 50, find the First Runner-up of our 2025 Raven Short Story Contest! In ‘Second Helping at Conchita’s Diner’ by Mitchell [...]

Every Other Day From Pulp Literature Issue 50, find the winner of the 2025 Raven Short Story Contest, ‘She Is Magic, She Is Myst’ by [...]

An Unsteady Ride From Pulp Literature Issue 50, continue to journey alongside Toinette Berger in JM Landels‘s latest instalment of The Shepherdess, ‘The Shepherdess and the Goatherd’. Read an [...]

Stuck From Pulp Literature Issue 50, contemplate a way out with ‘Almost Ready’ by Alex Kitt. Read an excerpt of this story below, then be [...]

Undying Love From Pulp Literature Issue 50, find an excerpt of ‘Jesus Rides Shotgun’ by Sherry Shahan below. Journey back to the 2000s with this story [...]

Myth and Music From Pulp Literature Issue 50, enjoy an excerpt of ‘Stolen Song’ by Kirsty Campbell, and wander into a world of myth and [...]

Plus! The Kingfisher Poetry Prize earlybird rate flies off tonight.💸 #poetrycontest #shortpoem #flashfiction #flashfictionaward #amwriting

The Issue 50 Poetry Round-Up! Curious which poems lie within our Spring 2026 issue? Look no further than the Pulp Literature Issue 50 Poetry Round-Up! Enjoy [...]

Plus! The Kingfisher Poetry Prize is open!✍️ #poetrycontest #shortpoem #flashfiction #flashfictionaward #amwriting

The Top Ten We are happy to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize. Congratulations to the ten authors, listed alphabetically by [...]

Still Searching From Pulp Literature Issue 50, journey through the aftermath of the Shift in this excerpt of ‘The Promise’ by Jaclyn Morken. Want to know [...]

There's still time to join us for four Fridays of writing in an immersive, supportive environment -- from the comfort of your home! #MonthofHours #HourStories #amwriting

Out of the Blue From Pulp Literature Issue 50, read an excerpt of ‘Cipher’ by founding editor Susan Pieters below. Want to know how this story [...]

Short Forms, Long List Help us to ring in the first days of summer by celebrating the longlist for the 2026 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize! [...]

The Top Floor From Pulp Literature Issue 50, find the opening to Part 4 of Mel Anastasiou‘s The Extra Takes the Castle in ‘The Body on the Living [...]